Think of the 1954 Giants as The Boys of The Summer Before. Perhaps the date is the first clue. The World Series could hardly have started any sooner, and given the course of events that quickly unfolded, there was no way it was going to end any later. In its time, that was a good thing.
(24th January, 2012)
The last time Johan Santana pitched in a game that meant anything, it was Sept. 2, 2010.
(19th January, 2012)
Gotham Baseball, the official magazine of the 2012 Mohegan Sun World Baseball & Softball Coaches’ Convention, is proud to announce the release of the 2011=2012 Winter Issue, which includes a complete guide to the event beginning Thursday, Jan 19, 2012 at the spectacular Mohegan Sun Resort Casino in Uncasville, CT.
(6th January, 2012)
Former Gotham Baseball scribe Howard Megdal has written a great new book, “Wilpon’s Folly”, but the Mets finances aren’t the only problem now, are they?
(6th January, 2012)
Former Yankee prospect Justin Pope has been named the new manager of the Staten Island Yankees.
(10th November, 2011)
The Empire State Building and Broadway are two of the most well-known landmarks in the world. Located in between them is the best baseball bar in all the land. Foley’s NY. The Irish bar with a baseball attitude.
(3rd November, 2011)
People keep telling me that they trust Sandy Alderson. Problem is, I don’t trust his boss.
(30th October, 2011)
Wally Backman is deciding whether to accept Triple A managing gig or to consider two offers from MLB cluns to join their respective coaching staffs.
(27th October, 2011)
Once upon a time, a scion of a famous publishing family decided to save the New York Mets.
(28th July, 2011)
The newspaper industry is in enough trouble these days without printing smear jobs written by “journalists” who have a conflict of interest about the very subject they are writing about. But this past week, the New York Post did just that by publishing Peter J. Nash’s despicable and transparent smear job on deceased baseball memorabilia collector Barry Halper.