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Off Season Moves Coming This Week
According to sources the Mets will come to an agreement with free-agent outfielder Jason Bay early next week.á They are awaiting results from a physical examination before the deal is announced
Bay must have seen the market for his services dissipate over the past few weeks and decided Flushing was the best place to settle down.
Catcher Benji Molina is reportedly also on the Mets' radar. He ...
Big Blue Ends Stadium Era In Disgraceful Fashion
As a Giants' fan and aficionado for four decades, I've seen many highs and way too many lows.
That being said, I have never been more embarrassed to be a Giant fan than I was yesterday.
Even when the team was horrible, the fans could always expect them to go down fighting. Yesterday, with their playoff chances on the line, the Giants played ...
Minute Moves Amplify Club's Dim Future
Merry Christmas, Met fans!á You have absolutely nothing to be merry about this holiday season.
Your team has actually gotten worse in the offseason, which is an almost impossible notion considering they just experienced three of the most frustrating seasons in the club's not-so-illustrious history.
The ownership and the front office are sitting around waiting for the market on the remaining free agents to come to them. ...
Minute Moves Amplify Club's Dim Future
Merry Christmas, Met fans!á You have absolutely nothing to be merry about this holiday season.
Your team has actually gotten worse in the offseason, which is an almost impossible notion considering they just experienced three of the most frustrating seasons in the club's not-so-illustrious history.
The ownership and the front office are sitting around waiting for the market on the remaining free agents to come to them. ...
Minaya Out of Answers In Attempt to Improve Hapless Club
Roy Halliday is a Phillie today. John Lackey is in Boston and Matt Holliday may end up staying in St. Louis. The fourth big fish to be had this offseason, Jason Bay, is still out there.
The Mets have an offer on the table to Bay, the player they had the most chance of landing this offseason. The question is, will they ...
New York Giants Have Defensive Changes in the Works
Posted: 3rd December 2009 by John Fennelly in NFL
Pierce-less D Gets Much Needed Facelift
It apears the GiantsÆcoaches are reading our site.á They have been working out second-year MLB Jonathan Goff with the first team defense replacing Chase Blackburn, who took over after Antonio Pierce Æs neck injury.
Before the season, there was questions whether the Giants had enough speed at linebacker.á Those questions have been answered emphatically the past six games: NO!
Goff is a younger, faster, lighter ...
For the New York Giants, the Playoffs Begin This Week
Posted: 17th November 2009 by John Fennelly in NFL
Bill Parcells always said the teams that won from Thanksgiving on were the real contenders.
Well, Giants, it's that time of year.á There were no happy holidays for the Blue last season, but maybe this year will be different.
Did they get the bad football out of them over the past four games?á Has the bye week helped refocus this seemingly lost bunch?
Perhaps. With seven games to play, New York holds its ...
After Five Long Years, Philip Rivers Finally Arrives in New York
Posted: 5th November 2009 by John Fennelly in NFL
Chargers QB Philip Rivers was a New York Giant for about a minute during the early moments of the 2004 NFL draft.á After the Giants selected him fourth overall, he was traded to theáSan Diego Chargers, along with several other futureádraft picks, in return for top pick Eli Manning .
These players will always be connected through that trade, along with Miami of OhioÆs Ben Roethlisberger, who was passed over in ...
NFC East Report: Smash-Mouth Style A Thing Of The Past
Posted: 24th October 2009 by John Fennelly in NFL
In years past, this would have been a big deal, but the once mighty NFC East is not what it used to be. The Cowboys are in neutral, the Redskins are in disarray and the Eagles just lost to the Raiders The Giants are the best of an extremely beatable bunch.
The division has had at least one wild-card entry since 2005, but the perception that the NFC East is the ...
Big Blue Gets An Old-Fashioned Bayou Beatin'
They call it the Big Easy, but this was ridiculous.
Yesterday, nothing could have been easier than New Orleans Saints' QB Drew Brees' day against the New York Giants.
He tossed four touchdowns to four different receivers while racking up 369 yards passing in a 48-27 cakewalk over the league's top defense.
Head coach Sean Payton used a jambalaya of plays to keep the Giants defense off-balance. ...