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Alex Rodriguez’s bid to become an MLB owner may be over for now, but the former slugger sure is acting like one. And that might make some baseball players livid. Rodriguez, who recently flirted with buying the Mets, implored players on Friday to cave into the owners’ demands and accept a 50 percent split of …
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Art Howe is in the ICU with coronavirus, the former Mets manager told KPRC 2 in Houston on Thursday. Howe provided a detailed description of how he was doing, telling the station he felt the first symptoms of the virus on May 3 when he experienced chills that made his body shake “like a leaf.” …
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A major league season is a lie detector test. You can fake a week, a month, perhaps even a few months. But 162 games reveal a club, exposes if it has both depth of players and character. A 7-9 NFL team can become 9-7 with a few bounces of a weirdly shaped ball going one …
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As sports slowly return to action during the coronavirus pandemic, some aspects of networks’ presentation will look the same, while others could see a fundamental shift. A historic show like ESPN’s “College GameDay” in the fall already is being forced to consider whether it will have the atmosphere of students and fans, who have fueled …
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When the Mets played at Yankee Stadium on July 20, 2018, Asdrubal Cabrera was at second, Matt den Dekker was in center, Jose Bautista at third, Wilmer Flores at first and Devin Mesoraco behind the plate. The designated hitter was Yoenis Cespedes. This was the last time he played a major league game. You might …
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MLB did not make a formal economic proposal as part of its presentation Tuesday to the Players Association on how it sees restarting the season. The sides met for 90 minutes, broke, then continued for another hour, with MLB focusing heavily on the protocols for how it believes it could keep the players and support …
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A virtual meeting was set for Tuesday afternoon at which MLB would present its proposal to top officials from the Players Association concerning how to return the game to the field. The expectation was that the meeting would begin at 2:30 p.m. with an MLB group led by commissioner Rob Manfred taking the union item …
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Part 16 in a series analyzing the New York Mets The Mets went hard after Ben Zobrist before the 2016 season, valuing his versatility as one of the first players to wear the “super-utility” label. Zobrist ultimately signed with the Cubs, leaving the Mets to wait a few years before receiving a true super-utility option: …
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Toilet sitter Alex Rodriguez. Back in the toilet. He’d grabbed headlines that he and his ladyfriend — whose clothes flash flesh and cloak mostly the truth — would buy the Mets. No. Bull. Not a shot. I knew it wouldn’t happen. I told you so. This month he admitted he couldn’t buy them. Last month …
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Starting Tuesday, Major League Baseball and the Players Association will formally try to work out an agreement for a baseball season like no other. Within that high-stakes chess game, each side must work through internal differences of opinion to determine its policy. The players, in particular, must run a cost-benefit analysis like no other: How …
Alex Rodriguez’s bid to become an MLB owner may be over for now, but the former slugger sure is acting like one. And that might make some baseball players livid. Rodriguez, who recently flirted with buying the Mets, implored players on Friday to cave into the owners’ demands and accept a 50 percent split of …
