Spring Training is entertaining for many reasons: the media is always hyping up a team that is struggling or playing well, the competition level between teams is low, but inside a team is high; and there are always exciting players that have no shot at making the roster. On Monday, the Mets sent two sets [...]
There were high hopes for this offseason from the New York Mets and Sandy Alderson. We fans were promised that with several onerous contracts off the books – if you’re reading this, you already know who they are – the ramp-up to 2014 was going to be an exciting shower of gold. To Alderson’s credit, [...]
When the Atlanta Braves commit three errors in one inning, it better be pretty easy to score seven runs. Of course, having the game kept at 1-1 through the seventh certainly helps, too. Thank Zack Wheeler for part of that as he had another strong start on Sunday, going three innings, striking out three while [...]