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The Mets got off to a very poor start this season. They were 2-6 and it looked like they were on their way to 100 losses. Then all of a sudden they caught fire en route to a 9-1 home stand, eight straight wins and a 14-9 record. For a couple of days, they were actually in first place in the NL East. Ever since that winning streak, they have ...

Brett Gardner is having a great season at the plate. He currently ranks 8th in the American league in batting average at .333, and 2nd in stolen bases with 16, while being caught stealing only once.  His On Base percentage is good enough for 4th in the AL, at .411, and he ranks 2nd in runs, with 28.  He has also drawn 14 walks. Gardner has done all this from the number ...

Baseball is America's pastime, and the Yankees are considered by many to be "America's Team." With their history of success and a seemingly insurmountable mountain of hardware lining the organization's trophy cases, it is easy to see why this is the case. But although they are, historically and statistically speaking, the "best" team, does that mean they are "America's" team? I propose that the Yankees personify many characteristics of America, the ...

Maybe someone with Ph.D. after their name can shed some light, but it sure seems like the pro sports specialist has an affinity for—and pardon my laymen’s term here—playing his game of life with something less than a full deck. There’s the hockey goalie, whose career at said position surely must have started as either the loser of a bet or because all the regular sticks were taken. For no ...

According to Webster's Dictionary, the word leader is someone who leads, guides, or is the first and/or principal performer of a group. In other words, it is someone who takes charge. When scanning through the pages of history, we see countless examples of people who have qualified under this definition and have achieved great success. The most notable in American history may be George ...

Mickey Mantle had a terrible season in 1959. He batted .285, with 31 home runs, 75 RBI, and a.517 slugging average. Most players would not consider that too bad, but Mantle was not most players.Yankees general manager George Weiss wanted to slash Mantle's $75,000 salary by $15,000. From his home in Dallas, Mantle agreed that his 1959 season "wasn't so good," but he felt the New York Yankees "cut my salary ...

The Cleveland Indians aren't hitting very well. According to Yahoo! Sports, the Indians are batting .245 as a team. While that's not the worst—the worst would be the Houston Astros .228 average—it's not something Indians hitting coach Jon Nunnally should be putting on his resume should he be let go. While watching the game last night, and listening to the play-by-play from Tom Hamilton on the radio, Hamilton noted Grady Sizemore's swing had gotten ...

David Ortiz had a big night.  Max Scherzer and Mark Buerhle continue to struggle.  Is Nate McLouth showing signs of life?  Let’s look at these stories and all the rest from yesterday’s games:   Hitters: Andrew McCutchen (5-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 5 R, 2 SB) -  Quite a day, huh?  Along with Garrett Jones (5-6, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R), he helped to carry the Pirates to a victory.  ...

If you listened closely enough this past Wednesday, you could hear the collective groan of a city when we were all informed that Brad Lidge would be leaving Denver in the middle of a series with the Rockies to head back to Philadelphia for an MRI on his surgically-repaired elbow. Ryan Madson is already out for a couple months and the bullpen probably wasn't up to snuff to begin ...

This is getting ridiculous. If depression from the weather hasn't set in, it never will. For most it has, and won't go away until the temperatures get above 60 degrees. Rockies writers are soon going to need to be certified by the American Meteorology Society in order to cover the team. While rain in May is no huge surprise in Denver, the cold is surprising. The ...