Here are some Mets related stories we didn’t make a post about today: Jorge Arangure tweets that the Mets and Carlos Delgado have a mutual interest. As soon as the Mets divorce Daniel Murphy and Delgado divorces his hip injury, look for the two to resume their tempestuous love affair. Yesterday Frankie Piliere of AOL …
Category Archive: In Other News…
Jan 25
In Other News…1-25-10
Here’s some Mets news that we didn’t write a post about today: According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Omar Minaya doesn’t think the Mets are comedy material. I guess I need to start looking for another job. “I don’t think we are a joke but I do believe when you lose and you have a …
Jan 22
In Other News…1-22-10
Today the Mets news landscape was carpet-bombed with Brian Stokes for Gary Matthews Jr. a/k/a “Little Sarge” acquisition items. I have found nothing in the way of “other” news to share with you this evening, so instead I will attempt to do an “away” version of what my colleague Mr. North Jersey did below, while …
Jan 21
In Other News…1-21-10
This evening’s installment of tiny Mets news: Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports that despite sports-talk radio czar Mike Francesa’s proclamation that he was on the Mets radar, there have been no “new discussions between the Mets and the Diamondbacks” regarding catcher Chris Snyder. Now that starting pitcher Jon Garland is by some definitions …
Jan 20
In Other News…1-20-10
And now this evening’s installment of tiny Mets news: Over at NESN.com you can catch video of baseball rumor-God Peter Gammons speaking about how disagreement between the player/agent and the ballclub over health diagnoses led to the Red Sox parting ways with Jason Bay. So take heart Carlos Beltran, you’re not the only player in …
Jan 19
In Other News…1-19-10
It’s been a busy day in Metsville, here are some of the smaller items you may have missed: Tom “The Effect” Verducci has come up with a child-like “bang for you buck” formula that shows the Mets to be lacking. Good for you Tommy, have a cookie. Pedro Feliciano and the Mets avoided arbitration, with …
Jan 18
In Other News…1-18-10
Now for MLK day’s tiny Mets news: I agree with every word of New York Baseball Digest author Mike Silva’s post about Omar Minaya today. John Delcos of New York Mets Report believes the Mets will face (at least) 10 questions when they start spring training next month. On MLK day we pause to remember …
Jan 17
In Other News…1-17-10
This evening’s little things Mets: Keeping hope alive, AOL Fanhouse’s Ed Price tweets that the Mets will be among the teams watching Ben Sheets throw next Tuesday. Jon Heyman of SI tweets that the Mets are 1 of 3 teams that are “all in on Joel Pineiro.” Gotta love that he used a gambling phrase …
Jan 16
In Other News…1-16-10
It’s a light day in tiny Mets news so I’m digging deep in the scrap heap: It’s not bad enough simply being a fan of a team that shares a city with the Yankees, now I learn that the Yankees had 3 of the top 4 arms belonging to minor league right fielders in their …
Jan 15
In Other News…1-15-10
And now Friday’s installment of tiny Met news: The venerable Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse tweeted that the Mets have signed Jolbert Cabrera to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. Don’t forget to RSVP Jolbert! It probably is not a move designed to attract his brother Orlando to the Mets, but …













