Earlier this morning (yes this column is being written just before 6 am) I was given some insight on the deal that would send Mets ace and current reigning Cy Young Award winner, R.A Dickey to the Blue Jays by a source that has some insight on whats going on. My source is telling me …
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Oct 28
This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty: The ” I Was Right When I Advocated To Trade Pagan” Edition 10-28-12
I admit that I am not right about many things.If that was true I would be a wealthy man. But last season I had predicted that Angel Pagan would be non-tendered. Okay so he was traded – not non-tendered (semantics) but I was right that he wore out his welcome with the team brass. On …
Dec 15
This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty: The “Blogger Interviews With Justin Turner And Jonathan Niese” Edition 12-15-11
Here is a few more interviews from Tuesday’s Mets Holiday party. First up is Justin Turner discussing his first full season with the Mets last season, and how he plans to improve himself during the off season. Next is starting pitcher, Jonathon Niese giving his reactions to the swirling trade rumors, and addressing what he feels that …
Mar 23
This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty : The ” So Who Becomes The Fans New Whipping Boy ?”
Armando Benitez, Braden Looper, Doug Sisk, Carlos Delgado, Mo Vaughn – What is the common thread that will more than likely bind them together in the tapestry of Mets history? Ok besides the fact that most of them needed to call Jenny Craig on her personal hot line. Well if you guessed that they were …
Feb 10
This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty : The ” Top 50 Mets Of All Time Countdown #27″ Edition 02-10-11
Through the years the Mets have almost always had good – if not great closers. You had Tug McGraw from the late ’60s to early ’70′s. Then Skip Lockwood would take over until the end of the me decade. He would be supplanted by the tandem of Allan and Reardon. We had Franco fending games …
Jan 06
This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty : The ” Will Mike Piazza Go Into The Hall Of Fame As A Met ?” Edition 01-06-11
First off I would like to congratulate both Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar on their upcoming inductions into te Baseball Hall of Fame. I might have detested Alomar in his two seasons as a Met , but there is no denying that in his pre Mets career that he was one of the premier second …
Nov 11
This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty: The ” Who Is The Most Hated Met Ever ?” Edition 11-11-10
Well here we are on November eleventh and the with the exception of all the discussion of who we want to be the next Mets manager rather than who should be Mets manager, well the hot stove thus far has been rather quiet. But once again I stress that it is only early November and …
Oct 28
This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty : The ” Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day ” Edition 10-28-10
Although it has not been formally announced ( all reports say that the press conference will be held tomorrow), it looks like Sandy Alderson will be the twelfth general manager in this teams history. I think that the hiring of Alderson should provide some kind of renaissance for this lethargic organization. But I feel that …
Jan 06
This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty -01-06-10
Well I never thought I’d say this but I’d rather have dental work done than listen to Omar Minaya being interrogated by Talkimoutta of the Spanish Inquisition ( Mike Francesa). Yes at 5 o’clock yesterdayafternoon  I was mercifully having crowns installed and under a nice local anesthetic ( damn no nitrous oxide!) while from what …
Dec 15
This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty 12-15-09
Good morning to all my fellow Mets fans. I use to term “good” very loosely after the events that unfolded during yesterdays hot stove action that saw two premier pitchers come off the market, Mike Cameron – our plan B in case Jason Bay went elsewhere – reportedly has come to terms with the Boston …
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MLBTradeRumors
- Quick Hits: Cardinals, Braves, Starting Pitching Market
- Rays Notes: Price, Odorizzi, Loney, Johnson
- Draft Notes: Astros, Renfroe, Appel
- Central Notes: Twins, Reynolds, Gomes, Choo
- Minor Moves: Wilson, Beimel, Parraz, Velazquez, Bell
- East Notes: Braves, Mets, Ellsbury, Yankees
- West Notes: Chavez, Astros, Angels, Mattingly
- Rosenthal On Cubs, Brewers, Marlins
- Athletics Designate Daric Barton For Assignment
- Angels Claim Chris Nelson, Designate Scott Cousins





