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Sometimes you meet people that change your life. When you are lucky enough to realize it and keep that person in your life, well, then you have something special. About a month ago, I read an article in the New York Times sports section by freelance writer Alex Coffey. The story was about basebal…

After what happened against the Boston Red Sox Sunday, the New York Yankees needed a change. A shake-up. A shot in the arm. Brian Cashman did that yesterday.

With the Braves now 4 games behind the Mets and the Phillies 3, game two took on crucial importance. The organization believes that starting pitching help is on the way in a few days, via trades, Carlos Carasco, etc. but that didn't help last night. New York's bullpen was called upon to pi…

Sunday the New York Mets were trailing the Toronto Blue Jays, in the rubber match of the three game series, 3-1 in the 6th. The Jays had just taking the lead in the top of the inning. With Michael Conforto on first and one out, up to the plate stepped the Amazin's budding star, a mammoth of ma…

Wheeling and dealing, Steve Cohen and Company got their man. Well, a man, but an important one at that.

Through thick and thin, Ryan LaMarre became a pretty reliable ballplayer, the kind of player that any team should want to stash in their cupboard.

The New York Yankees suffered another gut punch from the Boston Red Sox last night at Fenway Park with a heartbreaking 5-4 loss in 10 innings. It's not just a loss to the team you are chasing in the standings, it's the way you lost, again. One out from the celebration of victory, with th…

Did you ever dream about putting on the Yankee pinstripes? The same ones that Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Munson, Jackson, Rivera, Jeter and countless other Major League legends put on? So many of us dreamed of the the moment you would slip on that uniform and have your name and number echo through the…

How big can an inter-league mid-July game be? When you are the Yankees and the season has gone as it has, in addition, you are marching into a four game series with the first place Red Sox this weekend, it can be pretty big. That's what last night was for the New York Yankees. The story lines…

Going deep into games in today's version of Major League Baseball, I would guess would be a pitcher getting into the 6th inning. Before, if you didn't complete 6 innings, it wasn't considered a quality start. Today, New York Mets starting pitcher Marcus Stroman went "old school.…

Professional sports broadcasters travel the world, and eat cuisine from different cities on a daily basis. Enter: New York Mets' play-by-play man, Gary Cohen.

Monday night, New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso had just hit his 18th home run of the season. He was rounding 3rd base and as he faced his teammates in the dugout he began to do an imitation of a Pete Towsend guitar windmill. Alonso was indicating to his fellow Amazin's that they were r…