Monthly Archives: January 2008

Book Review: Is This A Great Game, Or What?

Is This a Great Game, or What?, by Tim Kurkjian is an excellent baseball book for baseball fans. George F. Will of the New York Times says it “is like a leisurely lunch with Tim.” When you read this book, … Continue reading

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Get to Know a Prospect: Jason Jacobs

This is the next part in a series of articles that look into the Mets farm system for a future catcher. So far we have looked at notable statistics from last season from most of the catchers in the system, … Continue reading

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Afterthoughts: 2008 Hall of Fame Inductee, Snubs

First off, I am glad that Gossage finally got in. There are some stats that important to consider is his 1002 games pitched, 310 saves, and 3.01 lifetime ERA. One is that he had 37 starts and 16 of them were complete … Continue reading

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Looking at Brian Stokes

On November 28, 2007, the Mets acquired Brian Stokes from the Devil Rays (or Rays, I am protesting the name change), for cash considerations. The move was made shortly after Mota being traded to the Breweres for Estrada. Brian Stokes … Continue reading

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Get to Know a Prospect: Yu Darvish

On January 1st, mlbtraderumors.com ran an article about the Yankees interest in Japanese pitching sensation Yu Darvish. Yu Darvish is a 21-year old pitching celeberity in Japan. The team he plays for right now, the Hokkuido Nappon Ham Fighters believe … Continue reading

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Interesting Winter Stat Lines

There are three stat lines from the winter league that I found intersting: As most of you are aware, Edgardo Alfonzo is going to be playing in the Astro's farm system this year but if he hits as well in … Continue reading

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Get to Know a Prospect: Francisco Pena

During the catcher report from a few days ago, I mentioned that Baseball America sees Francisco Pena as the Mets catcher of the future. First off, I made a mistake under Pena's BA, his BA is .210 I stated that … Continue reading

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Possible 2008 Milestones and Swisher

I was looking at the Milestone Tracker today at mlb.com, so I jotted down a few of the milestones that caught my eye:Ivan Rodriguez: 2500 HCarlos Delgado: 432 HR-passes Cal Ripkin for 37th all time. The entire summer he will … Continue reading

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Get to Know a Prospect: Corey Coles

We all know about F-Mart and Carlos Gomez, but what other OF prospects do the Mets have after their more well known names? Well get to know Corey Coles. Corey Coles, who will be 26 next season, was voted best … Continue reading

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Looking At The Mets' Farm Catchers

Today, I took a look into the Mets farm system to see what they have in terms of catchers down the road. Before you see the results, I have to warn you, it’s not pretty.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = … Continue reading

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