What can the Mets do about Ike Davis?:
The New York Mets have plenty of self-inflicted problems. Ike Davis is not one of them.
Bio: Howard Megdal is Writer At Large for Capital New York. He writes about baseball, basketball, and soccer for The Journal News, Sports on Earth, and numerous other publications. His books include The Baseball Talmud, Taking the Field and Wilpon's Folly. Follow Howard on Twitter @HowardMegdal.
The New York Mets have plenty of self-inflicted problems. Ike Davis is not one of them. More
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on May 23rd, 2013 10:16amFor Fred Wilpon and the New York Mets, Tuesday's announcement that Major League Soccer's twentieth team has been awarded to New York City, but won't be owned by Wilpon and his partners, had to be a bitter pill to swallow. More
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on May 22nd, 2013 5:24pmReporters gathered in the media room for Terry Collins' postgame press conference at Citi Field Tuesday night, following the New York Mets' 4-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Little was said. One beat reporter met another's gaze. Both shrugged. More
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on May 22nd, 2013 10:23amWell within his four-to-six week timeframe he gave last month, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber announced the formation today of the twentieth M.L.S. team and the second in the New York market: New York City Football Club (N.Y.C.F.C.), to be owned in part by the group who own Machester City in the English Premier League, which has been reported for weeks. More
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on May 21st, 2013 11:55amThe Baltimore Orioles won 93 games during the regular season in 2012, on the basis of a pretty simple formula. More
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on May 21st, 2013 10:22amIt was clean-out-your-locker day for the New York Knicks on Monday in Tarrytown, with the group that went down in six games to the up-and-coming Indiana Pacers attempting to explain why they lost, and why a team full of aging veterans will do any better next season. More
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on May 20th, 2013 3:56pmThe day Dellin Betances, the 6'8" pitcher the New York Yankees once believed was central to their future, got the call to the major leagues was supposed to be a fanfare event, the kind of moment the New York Mets had last season with Matt Harvey, or the Yankees experienced with Joba Chamberlain back in 2007. More
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on May 17th, 2013 2:48pmIt is a rare thing for all of us in the peanut gallery to be so unified in our advice to a losing team. More
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on May 17th, 2013 11:00am
A few weeks ago, the Yankees acquired Chris Nelson to play third base. Nelson received nine starts, utterly failed to hit, and was released on Wednesday.
The next audition to take hold of the third base position, David Adams, could stick around a good while longer, if only he can stay on the field.
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on May 16th, 2013 11:45amJordany Valdespin, causing dissent in the New York Mets' clubhouse and his manager to make an ill-advised remark. Rick Ankiel, rightly released by the worst team in baseball, signed to join a starting platoon in center field for the Mets. Zack Wheeler, constantly discussed in terms of major league need rather than his development as a prospect by fans and media alike. More
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on May 15th, 2013 2:04pm
imjasondiamond: @howardmegdal @AmExperiencePBS I dunno. I'm excited either way. I always love a new American Experience. Always a good series.imjasondiamond: @howardmegdal @AmExperiencePBS I feel bad now. I'll up my PBS donation.
powellnyt: @howardmegdal @capitalnewyork @powellnyt Problem too is that Nets are not a young team. Except for terrific Lopez, star core is aging.powellnyt: @howardmegdal @capitalnewyork Good piece. Alas an NBA game is 49 minutes long ...
tomwatson: @howardmegdal @lagranderusty @MHealeySports Sure but second year in - given attendance (the real blowback) - regrets? Handled it poorly?tomwatson: @howardmegdal @lagranderusty @MHealeySports Respectful, absolutely. Totally agree. Still, in year three - too much deference.tomwatson: @howardmegdal @lagranderusty @MHealeySports I still sense an undeserved deference - if Minaya was on same call, same kind of 'distance'?powellnyt: @howardmegdal @capitalnewyork So what's deal w Deron? Cumulative toll of injuries, wrist, etc? Big body for a point guard? Or just bad yr?
