Coleman: Sandy Alderson Speaks
Yes, Alderson is still hopeful on the Jose Reyes front. And no, Jorge Posada will not be part of the solution behind the plate.
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Yes, Alderson is still hopeful on the Jose Reyes front. And no, Jorge Posada will not be part of the solution behind the plate.
They've been camped out at Fenway Park ever since Terry Francona left the Red Sox. They've been marching around the bases in Boston until a new manager could be found.
I'll say it again: Sandy Alderson and Reyes' representatives have a gentleman's agreement that once he receives all of his offers, the Mets will be given a chance to talk to him about a long-term contract.
Jorge Posada knows his days in pinstripes are over, though apparently he still wants to play ball right here in New York.
As a native New Yorker, who loathes all things Massachusetts, from the Red Sox to Bill Belichick to Ben Affleck, I must say Bobby Valentine, though sometimes a mutinous manager, is also a brilliant baseball man and a dangerous addition – particularly for the Yankees.
Yankees fans, you'll have to get used to rooting against Bobby Valentine yet again.
The Red Sox are going to name the Public Safety Director of Stamford, Connecticut, as their new manager. And he happens to be one of the best ballroom dancers this side of the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem!
When Terry Francona left the Red Sox, he said they needed "a new voice" in the manager's office. Well, they've certainly chosen a brash one. Right, Mets fans?
Bobby Valentine's unique charisma and managerial acumen makes him a wise choice to handle the pressures of managing the Red Sox.
Pitcher-turned-outfielder Adam Loewen has agreed to a minor league contract with the New York Mets.
A chronology of the work stoppages from each of the four major sports leagues
The New York Mets' owners have been ordered to undergo a jury trial if the case against them by the trustee for the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme goes forward.
Teams offered 26 players arbitration, of which six were Type A free agents. A new club signing one of those premier players would lose a top pick in June's amateur draft, and a team that offers arbitration and loses one of those players would get two extra selections as compensation.
With the Winter Meetings around the corner in December, and the annual Rule 5 draft scheduled to take place, the Mets moved some of their top prospects onto their 40-man roster to protect them from being selected by other clubs.
Baseball players and owners have signed an agreement for a new labor contract, a deal that starts blood testing for human growth hormone and expands the playoffs to 10 teams by 2013.
