Death Of Osama Bin Laden Ripples Across Sports World
A day after Phillies fans shouted "USA! USA!" when the news spread during the Mets-Philadelphia game at Citizens Bank Park, fans and players echoed the sentiment across the sports world.
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A day after Phillies fans shouted "USA! USA!" when the news spread during the Mets-Philadelphia game at Citizens Bank Park, fans and players echoed the sentiment across the sports world.
When San Francisco takes the field tonight, Sandy Alderson and the Mets' braintrust need to take a long, hard look at the Giants' roster. That might be the best way for New York to build a championship club.
The Mets finished the month of April with a record of 11 and 16 (.407), their worst April mark since going 9 and 14 (.391) in April of 2004.
With Osama bin Laden dead and Rex Ryan making the trip to the Allstate Studio for a sit-down with Boomer & Craig, spirits were running high on today's edition of this thing we call the "Morning Extravaganza".
Mets right-hander Jenrry Mejia has a torn elbow ligament and has been told he needs surgery.
During the 9th inning of New York's 2-1 win over the Phillies, with chants of "USA!" roaring from the crowd at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park, WFAN's Howie Rose broke what he described as the "globally huge story" of Osama bin Laden's death.
In a strange way, it seemed fitting I received news of the death of Osama Bin Laden while the Mets were playing a baseball game. The Mets were front and center in the healing process 10 years ago...
Howie Rose thought he'd seen and heard it all in his years as half of WFAN's Mets broadcast team. Sunday night's broadcast was something entirely new as news broke of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden's death.
The Mets couldn't have been prouder as a team. And it had absolutely nothing to do with finally landing on the right side of a 1-run game. No, this was much more than that. This was payback of a different sort, on a different level.
The Mets celebrated a victory on a night when fans in the ballpark were celebrating historic news. "It was a big night for the United States," manager Terry Collins said. "I wish we had been able to finish two hours sooner so we could join in the celebration."
The death of Osama bin Laden is dominating the headlines and dominated the conclusion of the Mets-Phillies game last night. Jerry had all the audio from Mets coaches and players reacting to the news. Plus, he had all the scores and audio from the weekend's sports stories.
As word of the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden swept through Citizens Bank Park during Sunday night's game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets, excited fans erupted in thunderous chants of "USA" during the top of the ninth inning.
Ronny Paulino had a career-high five hits in his first start for the Mets, including a go-ahead double in the 14th inning, and New York beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 Sunday night.
"I keep active because I have not announced my retirement, because that is something that takes time and you have to plan it. Plus, it is something that the Dominican people expected," Martinez said.
Where has the good mojo gone for the Metropolitans?
Roy Halladay pitched a seven-hitter to help Philadelphia set a club record with its 18th victory in April as the Phillies beat the New York Mets 2-1 on Saturday.
Braves general manager Frank Wren says the team is still gathering information on allegations that pitching coach Roger McDowell made homophobic comments and crude gestures toward fans before a game in San Francisco last weekend.
Steve opened his Friday night schmooze by talking Yankees, Mets and the NFL Draft.
New York Mets starter Mike Pelfrey wasn't feeling well before he faced the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night. Ryan Howard probably made him feel worse.
The Mets have activated catcher Ronny Paulino from the 15-day Disabled List for tonight's game at Philadelphia. Mike Nickeas was optioned to AAA Buffalo.
After winning 6 straight, the Mets lost to the National last night and now have a weekend series with the first-place Phillies, so who better to talk about it with than SNY studio analyst Bob Ojeda?
A few months back Al was trying to get a point across on the air and in his frustration uttered a rather unusual sound for any human being, even Al. It still astounds Jerry.
Steve opened his Thursday night schmooze by talking Yankees, Mets and the NFL Draft.
New father Ian Desmond homered and tripled in his first game back from paternity leave and Livan Hernandez pitched eight strong innings to lead the Washington Nationals past the New York Mets 4-3 Thursday night.
Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez joined Joe and Evan to talk about his recent pitching and the six-game winning streak.
