Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Brian Costa / New Jersey Online : Mets renovating bullpen area at Citi Field … NEW YORK — For those of you who might be curious to see what Citi Field looks like on a chilly, overcast day in November, here are a couple pictures I shot Friday. Not a whole lot going on outside of the team office building just beyond right field.
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The following is from Brian Costa of the Star Ledger, via Twitter: …from what i understand, when you see a GM in the lobby, it means nothing is pressing… and so, it stands to reason, if nobody has seen omar in two days, it means he’s been hard at work… To follow Costa on Twitter, and his [...]
Mets Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
I had hoped to shelve the “Manuel Being Manuel” category until at least spring training. Unfortunately, everyone’s favorite zen master couldn’t contain himself through the winter months. Jerry Manuel spoke with reporters in Indianapolis today, and Brian Costa provides the “highlights” of the conversation. Among them: - Manuel claims not to feel threatened...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... would be nice if the left field wall was a little lower. Metsmerized interviews the Star Ledger's Brian Costa, one of the better local Mets writers out there. Mets Police notes that Bill Madden's weekend article was revised to omit the word "Latin" when discussing players Omar Minaya goes after. Not sure how that one slipped by the editors in the first place. Joe Janish...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Brian Costa, in a post to his blog for the Star Ledger, says that the Mets are currently renovating the bullpens at Citi Field. According to Costa, the Padres complained of the obstructed view from the visitors bullpen, and the Mets are now renovating the area so that the bullpens are side by side on the [...]
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
David Waldstein / Bats : Yanks' Cashman Won't Be Swayed — CHICAGO - Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman made it clear Monday that even if Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon had gone 20 for 20 in the World Series with 10 home runs apiece, it would not change the team's thinking about how it would deal with the two impending free agents.
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
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Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
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The Yankee Universe (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
From Brian Costa: The Yankees won’t have to face Cliff Lee again until Game 5 of the World Series. The Phillies named Joe Blanton their Game 4 starter Friday, opting to use a fourth starter rather than bring Lee back on short rest. Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said he was reluctant to have Lee pitch on just [...]
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... name. — Manuel certainly didn't extend many accolades toward … Discussion: , and Discussion: Brian Costa / : Joseph Pawlikowski / : iYankees / : Bryan Hoch / : Discussion: , and Discussion: Joe Sheehan / : Marc Topkin / : Greg Cohen / : : — The first in an expected avalanche of Milton Bradley rumors spread across the Internet on Saturday after a Toronto Sun report of a possible Bradley-for-Vernon...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
New York Post : Umpires botch ‘close’ call to end eighth — Another night, another botched call by the umpires. — The October to forget for the men in blue continued in Game 2 of the World Series when first base umpire Brian Gorman called the Phillies' Chase Utley out on an eighth-inning-ending double play.
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Jim Callis / Baseball America : Dodgers Draft Report Card — POSITION PLAYERS — BEST PURE HITTER: C J.T. Wise (5) or OF Brian Cavazos-Galvez (12). Wise hit .338/.401/.566 at Rookie-level Ogden, while Cavazos-Galvez batted .322/.353/.618 there. >> BEST POWER HITTER: OF Blake Smith (2) needs to cut down on his strikeouts …
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... / Mark Polishuk / Jim Callis / — POSITION PLAYERS — BEST PURE HITTER: C J.T. Wise (5) or OF Brian Cavazos-Galvez (12). Wise hit .338/.401/.566 at Rookie-level Ogden, while Cavazos-Galvez batted .322/.353/.618 there. >> BEST POWER HITTER: OF Blake Smith (2) needs to cut down on his strikeouts … Duk / — Maybe no one told Tommy Lasorda about the Dodgers' demise last week or maybe he just had...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... / Roch Kubatko / Jim Callis / — POSITION PLAYERS — BEST PURE HITTER: C J.T. Wise (5) or OF Brian Cavazos-Galvez (12). Wise hit .338/.401/.566 at Rookie-level Ogden, while Cavazos-Galvez batted .322/.353/.618 there. >> BEST POWER HITTER: OF Blake Smith (2) needs to cut down on his strikeouts … Duk / — Maybe no one told Tommy Lasorda about the Dodgers' demise last week or maybe he just had...
