Mets to Use Two Closers, Which Never Works
$37 million man Francisco Rodriguez will be sharing closing duties with J.J. Putz for some reason.
Posted 12/12/08 in Daily Intel
Intel
Monday’s Magazine, Today!
Tina Fey brings her Sarah Palin impression out of retirement, Bob Kerrey doesn't know why he's so unloved, and how the hell are the Mets and Yankees spending so much money?
Posted 12/09/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Mets Reach Deal With Francisco Rodriguez
The Mets have their closer, at three years and $37 million.
Posted 11/19/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Leitch: The Unfortunate Legacy of Pedro Martinez
Pedro no longer has any symbolic value to the Mets. But did he ever?
Posted 10/16/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Mr. Met Decapitated at Last Night’s Debate
As if watching the Phillies win the pennant wasn't traumatic enough.
Posted 10/16/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
By the Numbers: Phillies Humiliate Mets
After last night’s Philadelphia National League Championship Series win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, a certain wacky prediction looked pretty wise.
Posted 10/14/08 in Daily Intel
Developing
New York Sports Teams Abandon Home Turf in Time of Need
For guys who get ticker-tape parades down Wall Street, the owners of the city's major sports franchises sure don't seem to mind leaving the city in the lurch.
Posted 10/09/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
You Can Own Shea Stadium’s AIG Sign!
Bidding’s up to $1,420, or roughly what AIG itself is worth these days.
Posted 10/08/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Leitch: Why the Heads of Our Team’s Managers No Longer Roll
What's it take for New York sports-team leaders to get fired anymore?
Posted 10/02/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
This Would Be a Good Time to Lower Your Expectations for the Mets and Yankees
Brian Cashman doesn't want you to get your hopes up, and Omar Minaya wants you to pin yours to Luis Castillo.
Posted 09/28/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Leitch: A Crushing End for Shea Stadium and the 2008 Mets
I was legitimately worried that someone in the SNY broadcast booth was going to jump out of the booth and kill himself.
Posted 09/26/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Mets’ Win Sets Up Another Bonkers Final Weekend
They were thisclose to breaking, but the Mets' luck changed on one bananas slide into home.
Posted 09/25/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
The Mets Bring the Pain — to Their Fans
What they put their already-tortured fans through last night was practically against the laws of nature.
Posted 09/24/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Leitch: How Exactly the Mets Will Stumble Toward a Tiebreaker at Shea Against the Brewers
Imagining how the next week could play out, in agonizing detail.
Posted 09/11/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
The Mets Definitely Won’t Collapse This Time, Say the Mets
With seventeen games left, the Mets have half the lead they did last year. Forgive their fans for not being so confident.
Posted 09/08/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Chris Smith: Will Billy Wagner Ever Pitch Again?
The Mets relief pitcher has long been the team’s backbone. But what is a franchise to do when that backbone is always getting broken?
Posted 09/02/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Yankees to Blame for Sluggish Economy, Too
The city stands to earn $26 million if the Yankees make the playoffs. Which they almost certainly won’t.
Posted 08/15/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
Mike and the Mad Dog Break Up at Last
After months of rumors, Chris Russo is off the popular sports-radio show — that and more, in of our daily industry roundup.
Posted 08/14/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
The Olympics: Does Johan Santana Not Love His Country?
Not all of the world’s top athletes share this deep sense of nationalism.
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