People who think computers play baseball will say the Angels are down 2 games to 1. But computers don't play baseball. And when you have a teammate like Derek Jeter, and you see the way he goes about his business and how calm he is after a game like that, it's like you've won. So the computers may say the Angels are down just one game, but if you're in the Yankee clubhouse you feel like you just won two games. That's the kind of player Derek Jete -- ... I'm sorry, I came down here and Joe
The Mets were losing 3-2 after three innings of my listening to them. Then I had to abandon their game so I could see an old friend of mine remarry. Then, during the cocktail hour, I checked the final from Wrigley: Cubs 11 Mets 4 ... You could have knocked me over with a feather. From the looks of the boxscore, the Cubs could have done the same to Bobby Parnell ... Ah, but there was a most delightful detail to the day (other than hearing "Dixieland Delight" at the wedding in honor of the
The Mets confirmed Saturday that Mike Pelfrey will not make his scheduled start Sunday against the Brewers because of right forearm tendinitis. Shortly after the Mets beat the Brewers, 5-4, on Friday, they announced that Nelson Figueroa will be Pelfrey's replacement and that Darren O'Day had been designated for assignment to make room on the roster ...
Darren O'Day made his Mets debut Thursday at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, but his thoughts were 3,000 miles away, back in Orange County, where former teammate and friend Nick Adenhart died in a traffic accident at about 12:30 a.m. Thursday ...
Mets reliever Darren O'Day's right leg shook as he sat at his locker after Thursday's series finale against the Reds, recalling his final conversation with former teammate Nick Adenhart ...
CINCINNATI -- Mets reliever Darren O'Day was devastated yesterday by the death of former teammate Nick Adenhart in a California traffic accident ... O'Day, a Rule 5 addition from the Angels this offseason, was close friends with Adenhart on the ...
PORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets chose potential in the bullpen and experience on the bench when making their final roster decisions yesterday ... Pinch-hitting specialist Marlon Anderson and reliever Darren O'Day, a Rule 5 Draft pickup, were the survivors ...
Twelve hours after parting with Joe Smith in the deal that landed J.J. Putz, the Mets found a replacement sidearmer in the Rule 5 draft. And Darren O'Day has a legitimate chance to stick, team officials insist ...