Friends and Foes

While not official it's being reported that Jerry Manuel and the Mets have agreed in principle to a two year deal with a club option. Clearly the team responded to Manuel and he was able to handle the position in New York, so it was a pretty easy decision to bring him back. Now the question becomes who will return with him.....Jerry Manuel has agreed to return as New York Mets...

In game one of the NLDS Cole Hamels delivered one of the finest pitching performances in Phillies history.

The Mets acknowledged that Johan Santana had arthroscopic surgery today to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. Agent Chris Leible tells the Daily News that Santana actually had been banged up for a month, but had vowed to complete the season with the injury. Santana knew his knee had trouble, but didn't want to know the extent until after the season. The diagnosis was made...

In today's New York Post, columnist Joel Sherman wrote an article about the Mets being too top heavy and needing to strengthen the roster in positions 11-25 and through the entire 40-man roster. So far so good.

Omar Minaya, the man most responsible for shaping the Mets' roster and their future, has been rewarded with a contract extension. Minaya was appointed as general manager and executive vice president of baseball operations nearly four years ago. He has one year remaining on his current five-year contract, and the extension will take it through 2012 with clubs options for the following...

In 2006 the Mets were scouting teams to bolster their pitching staff for the playoff run at the trade deadline. One of the pitchers it is believed they looked at was Juan Cruz.The New York Mets have scouted the starts by Miguel Batista and Juan Cruz the last two days amid reports they were looking for more pitching for the stretch run, and the teams have had preliminary conversations...

According to Jon Heyman, the talks between the Mets and manager Jerry Manuel have hit a bump, and talks may be off for the weekend. It is believed that the Mets made a two year offer to Manuel, but the sides differed on money. "We are in discussions right now with Jerry. We'll probably continue to talk to him," Minaya said. Manuel did a very good job for the Mets despite...

The Phillies and Brewers played a tight game one in the NLDS and it was the defens eof both teams that decided the game.

In 2007 Omar Minaya grabbed Fernando Tatis off the 'scrap heap' hoping he might be able to plug Fernando into a supportive role for the Mets.

Game 3 just wasn't meant to be. Although they stayed close all night and only lost by 3 runs, the Phillies lacked energy as the Brewers fed off the home crowd. The Phils repeatedly allowed runners on base and had to fight just to keep them from scoring. Starting with a shaky performance by Jame Moyer, Phillies pitchers gave up 11 hits and walked 5 batters in the game. Moyer and...

The Mets made it official today by announcing that Omar Minaya will be the general manager for the next four years. I'm disappointed with how the last two years have ended but lets be real overall Omar has been a good GM.Lets not forget where we came from, between the four years prior to Omar (2001-2004) the Mets had an overall record of 294-352 (.455%) and the best year in...

Venue: Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Time: 6:37 pm. Circumstance: 2-0 Phillies lead over Brewers in a best of 5 series. Match-Up: Jamie Moyer (16-7, 3.71, 1.33) vs. Dave Bush (9-10, 4.18, 1.14). In the past I've referred to Moyer as Grand Pappy, but from now on he's Moyer the Destroyer. Click on the URL to find out exactly why I've bestowed this new nickname upon him.

Former Met Mike Cameron has admitted to playing while drunk in the past, and badly misplayed a fly ball to give the Phillies their first lead. So naturally we aska??. Online Surveys & Market Research More burning questions from Day One Of The First Devil Ray October after the jump: Bigger fuckup a?" Cameron's misplay or Vlad's [...]

I came up with what I thought was a clever idea to watch each of the three major league baseball playoff games on Wednesday and blog about them. Get some food, make sure I had some beverages in the house, and take some notes on the action. I should have known how obsessed I would become, because I started taking notes on every at bat. What I thought would be a relaxing way to spend...

There was as much excitement in 3 Brett Myers at bats as there was after the Victorino grand slam that the first set up. THAT, readers, and not stories of Santa, Michael Irvin and battery hurling at JD Drew defines the passion of Philadelphia sports fans.