PLAYERS:
Carlos Beltran,
Carlos Delgado,
Jose Reyes,
Francisco Rodriguez,
Ryan Church,
Livan Hernandez,
David Wright,
Luis Castillo
TEAMS: New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles
TEAMS: New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles
It’s about mid-way through the season and the Mets are below .500. They have been riddled by injuries, like many teams in baseball, and have been unwilling to move a few of their top prospects in order to jump start their ballclub. But if you were to listen to sports radio in New York, hosts [...]
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