The Good Old Days: 2006 Mets Walk Off Moments

The Mets had their annual Christmas party today. This has known to be a jinx to the player wearing the Santa suit, and know to be a very good day when Anna Benson showed up in her now infamous elf costume.So today we have a Forever Collectibles version of what the day is like, with Mets players David Wright and Pedro Martinez posing with Santa. Is this a since-departed teammate...

Is Beltran coming back to the NL West? It’s a given that Carlos Beltran won’t end up in San Francisco next season. However, there is a strong possibility that the free agent slugger will wind up in the National League West. Jon Heyman (CBS Sports) said today that the Colorado Rockies are working on bringing Beltran to the West. Heyman also mentions the Rockies’...

With a couple weeks left in the year, it’s been a slow offseason for the Philadelphia Phillies. Aside from the opening salvo that was the Jonathan Papelbon contract, it’s been a relatively quiet few months. True, there isn’t too much out there on the open market. There are no Cliff Lees to sign, or Roy Halladays to trade for, and aside from the Jimmy Rollins contract...

Mets GM Sandy Alderson was a guest today on the Fox Business Channel, and said there will be no issues with the Mets meeting payroll. In regards to whether the Mets could fall to the same fate as the Dodgers, and have MLB step in to force a sale of the team, Alderson said “No. I think [the Dodgers situation] had to do with a completely different set of circumstances, where...

According to the Jon Heyman, the Rockies are pushing hard to land either Carlos Beltran or Michael Cuddyer. Here are the latest, most-relevant news and hot-stove rumors: The Red Sox will ink Kelly Shoppach to a one-year, $1.35 million deal today. The Phillies have signed Dontrelle Willis to a one-year contract. The Orioles are nearing a two-year, $8 million deal with Japenese lefty Tsuyoshi...

The biggest topic out there for the Cardinals right now is their reported interest in Carlos Beltran. While Beltran may be a solid addition to a lineup that lost a huge bat this off season, two other names on the free agent market will be looking for contracts from a new team and St. Louis would provide a bit of a homecoming.  Both Ryan Ludwick and Rick Ankiel will be hoping to...

In this week’s Mostly Mets Podcast, Ted Berg, Toby Hyde, and Patrick Flood discuss Andres Torres, the market for backups, Carlos Beltran, Ruben Tejada, and a potential new market inefficiency: Click here to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes: Subscribe