Category Archives: College
As Mediocrity Rules, Takahashi Is Exception
To be known as “an interesting .500 team” is faint praise, but that is the reality of the Mets this season.
One of the reasons they have done that well is Hisanori Takahashi, a versatile left-handed pitcher from Japan.
At the start of Tuesday’s series opener with the Florida Marlins at Citi Field, the Mets were 62-62 [...]
Gimelstob Starts Marathon Quest Way Behind
Rafael Nadal was walking along West 59th Street by Central Park last week, talking on his cellphone, when he spotted the gangly figure of Justin Gimelstob, a retired tennis player, puffing and panting while jogging by him. Nadal pulled down the phone for a moment and said, “How many miles are you up to?”
A week [...]
Mets Trying to Stay Focused on Baseball
As Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez prepared for his court appearance Thursday after being charged with assaulting his father-in-law at Citi Field Wednesday night, his teammates were trying to stay focused on the field.
“To lose the way we did yesterday was tough, and then everything that happened after, there’s no way to fix that, except [...]
Yankees’ Mattingly Was the Man to Teixeira as a Boy
The aging poster is encased inside a flimsy plastic frame and hangs on the wall of what used to be a boy’s bedroom. The boy became a man and moved out, but the poster has survived. He has made sure of that.
Twice, the man’s parents took down the poster and tried to spruce up the [...]
Derek Jeter Can’t Solve Slump, but Yankees Win
If the Yankees ever honor Derek Jeter with a statue, it may look like a play he made at shortstop Monday night during an 11-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics at Yankee Stadium.
To end the top of the fifth inning — with two men on base and the Yankees leading by two runs — Jeter [...]