The Associated Press Sports Editors has released its first list of top sports Web sites after years of honoring sports sections and sports writing.
Two of my favorite sites, the Boston Globe's Boston.com and USAToday.com, were in the top 10 (the Globe was first).
See the entire list here.
(And what a great Boston.com headline for Jason Bay's departure to the New York Mets: "Bay State No More.")
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Showing posts with label new york mets. Show all posts
12.30.2009
6.29.2009
500 saves, 1 win, 0 errors
Tonight was a classic Yankees win (and God bless ESPN for broadcasting the game for those poor souls who live in Boston and can't get regular Yankees games on TV).
Mariano Rivera recorded his 500th career save; Chien-Ming Wang finally won a game for the first time in over a year; and the Yankees' defense powered the team to a 4-2 win over the hapless New York Mets.
Mariano Rivera tossed his 18th save in 19 chances, coming in during the eighth inning to whiff a batter, then closing it out in the bottom of the ninth. In between his trips to the mound, however, the batting order came around to give him his third regular-season hitting chance ever. Mo worked the count and drew a walk against a reliever who has been anointed as a next great one (Mets' closer Francisco Rodriguez), pushing a bases-loaded runner home to give the Yanks another run.
Chien-Ming Wang, the poor former-ace for the Yankees, finally got a W tonight. He'd been 0-6 so far this season, and even when he wasn't allowing what led to a 34.50 ERA (his first seven starts, runs allowed: 7, 8, 8, 5, 4, 3, 3), he just had bad luck getting the right situations for a statistical "win." Tonight, however, he was crisp, keeping the bases clean and not breaking his ankle when running out grounders.
But the real winner in tonight's game was the New York defense. In fact, the difference in the game was how much better the Yankees' defense was than the Mets' defense. Forget your All-Star closers (we'll even let K-Rod slink away without judgment here) and high-caliber batting orders.
This game was won in the diamond.
As the commentators murmured about Derek Jeter getting older and whether he'd have to be shifted away from shortstop, he once again showed that, no matter what the future holds, that is not the case right now. Flu bug or not, he was classic Jeter tonight, turning solid plays.
To his right, Alex Rodriguez showed his worth as a fielder. He made a couple diving plays and scooped up a key bunt for a force-out to keep New York in the game.
And Mark Teixeira keeps earning his dough at first, no question about it.
In contrast, the Mets avoided any Castillo-like game-ending error blunders (although there was a dropped Jorge Posada fly late in the game that was gratuitously ruled a base hit), but they were instead just mediocre in the infield. In the first inning, all three runs were because of less-than-great plays by Mets infielders, and although no errors were tagged on the blue-and-oranges, rudimentary conversions by the players would have kept those runs from scoring. Alas, tonight the Mets had strung enough together to win (they out-hit the Yankees 5-4), yet those unfortunate plays derailed what they needed to overcome a depleted batting order and the extremely bad luck the Mets have attracted recently.
Better luck next time.
The Yankees (43-32) are riding a five-game winning streak, have the third-best record in the league, and sit just three back of the American League East-leading Boston Red Sox. Next up, the Bombers face Seattle (39-36) at home, where they'll try to keep increasing space in their tight division. Tampa Bay (42-35) and Toronto (41-36) are nipping at their heels.
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Mariano Rivera recorded his 500th career save; Chien-Ming Wang finally won a game for the first time in over a year; and the Yankees' defense powered the team to a 4-2 win over the hapless New York Mets.
Mariano Rivera tossed his 18th save in 19 chances, coming in during the eighth inning to whiff a batter, then closing it out in the bottom of the ninth. In between his trips to the mound, however, the batting order came around to give him his third regular-season hitting chance ever. Mo worked the count and drew a walk against a reliever who has been anointed as a next great one (Mets' closer Francisco Rodriguez), pushing a bases-loaded runner home to give the Yanks another run.
Chien-Ming Wang, the poor former-ace for the Yankees, finally got a W tonight. He'd been 0-6 so far this season, and even when he wasn't allowing what led to a 34.50 ERA (his first seven starts, runs allowed: 7, 8, 8, 5, 4, 3, 3), he just had bad luck getting the right situations for a statistical "win." Tonight, however, he was crisp, keeping the bases clean and not breaking his ankle when running out grounders.
But the real winner in tonight's game was the New York defense. In fact, the difference in the game was how much better the Yankees' defense was than the Mets' defense. Forget your All-Star closers (we'll even let K-Rod slink away without judgment here) and high-caliber batting orders.
This game was won in the diamond.
As the commentators murmured about Derek Jeter getting older and whether he'd have to be shifted away from shortstop, he once again showed that, no matter what the future holds, that is not the case right now. Flu bug or not, he was classic Jeter tonight, turning solid plays.
To his right, Alex Rodriguez showed his worth as a fielder. He made a couple diving plays and scooped up a key bunt for a force-out to keep New York in the game.
And Mark Teixeira keeps earning his dough at first, no question about it.
In contrast, the Mets avoided any Castillo-like game-ending error blunders (although there was a dropped Jorge Posada fly late in the game that was gratuitously ruled a base hit), but they were instead just mediocre in the infield. In the first inning, all three runs were because of less-than-great plays by Mets infielders, and although no errors were tagged on the blue-and-oranges, rudimentary conversions by the players would have kept those runs from scoring. Alas, tonight the Mets had strung enough together to win (they out-hit the Yankees 5-4), yet those unfortunate plays derailed what they needed to overcome a depleted batting order and the extremely bad luck the Mets have attracted recently.
Better luck next time.
The Yankees (43-32) are riding a five-game winning streak, have the third-best record in the league, and sit just three back of the American League East-leading Boston Red Sox. Next up, the Bombers face Seattle (39-36) at home, where they'll try to keep increasing space in their tight division. Tampa Bay (42-35) and Toronto (41-36) are nipping at their heels.
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6.14.2009
15-0.
The Yankees light it up in a 15-0 win over the Mets, and this was no flukish short-right-porch home run derby.
Derek Jeter went 4-for-4 and knocked in a couple runs, Robinson Cano was 3-for-4 with three RBI, and Johnny Damon went 2-for-4 with another three RBI. Best yet, A.J. Burnett produced a quality start for New York, going seven innings and striking out eight, while only walking four (although the staff probably prefers that he saves these gems for when the lineup produces less runs).
The team batted .459 today, with 17 hits, including doubles from Damon, Cano, and Melky Cabrera (who laced two). Once again, the Yankees stranded a load of runners (21), but when you're scoring 15 runs, that seems excusable.
New York gets a day off tomorrow, then its three games against the lowly Washington Nationals (16-45) before heading back on the road to face the Marlins next weekend.
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Derek Jeter went 4-for-4 and knocked in a couple runs, Robinson Cano was 3-for-4 with three RBI, and Johnny Damon went 2-for-4 with another three RBI. Best yet, A.J. Burnett produced a quality start for New York, going seven innings and striking out eight, while only walking four (although the staff probably prefers that he saves these gems for when the lineup produces less runs).
The team batted .459 today, with 17 hits, including doubles from Damon, Cano, and Melky Cabrera (who laced two). Once again, the Yankees stranded a load of runners (21), but when you're scoring 15 runs, that seems excusable.
New York gets a day off tomorrow, then its three games against the lowly Washington Nationals (16-45) before heading back on the road to face the Marlins next weekend.
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There's your cushion, Burnett
The Yankees score big on the Mets' Johan Santana, chasing him in the fourth while tallying nine runs, the most Santana has ever given up. (Subplot: Remember all that whining when New York didn't go after Santana?)
The bats are on fire, and I daresay not even classic A.J. Burnett pitching (lousy as it is) can derail this win.
The bats are on fire, and I daresay not even classic A.J. Burnett pitching (lousy as it is) can derail this win.
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6.13.2009
Stop this slide!
The Yankees recovered from their three-game slide against the BoSox with a thrilling, come-from-behind 9-8 victory against the New York Mets Friday night on a dropped Alex Rodriguez popup.
The Yankees squandered leads throughout the game, and a poor eighth-inning performance by closer Mariano Rivera let the Mets get ahead, but heads-up running by Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira hustled in enough runs on the error to win the game.
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The Yankees squandered leads throughout the game, and a poor eighth-inning performance by closer Mariano Rivera let the Mets get ahead, but heads-up running by Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira hustled in enough runs on the error to win the game.
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