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It had become something of a running joke, the flip side of the old "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" routine, this fiction the Yankees were perpetuating that, all evidence to the contrary, George ...

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Al Leiter, a 1984 Central Regional High School graduate and a former major-league pitcher, was hired Nov.

Erstwhile NESN vixen Hazel Mae said it took a special opportunity to convince her to leave Boston where we "live, eat and breathe baseball" -- but she found it at the new MLB Network.

As Major League Baseball's first 24-hour channel, MLB Network is set to launch at the start of the New Year with big plans for its on- and off-season programming.

YEs Network's Al Leiter, SNY's Harold Reynolds, reporters Hazel Mae and Trenni Kusnierek joining MLB Network.

One afternoon we stood on Main St. at Walt Disney World watching a parade go by.

A colorful bunch of Phillies nicknamed Dutch, Dude, Head, Krukker, The Wild Thing, DJ, Schill, Eisey and Inky went from last place in 1992 to the World Series the following year.

Konstanty, named the NL MVP after going 16-7 with 22 saves and a 2.66 ERA in 74 games, allows four hits over eight innings but one of them, a fourth-inning double by Bobby Brown, leads to the game's only run ...

Former major-league pitcher Al Leiter, the ex-Central Regional High School standout, made his first visit to FirstEnergy Park when the Lakewood BlueClaws hosted the Delmarva Shorebirds, a Baltimore Orioles farm ...

Back on October 1st, Brian Cashman was on WFAN with Mike Francesa - and Brian said something that has stuck with me for the last week now.

Now that Brian Cashman is firmly ensconced in his GMship, it's time to start speculating about who he'll target with the possibly $90 million in expiring contract money he'll have at his disposal.A Clearly C.C. ...

Posted at 1:52 PM on September 30, 2008 by Chris Dall Whatever happens tonight in Chicago, be it blowout or nail-biter, the one-game playoff between the Twins and the White Sox should be a memorable affair.

I feel that a respectful amount of time has passed after the Shea Stadium closing ceremonies so that we can all now speak frankly about what we thought of them: What did you like, what didn't you like, who ...

Ed Kranepool will be sad to see Shea Stadium leveled, a fact the popular former Mets first baseman thought about on Sunday as he stood on the infield during a ceremony that served as last rights for a ballpark ...

Ryan Church hadn't often heard the sappy side of Shea Stadium's schizophrenia, the happy half that the old-timers recall with fond smiles.

The countdown is winding down to the last scheduled regular-season game at Shea Stadium, tomorrow afternoon against the Marlins, as the Mets continue to battle the Phillies and the Brewers for the final two ...

Obviously, the story of this game is Phil Hughes. In the spirit of full disclosure, in terms of access to this game, this is all I had this evening: 1. I heard the bottom of the 2nd inning on the radio .

MIKE Schmidt may think the Phillies own the Mets and September. That was the case last year when the Phillies swept three September games at Shea Stadium to set off the Mets' historic collapse.

Highlights of the New York Mets' 7-4 victory over the formerly hated Atlanta Braves, Tuesday 8/19/08, with pithy commentary by your humble blogger and host.