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Murphy hit .313 with two home runs and 17 RBIs in 131 at-bats for New York this season.

Okay, I know it's all the art of negotiation. And Scott Boras is good at it. But Derek Lowe is now exposed as a special kinda crazy.

There wasn't a whole lot of fanfare when the Braves signed Greg Norton in May. He'd just been released from the Mariners and was coming to Atlanta to primarily serve as a role player.

Having finally made it through the Dog Days, it's high time to do a quick rundown in order to handicap the NL East race.

Who would've ever thought a career .267 hitter would become the muse for an indie rock band? In 1977, a struggling student with the last name of Ciccone dropped out of the University of Michigan to pursue a ...

As we collectively revel in Santana's brilliant outing during yesterday's 4-0 win over the Pirates , we receive news from Adam Rubin at the NY Daily News that another old friend of ours will rejoin the team ...

With this week's installment of "In Their Footsteps," we'll wrap up the feature by completing the rundown of my all-time favorite Rangers at every position on a 25-man roster, and by pegging a current prospect ...

I can give you about a dozen jokes on how young Wilmer Flores is. He isn't old enough to drive himself to the ballpark in the state of New York.

I am not even sure I know where to begin with regards to how the New York Mets handled the firing of manager Willie Randolph.

You are watching the painfully slow demise of The New Mets, the vision Omar Minaya articulated four years ago but built as a house of cards.

“If you're that old, still playing in the big leagues, you're relaxed, baby. There's no anxiety in Julio Franco's body.”

"If he was there he'd have kept them together they wouldn't have panicked," claims guitarist George Thorogood of the Mets' 07 September collapse and the venerable Julio Franco. via Can't Stop The Bleeding

I took it personally when Julio Franco announced his retirement a week and a half ago in Mexico. via Akron Beacon Journal

In early May of 2008, Julio Franco announced his retirement from baseball. Franco was playing in the Mexican league at the time, not having appeared in the major leagues since the previous season. via Associated Content

Julio Franco finally called it quits. The 49-year-old announced his retirement from baseball after a 23-year career in the major leagues and stints in his native Dominican Republic, South Korea, Japan and ... via Journal Gazette

Julio Franco retired last week, ending a 30-year professional baseball career with the Mexican League's Quintana Roo Tigers, a little less than four months shy of his 50th birthday. via Canada.com

Julio Franco, the oldest man ever to appear in a major league baseball game, has announced his retirement. via The Post Chronicle

“It was the hardest decision in my life”

In this May 19, 2007 file photo, New York Mets' Julio Franco follows through on a single during the eighth inning of interleague baseball action at Shea Stadium in New York. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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“Sometimes you do things and you have to live with it. If that's the case, that's the case”

Carlos Delgado defends his decision to stay in the dugout on Sunday once spotlight stays on him after Monday's game against Pirates is rained out. via New York Daily News

“We were talking about pitch sequence”

So if we are to believe Carlos Delgado , the reason he did not take the three or four seconds to stick his face out of the dugout and wave at the fans for his curtain call was because, well, the situation ... via Newsday.com