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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'coorsfield'

November 16, 2007

The wedding date hasn’t been announced, but it seems like all the plans have been made. Alex Rodriguez is about to sign the richest contract in sports history- again. The framework of the deal is a 10 year/$275 million contract. In addition, A-Rod and the Yankees are working on a revenue sharing agreement if A-Rod breaks the home run record. One thing you won’t find in the contract is an opt-out clause, so this really......

Continue Reading "Quick Hits: Contracts, Contracts, Contracts"

September 28, 2007

It took the Mets a little more than two weeks, but they've somehow managed to squander a seven-game lead in the National League East. Since September 12th, the lead has slowly gotten smaller and is now zero, zilch, zip, nadda, nil. With three games left in the regular season, the Mets are tied with the Phillies for first in the NL East. The last time the Mets weren't in sole possession of first place......

Continue Reading "Mets Free-Fall Into First Place Tie"

July 5, 2007

Twins 6, Yankees 2: Beating Johan Santana is tough enough with an A lineup. Doing it with three reserves becomes nearly impossible. The Yankees tried and failed to beat the Cy Young Award winner by sending out Kevin Thompson, Miguel Cairo and Wil Nieves on the same day. Part of the blame goes to manager Joe Torre for choosing to rest everyone en masse, but part of the blame can rest on the Yankees' perpetual......

Continue Reading "Last Night's Action: A Weak Output"

July 4, 2007

Yankees 8, Twins 0: On a night where the Yankees shut out the Twins, perhaps the best news on the evening was that Alex Rodriguez played. A day after straining his hamstring against the Twins, A-Rod returned to the lineup and went 0-4, but also started a double play in the 4th inning to help keep the Twins off the scoreboard. Chien-Ming Wang didn't have his best stuff, but he was still good enough to......

Continue Reading "Last Night's Action: Streaky Locals"

August 30, 2006

- Mets 10, Rockies 5: The humidor didn't seem to be keeping the offense down in Colorado last night as the Mets rang up two home runs and David Wright's bat came back to life. TheRockies didn't help their cause with some missed opportunities in the outfield. Carlos Beltran hit his 39th home run of the season, setting a career record and later in the game batted to chants of MVP from at least......

Continue Reading "Last Night's Action: Rain, Rain, Go Away"

July 28, 2005

Going into their series against the Colorado Rockies, the Mets were playing well, winning games and keeping themselves in the race for both the NL East and the Wild Card. While they didn't eliminate themselves from contention, one has to wonder, how good a team can be if they lose two of three against what was the worst team in baseball. Last night, the Mets salvaged their series against the National League doormat with a......

Continue Reading "Mets Avoid Sweep"

October 21, 2004

Some City officials are accusing the Mayor of doing whatever it takes to bring the West Side Stadium to Manhattan, even at the expense of New Yorkers, and wondering where the money will actually come from. Gothamist has been wondering about the Mayor's intentions, too - until we saw the Daily News. The Daily News reveals that people are angry that Mayor B got to drink from a can of beer at the Jet game......

Continue Reading "Bloomberg's CanGate"

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