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Anthopoulos lays out his plan New Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alexander Anthopoulos talks with a reporter before the start of the Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles baseball game Saturday, Oct.

" The Milwaukee Brewers today acquired outfielder Carlos Gomez from Minnesota in exchange for shortstop J.J. Hardy.

The line that kept coming to me on Wednesday night as I tried to crystallize the Yankees' 27th championship , was "peaceful, easy feeling," from the song by the Eagles.

The presentation will take place at a news conference, in which commissioner Bud Selig and members of the Clemente family will participate, before Game 2. The award is given annually to the player who combines a dedication to giving back to the community with outstanding play on the field.

Having lived through -- and enjoyed -- some horrible years as a Mets fan, I don't understand the panic that has set in because of the current circumstances: "Fire the manager" and "Fire the owner." Yes, they stunk this year.

The payoff has arrived for Brian Cashman, who endured the brunt of criticism last year when the Yankees did not make the playoffs for the first time in his 11-year reign as general manager.

A After going through a horrific, injury-plagued 2009 campaign, the New York Mets head in this winter's Hot Stove with many questions and seemingly too few answers.

Jennifer Steinbrenner and Derek Jeter goof off after the Yankees clich in their 40th AL pennant.

Mike Silva from New York Baseball Digest wonders if the Mets would be interested in signing Chien Ming Wang.

I continue to believe the Mets have the wrong offseason plan. They have discussed making a big splash, which translates to obtaining the kind of star that ownership thinks will motivate Mets fans to buy 2010 tickets.

The past two winters, the Mets arrived on the Treasure Coast haunted by dispiriting, September collapses that had kept them out of the playoffs.

Ah, the New York Mets. A Whether you love 'em or hate 'em, you have to admire the way they're able to lose.A But hey, you have to give them credit.

Empty seats symbolized this wintry night in this still-cold economy, even if this represented the Yankees' first semifinal game in five years.

Before they tangled with the Minnesota Twins in this division series, the Yankees danced cautiously with them in trade talks after the 2007 season.

Now that the smoke has cleared from this 2009 baseball season and all games are now in the books, it's a good time to objectively reflect on the regular season.

Cooperstown Confidential: Mets madness, playoff rosters and Marichal-Roseboro by Bruce Markusen October 09, 2009 I wonder if the Mets organization, as currently constituted, will ever learn from its mistakes.

The Mets need a top flight starting pitcher. John Lackey is the only TRUE top flight starting pitcher on the free agent market.

'Twas quite a day for Mets fans yesterday, as their leadership did an Accountability Tour of sorts: A news conference at Citi Field , followed by a Jeff Wilpon sitdown with SNY, followed by Wilpon, executive VP of baseball operations Dave Howard and GM Omar Minaya hanging out with Mike Francesa.

Hallelujah, it's all over. If ever there was reason to open champagne bottles and celebrate the conclusion of a lost season, this was it.

Today, I am joining the campaign to bring Bobby Valentine back to Flushing. In my mind, it is easy for management to say that injuries are the cause of the disappointment, but injuries are not the cause of the poor performances and the inexcusable mental and physical mistakes that the remaining Major League players have made over the course of the ...