Daily Archives: October 10, 2008
On Tuesday, Mets RHP Ambiorix Burgos surrendered himself to authorities in the Dominican Republic and will serve three months in jail awaiting trial for allegedly killing two women in a hit-and-run accident last week.
In a post to his blog, Big League Stew, ‘Duk posts a picture of Dominican authorities taking a smiling Burgos into custody while wearing a White Sox hat.
Burgos, who missed the entire season due to elbow surgery, was also arrested last month for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend while staying at a hotel near Shea Stadium.
Tagged Mike Nichols |
In an article for Newsday, Jim Baumbach discusses why there is still an uneasy tension between the Mets and Ray Knight.
Baumbach writes:
“The relationship soured because of their failed negotiations that following off-season (of 1986), but after all these years there has been no reconciliation, no hug-it-out moment.”
“Twice, the Mets invited Knight back for events at Shea Stadium. Twice, Knight declined their invite.”
Knight, as quoted by Baumbach:
“I love the Mets. I pull for them.”
…i was one of the people hoping that knight would have been at the last game at shea, but again he did not show…i do not understand this situation fully, but i do think that some things should be just swept under the carpet and people should move on…
Tagged Regis Courtemanche |
On Wednesday’s episode of NY Baseball Digest with Mike Silva, Frank Russo of The Deadball Era suggested a possible deal between the Mets and Yankees involving 
Carlos Beltran, Robinson Cano and Ian Kennedy.
Steve Lombardi posted the rumor on WasWatching.com and analyzed the deal.
In turn, Rob Neyer linked to Lombardi’s post on his blog at ESPN.com and weighed in on it.
Russo did cite a source in saying Beltran could be available, but the potential deal with the Yankees was speculation. In fact, Russo was careful to temper any rumors of a Beltran trade, saying:
“Carlos Beltran apparently is on the block. I don’t want to say that he is on the block, but let’s put it this way: They are accepting, I don’t want to say offers, but they’re accepting inquiries… Omar is accepting inquiries about Beltran. He will deny it, and that’s fine, but my mole told me that he has spoken to several scouts, some people within other organizations, and they all told him that Beltran would probably be the one to be moved if any of the core was to be moved. And I don’t want to include Delgado in that core…
“Now, this is an interesting trade I heard: A Yankee trade between the Yankees and the Mets, think about this. Robbie Cano, another member of the bullpen — either Veres and/or Bruney, Kennedy and possibly another one of the prospects from Scranton-Wilkes Barre or below, to the Mets for Carlos Beltran.”
Silva, Russo, Lombardi and Neyer all do exceptional work, and this is the perfect example of how speculation can innocently become internet rumor.
Russo essentially reported only that his source spoke to people that said the Mets are more likely to trade Beltran than David Wright or Jose Reyes and from that speculated about a possible deal for Cano. In only two steps, it reached ESPN.com as “a juicy rumor.”
Tagged Ted Berg |
