Kings of New York
riveraveblues.com 7/1/2009 — When it comes to rooting interests, New Yorkers can be a fickle bunch. “Which team is doing better?” many will ask before picking a favorite. While the Yankees currently rule the New York roost , it wasn’t always this way. In the ...

It’s Always About the Yankees
nyyankeesrumors.com 6/27/2009 — Yankees-Mets Logo - from CNY Central On Thursday afternoon, I was waiting for my train when I noticed a couple of people donning Mets hats and shirts coming down the stairs. A minute later, a few more emerged…and then a few more…and then more –- and I’m thinking, Oh, my God, I either died and ...

Get To Know a Prospect: Josh Thole
213milesfromshea.metsblog.com 7/3/2009 — In this week's Get To Know a Prospect, we will take a look at a 22 year old catcher who, although he is on the DL right now, in the last two seasons has started to make some noise in the Mets system as a catcher to start to watch. The catcher of course is Josh Thole. The Mets drafted him in 2005 ...

Time to gloat and do the Snoopy dance over the Yankees sweeping the Mets
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 6/29/2009 — I guess I should be all empathetic and make murmuring noises to Squawker Jon about how I feel bad for him that his Mets got swept by the Yankees. Because he and his fellow Met fans would do the same for us, right? Wrong. C'mon, who are we kidding here? If the Mets swept the Yanks, Jon would be ...

At least it wasn't a no-hitter
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 6/28/2009 — Oh for the good old days when the Mets would blow leads late. Even the Luis Castillo game is starting to look good by comparison. How often do the Mets look like they have a chance in the late innings these days? As soon as the Yankees erupted for four runs in the sixth, the game was over. Last ...

Jesus Montero and Manny Banuelos to Play in the Futures Game
yanksblog.com 6/25/2009 — Mike Axisa at River Ave. Blues reports that Jesus Montero and Manny Banuelos will represent the Yankees at the Futures Game, which will be played on July 12.

Game Preview: Mets @ Yankees
213milesfromshea.metsblog.com 6/12/2009 — The Mets and Yankees start another subway series tonight and there are so many story lines to be looking at. The first one is the one that has dominated the headlines (in respect to the Subway Series) since the beginning of the season which is that both teams have new Stadiums. However the ...

Going for the sweep
myteamrivals.typepad.com 6/29/2009 — My apologies to our readers for the lack of posting lately. I've been sick and thats the reason for the silence. I hope you will continue to read The Bronx Daily and please be assured the posting will pick up. The Bombers go for the sweep tonight against their crosstown rivals, the Mets.  ...

Funny Guys
theballclub.blogspot.com 6/28/2009 — The only enjoyment last night's game seems to have provided is a bunch of really ridiculous looking photographs of the Yankees making merry all over our back yard. It's kind of sickening, really. There's not much to laugh about as far as the Mets are concerned. Sometime around the 6th inning, ...

Calcaterra—Yankees and Mets fans are unimaginative
baseballthinkfactory.org 6/29/2009 — Freakonomics author Stephen Dubner was at the Mets-Yankees game last night, and he wonders why Yankees and Mets fans are so darn economically inefficient when it comes to their cheers and taunts: A pattern quickly emerged. The many Yankees fans ...

David Wright: Mets Are Playing To Win, Not Just Survive — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/26/2009
I realize that I wrote an article earlier this week about supporting our players instead of lamenting who we have lost to the DL, so please consider this a clarification or follow up. Jerry Manuel has made it clear that the Mets are treading water ...

Subway Series preview: Yankees at Mets — Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs 6/26/2009
YANKEES (40-32, 2nd place/AL East) at METS (37-34, 2nd place/NL East) Friday: RHP Mike Pelfrey (5-2, 4.74) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (6-4, 3.71), 7:10 p.m. (SNY, WFAN, WADO) Saturday: RHP Tim Redding (1-2, 6.08) vs. RHP A.J. Burnett (5-4, ...

Mets vs. Yankees: The Positional Breakdown — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/26/2009
When looking at the two teams currently representing New York, it seems like they are currently polar opposites. The New York Yankees are fielding surefire Hall of Famers like Derek Jeter, A-Rod, Mariano Rivera, and maybe more down the line, while ...

Holders of Season Tickets Are Having Second Thoughts — NYT > Baseball 6/26/2009
A weak resale market has a growing number of Mets and Yankees season-ticket holders considering whether to drop their seats next year, or switch to a plan with fewer games or cheaper seats.

Subway Series: Part Two — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/26/2009
Two weeks ago today, the Mets endured one of the toughest regular season losses in franchise history when Luis Castillo dropped a pop-up with two outs, allowing the tying and winning runs to score in the ninth inning for the Yankees. Everyone was ...