According to Matt at MetsBlog, SI.com’s Jon Heyman told WFAN.com that the Mets are looking for a solid innings guy who doesn’t get hurt.
Here’s the thing: Good luck with that.
It strikes me that there are very, very few pitchers who reliably throw more than 190 innings in a season. Jon Garland is one of them, [...]

Over at the Big East Sports Blog, Aditi Kinkhabwala weighs in on Playoff PAC, a bipartisan committee of congressmen dedicated to revamping the BCS system
Finally, our legislators are addressing the real issues!
The Playoff PAC press released describes the BCS as “inherently flawed.” I might argue instead that it’s “incredibly stupid.”
I understand that bowl games, thanks [...]

The Mets released Ken Takahashi today. That’s a shame because I always hoped to do a feature on his translator, but I never got around to it. Being a Major League translator seems like a really interesting job, because it requires not only being bilingual, but being bilingual in the language of baseball, and I [...]

So it’s no secret that the Mets will be looking for an upgrade in left field this offseason, and luckily for them, both good player Jason Bay and very good player Matt Holliday will be available on the free-agent market.
Unfortunately for the Mets, both the Red Sox and Yankees will be looking for left fielders, [...]

Joe Girardi is being absolutely skewered for what appears to be a case of overmanaging his bullpen in last night’s loss. Just a really weird decision.
There’s some speculation that the Jets could look for a replacement for Kris Jenkins by trade, but Brian Bassett is rightfully skeptical.
It really looks like Mariano Rivera spit on the [...]