Ed Hearn Needs Our Help Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - April 11, 2022April 11, 20220 Ed Hearn was a member of the 1986 New York Mets team that won a World Championship. He played for the Kansas City Royals as well. After his career was over he became a speaker. I interviewed him after he had successfully overcome potential kidney failure 20 years ago when
Buck Showalter is Already Complicating the Mets Situation Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - April 4, 2022April 4, 20220 Buck Showalter was talking to the media recently and said that we will see what happens with Jacob deGrom for Opening Day, and I didn’t believe him. The way he said it, the sell job wasn’t good. As you all know, five minutes later, ESPN breaks the story via a source
Owners Ultimatum Sends Baseball to the Edge of Obscurity Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - February 24, 2022February 24, 20220 Baseball will never die. It’s played all over the world in different forms. As an example, there is Finnish baseball and a top prospect in the 2022 NHL Draft, Brad Lambert, talked about that with me recently. “I have been to a Finnish baseball game, and we always played it in
Remembering Emile Francis Baseballology Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - February 19, 20220 Emile was my hockey friend. An NHL legend. Most notably with the New York Rangers front office from 1964-1976. He was the head coach and general manager for much of that time. We would have long chats about hockey and baseball. Everything he told me about hockey is in my
The Best of The Mets – – Third Base Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - February 4, 20220 Since the Mets won’t be playing anytime soon. I am starting a series called “The Best of the Mets”. I will talk about the Mets' best players of all time at certain positions, and if this is popular, I may branch out to other teams. The first position is third
The Mets Search Continues for a Bench Coach Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - January 8, 20220 The New York Mets have recently hired some new coaches. Eric Chavez is their new hitting coach. He was a good player, and he was hired away from the Yankees, presumably for more money. Joey Cora is now their third base coach. He was a player that wall all effort. He
Mets Fans Should Brace for An Offseason of Futility Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - October 22, 20210 When Steven Cohen took over the New York Mets the hope was they would be one of the top spenders in the league, and they would attract a great general manager, and so far, they got close with both. The Mets had the third-highest payroll but still 11 million under the
The Mets May Be Good Enough Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - July 7, 2021July 7, 20210 Don’t worry, I still think the New York Mets have to make some moves to hold on to first place in the NL East. That’s the only way they will get into the postseason. I get that. Carlos Carrasco threw live batting practice. Do you count on him being in the
MLB Has Created The Year of the No-Hitter Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - May 21, 20210 Rob Manfred changed the baseball again. This time he told us. The plan was to cut down on home runs. There were too many. So this time they messed with the laces again. NCAA baseball flattened them in 2015 to increase scoring. It did increase scoring. BUT they also use aluminum
The Latest 2021 World Series Odds Baseballology by Sportsologist - April 2, 20210 April is here. 30 Major League Baseball teams start their quest for the 2021 World Series. Check out the latest MLB news as we head into what should be, hopefully, a typical MLB Season so you can start getting ready to make your bets against their MLB odds. 2021 World Series Odds
