Updates on Roster Moves

4:20 PM UPDATE: WFAN is reporting that everything below has occurred exactly as Rubin reported earlier.  With the exception of the Sosa-Smith situation, I still feel this team culture’s in infected with mediocrity.
The ever informative Adam Rubin is reporting on his Daily News blog that Claudio Vargas has been pulled from his AAA New Orleans [...]

Smith To Be Sent Down, Mets Lose: Commitment To Mediocrity

The Oakland Raiders have signs hanging up around the sidelines that read “Commitment To Excellence.” At one time, before Al Davis seemingly lost his mind, those signs meant something. The Raiders played a dominant brand of football and won 3 of the first 18 Super Bowls. Even if they didn’t win it [...]

Figgy Better Watch Out

They were cheerleading in the dugout like a bunch of softball girls,” Figueroa said after the Mets lost to Washington, 10-4, in the series opener. “I’m a professional, just like anybody else. I take huge offense to that. If that’s what a last-place team needs to do to fire themselves up, so be it. I [...]