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Carlos Beltran

Here’s to the winners

January 21, 2026

Sort of. As a fan of a certain age, I have trouble reconciling the  stature of more recent players voted into the Hall of Fame against some of the legends of the game. Are we really comparing modern candidates with the likes of Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, or Mickey Mantle, to name just three? I know […]

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Enter Captain Queeg?

May 23, 2011

When did Fred Wilpon become George Steinbrenner? Perhaps the pressure of the season — with all the Madoff business, the rumors about being forced to sell the team, etc. — have finally gotten to the Mets owner. at least that’s what some might say given this story in The New Yorker. I have not read […]

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The all-star, gold-glove Mets outfielder turns 31 today. The Amazon Report on Carlos Beltran: Pedro, Carlos, and Omar: The Story of a Season in the Big Apple and the Pursuit of Baseball’s Top Latino Stars, by Adam Rubin. You can read a review from “Yankees 2000” here.

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