Sean Avery will be with the Rangers on Thursday and Friday on their western trip, but according to Tom Renney he’s still a ways away from suiting up.
“[He'll] drive us bananas because he is itching to play,” Renney said. “He’s a few days away from serious contact and there’s still a little bit of pain [...]

I am off to the Ranger game, so here’s the release:
The New York Mets today signed free agent righthanded pitcher Matt Wise to a one-year contract.
Wise, 32, went 3-2 with one save and a 4.19 ERA in a career-high 56 games last year for Milwaukee. In 53.2 innings, the 6-4, 200-pounder allowed 61 hits, 30 [...]

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Omar Minaya generally shuts down operations through the holidays, so it may be quiet over the next week or so.
That said, there still will be news from here as it happens, so keep tuning in.
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The XL Center. Apparently, Northland AEG, the company that runs the facility came up with an agreement with XL Insurance Company with a seven figure deal.
The first “XL Center” event will be Hannah Montana on Wednesday.
Here’s the logo:

Tom Renney apparently had enough and decided to shuffle the lines to something more conventional before the Rangers take on the Pens tonight.
Scott Gomez will now be centering Jaromir Jagr and Marty Straka with Chris Drury becoming Brendan Shanahan’s pivot. Brandon Dubinsky goes to line No. 3 with Ryan Callahan and Petr Prucha.
Now this makes [...]

NYS is proud to have partnered up with the Speeding Bullet Network to become their New York reporters.
Speeding Bullet is a new format where you can hear from reporters around the country on all different topics.
If you go to their site and click on MLB, you will find a number of clips by me recorded [...]

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After being on 1050 ESPN last night between periods of the Ranger game, I will be on XM Radio tonight at 10:05 on Channel 175.
So if you are a subscriber please tune in when I am on with Joe Castellano and I am talking about the Mets and Yankees.
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