Still waiting and the Johan Santana extension won’t happen to tomorrow. [Did you expect anything else?] Anyway, the Mets claimed Ruddy Lugo, late of the Oakland A’s and my high school and also made Dan Warthen the pitching coach at New Orleans.
Here’s the Warthen release:
Metairie, LA – Zephyrs Manager Ken Oberkfell and hitting coach Jack [...]

Marek Malik is in. Paul Mara is out and Steve Valiquette is in goal.
Tom Renney said Valiquette plays for scheduling purposes, and Henrik Lundqvist will be in Jersey and Montreal.
But tonight the Rangers play the Flyers in a game that hopefully gets the competitive juices flowing as time is ticking away.
“Anything can help,” Renney said. “I [...]

 
A lot has happened in New York, since the Mets entered timidly into the offseason, after collapsing down the stretch. Joe Torre was banished, while Isiah Thomas has not been banished. And Jason Kidd now wants to be banished. A-Rod opted out and then back in, all the time Roger Clemens has been coming up [...]

The Mets now have 72 hours to complete the deal for Johan Santana and Omar Minaya is not wasting any time by meeting with Santana’s agent Peter Greenberg later today.
Now here’s the problem, the Mets need to compete the deal no mater what. If they don’t it will kill the fanbase, which is already disillusioned, [...]

Pending an extension and physical.
The Mets give up Carlos Gomez, Phil Humber, Kevin Mulvey and Deolis Guerra.
A steal to say the least for the best pitcher in baseball.
More on this later and read it on NY Sports Day.

I haven’t gotten these for the past few weeks:
The Wolf Pack went into the AHL’s All-Star break on a high, sweeping three games last week and allowing a total of only one goal in the process. After not managing to shut out any opponents in their first 44 games, the Pack posted two zeros in [...]

Ok, after John Dellapina’s and Jay Greenberg’s revelations of why Marek Malik was sent home yesterday, it’s clear that the much maligned defenseman must move on.
First, the obvious: Tom Renney deserves better. He has been one of Malik’s biggest defensers and to snub him in front of the whole team is just inexcusable. Renney is [...]

In case you haven’t heard, Brian Leetch announced Adam Graves number will be retired next by the Rangers with his No.9 hanging from the rafters along with Leetch, Messier and Richter.
It took Graves totally by surprise. “To have the privilege of having this opportunity,” Graves said. ”I had the good fortune of having known Rod. I [...]

Ok, Johnny Two -Times might like today if he’s a Ranger fan, because there’s a lot of news, yet some are must reads like:

John Dellapina’a take on Brian Leetch, the Greatest Ranger and he interviews former Blueshirts.
Larry Brooks sits down with Jaromir Jagr and discusses his future in New York.
There’s a new issue of the [...]

I did a full report on NY Sports Day, but just some musings:

Unlike Mark Messier a few years ago, Leetch’s pre-retirement gathering was much more subdued, like the way he played.
Leetch was very forthcoming about still being hurt when he was traded almost four years ago.
All the Rangers agreed he may have been the most important [...]