Suffern’s Tony DeFrancesco Manages First Win Against Mets

Suffern’s Tony DeFrancesco Manages First Win Against Mets

Dickey and Davis lift Mets BY JOE RINI The Mets celebrated Italian Heritage Day this past Saturday but for many Rocklanders it was Tony DeFrancesco Weekend at Citi Field, as Suffern’s DeFrancesco earned his first win since being named interim manger of the Houston Astros. DeFrancesco led the Astros to a 3-1 defeat of the […]

Woes and ‘Stros Facing Mets This Week

Triple-A Affiliate to Las Vegas? Want to Bet? BY JOE RINI A sinking post All-Star game stretch, the early curtailment of Johan Santana’s season, the Houston Astros final trip to New York as a National League team, and the possibility that Triple-A farmhands could get married by Elvis Presley impersonators are among the swirling story […]

Mets Happy to See Harvey, Dickey, and August

Mets inactive at trade deadline BY JOE RINI With their 4-1 loss to Giants in San Francisco on Tuesday night, the Mets gratefully bid farewell to the month of July. Entering July, the Mets were seven games over .500, near the front of the wildcard race, and only 2 ½ games out of first place. […]