Bobby Valentine and the Red Sox: A Mets Fan’s Opinion (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

I'm a New York Mets fan. I have been for as long as I've been a baseball fan - over 20 years. I have very vague memories of the team winning the '86 World Series while I remember clearly the hideous grey pullover jerseys they played in because I had one I wore until I...

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Why R.A. Dickey is One of the Game’s Best: Fan’s Take (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Fans of the game know New York Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey as one of only two knuckleballers in the game, an average starter, and a pleasant enigma. Some know that his off-field resume seems better fit for a wacky English professor at a liberal arts college than a professional athlete.

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Broxton not signing with Mets (Yahoo! Sports)

The New York Mets were hoping to sign closer Jonathan Broxton this offseason but it doesn't look like that...

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Next Red Sox manager: Lamont and Valentine (Yahoo! Sports)

Bobby Valentine and Gene Lamont are said to the be the last men standing in the search for a new manager for the...

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Post-Thanksgiving free-agent feeding frenzy begins (Yahoo! Sports)

The market for sluggers Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder seems slim but could heat up as the winter meetings approach.

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Valentine, Lamont are Red Sox finalists: reports (Yahoo! Sports)

Bobby Valentine and Gene Lamont are the finalists for the Boston Red Sox managerial job, according to multiple reports. The plans one more round of interviews, and those interviews apparently will not include Toronto Blue Jays coach Torey Lovullo, who had been the third candidate.

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Mets’ owners might face jury trial in Madoff case (Yahoo! Sports)

The Wilpon family, which owns the New York Mets, faces a jury trial to settle the lawsuit filed by a trustee trying to recover profits from Bernie Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme. A U.S. District court judge ruled Wednesday that the trial is scheduled to begin March 19.

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Pujols, Fielder, Reyes offered arbitration (PA SportsTicker)

Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and Jose Reyes were offered salary arbitration Wednesday, guaranteeing their teams two extra draft picks next year if they sign with new clubs.

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Will Cherington send a Valentine to Red Sox Nation? (Yahoo! Sports)

After a half-dozen day-long interviews at Fenway Park, one infamous lunch in Milwaukee and countless hours of internal debate and discussion, the only remaining question is one that only Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington can answer.

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Judge rules jury can hear trustee’s case vs Mets (AP)

The New York Mets' owners have been ordered to undergo a jury trial if the case against them by the trustee for the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme goes forward. In a six-page order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff agreed with trustee Irving Picard and turned down arguments by the ownership group headed by Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, who claimed the case should be decided by a judge...

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