Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Yankees deal Feliciano to A’s for office supplies

Three months after southpaw Pedro Feliciano’s left rotator cuff surgery, you wouldn’t expect there to be a market for his services. But then, you’d be underestimating the resourcefulness of Billy Beane.

Sports sites develop ‘Fantasy Football: Lockout Edition’ based on off-field exploits

“With Lockout Edition, you generate points on what a player does off the field, instead of on it,” said an ESPN.com representative. “Points will be awarded based on players who get charged with a DUI, murder, rape, possession of a firearm, possession of a controlled substance, animal cruelty, and so on.”

Tree sales in New York suffer with announcement of NBA season

The agreement to end the NBA lockout has restored thousands of jobs, but one budding business has seen its sales take a dive since the announcement.

Con Edison unable to restore power to David Wright and Jason Bay

"We had hoped they'd be able to jump start Jason and David, but Con Edison told us they can only do so much," said Mets GM Sandy Alderson. "I suppose we should be happy we have electricity at our stadium, but I was really hoping to find a way we could get a little more pop out of these guys."

MLB suspends Dempster five games for hitting A-Rod just once

Highly criticized by fans and local media, at least one teammate said Dempster “didn’t have the guts to plunk the S.O.B. the second time he came to the plate. “

Recently fired Carlos Beltran last seen running from crime scene in NY

After the events that have taken place in the Astros and Red Sox organizations, former big league outfielder, and former Mets manager Carlos Beltran was seen running this morning in full uniform from a crime scene in New York City.

Retro Cover from 1969: Cubs not phased by Mets, black cat

To commemorate the Cubs' 100th year since a World Series title, The Heckler is taking a look back at some of its more memorable editions. So far we've given you 1908, 1916 and 1945.