Astros to give team strategy on handling sign-stealing scandal
The Houston Astros are ready to unveil their public-relations plan for dealing with the sign-stealing scandal that has damaged their franchise’s reputation all offseason. Astros owner Jim Crane is...
View ArticleCarlos Beltran was the failure of the sign-stealing plot he orchestrated
Carlos Beltran may have been “the godfather” of the Astros’ sign-stealing system that helped them win the World Series in 2017, but it didn’t do much for his own game. Houston’s director of advance...
View ArticleAll of the cheating Astros must apologize
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Hank Williams’ classic “Your Cheatin’ Heart’’ should play on the PA system when the Astros open camp Thursday. Perhaps Donnie Brasco should greet the players, no one wore a wire...
View ArticleYankees aren’t in any mood to let Astros off the hook
TAMPA — Never mind 2017. The Yankees still aren’t sure they lost to the Astros last year in a fair fight. Aaron Boone and Gary Sanchez both sounded entirely unconvinced the Astros’ hitters weren’t...
View ArticleCarlos Correa: Astros’ Beltran cheating intimidation is ‘straight up bulls—‘
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Astros shortstop Carlos Correa came to the defense of Carlos Beltran on Thursday, after Beltran was painted as a “steamrolling’’ leader in the Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing saga in...
View ArticleMets’ Marcus Stroman declines to rip Astros again for scandal
PORT ST. LUCIE — Marcus Stroman may have strong feelings about the Astros’ illegal sign-stealing, but he’s finished discussing it. “I spoke on it already,” the Mets right-hander said Thursday. “I am...
View ArticleYankees’ Brian Cashman talks about Carlos Beltran he knows
TAMPA — The Yankees had an inside source last year to the Astros’ illegal sign-stealing program. But Carlos Beltran wasn’t much help. The former Yankee and a special adviser to general manager Brian...
View ArticleAstros’ cheating costs Mets’ Tim Tebow his favorite number
PORT ST. LUCIE — Tim Tebow is wearing No. 85 in camp because his jersey of choice, No. 15, is off limits. Carlos Beltran reclaimed No. 15 upon arriving as manager in the offseason, but he departed the...
View ArticleMark Teixiera: Yankees’ sign-stealing nothing like Carlos Beltran’s Astros
At some point during the 2017 season — his first in Houston — Carlos Beltran informed teammates they were lagging compared to others in using the new video replay mechanism to decipher signs between...
View ArticleMets’ Seth Lugo returns to mound after fracturing his toe
PORT ST. LUCIE — Seth Lugo was back on a mound Saturday and looking forward to a normal spring training. “All the pitches were there, executing and locating,” said the Mets right-hander, who had been...
View ArticleAstros cheating scandal is feeding nothing but Mets bliss
PORT ST. LUCIE — Each time the Astros play the Mets in 2020 — seven times on the Grapefruit League schedule, four times during the regular season — the Mets can reassure themselves that they made the...
View ArticleThis Mets offseason just gets crazier and crazier
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets spent Friday in limbo, waiting to find out the next steps they would take after spring training was shuttered around the league. The work stoppage caused by the coronavirus...
View ArticleDon’t expect Carlos Beltran back in baseball anytime soon: Ron Darling
Don’t expect to hear from Carlos Beltran anytime, sooner or later. At least that’s what Ron Darling thinks. Speaking on WFAN’s “Moose & Maggie” show on Wednesday, the Mets’ announcer and one-time...
View ArticleLuis Rojas is feel-good step Mets and MLB needed
Jeff Wilpon recalled meeting his new manager late in 2006, at the Mets’ old complex in the Dominican Republic, on a day when Dominican icon — and Met, at that time — Pedro Martinez blessed the...
View ArticleAstros cheating whistleblower Mike Fiers emerges from scandal
Oakland Athletics pitcher Mike Fiers, the whistleblower whose revelations about the Astros’ illegal sign-stealing rocked the sport, on Friday made his first public appearance since three managers and...
View ArticleLuis Rojas opens up about new Mets approach, fixing Edwin Diaz
PORT ST. LUCIE — Spend an hour with new Mets manager Luis Rojas and you begin to see the character, the strength of will and determination, the baseball-first mentality and the lack of ego. Sure, there...
View ArticleEx-Met Brian Schneider named team’s quality control coach
The final piece to the Mets’ coaching staff was added Friday, with Brian Schneider named to the quality control position. Schneider, a former catcher who played for the Mets in 2008-09, was named...
View ArticleCarlos Beltran was relentless ‘Godfather’ in Astros’ sign-stealing scheme
TAMPA — After Carlos Beltran denied to The Post last year he was even aware of a center-field camera — let alone illegal sign-stealing — in Houston in 2017, a new report has emerged claiming that...
View ArticleDisturbing Carlos Beltran development is Mets validation
How often do the Mets look at Twitter and actually breathe a sigh of relief? About as often as a leap year? Lo and behold, on Tuesday — 18 days before Feb. 29 — “Beltran” trended on the New York...
View ArticleAstros to give team strategy on handling sign-stealing scandal
The Houston Astros are ready to unveil their public-relations plan for dealing with the sign-stealing scandal that has damaged their franchise’s reputation all offseason. Astros owner Jim Crane is...
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