Carlos Beltran deserves second chance, but mea culpa must come first
“In the shuffle,” Alex Cora pointed out to The Post on Friday, “people forget that he wasn’t suspended.”
View ArticleFreeman? Conforto redux? How to bring balance to a righty-leaning Mets lineup
Roster questions leave the Mets potentially in need of a lefty bopper to join a lineup that added right-handed-hitting outfield pieces in Starling Marte and Mark Canha.
View ArticlePredicting where the top remaining MLB free agents will sign once the lockout...
Not every top free agent signed before the lockout. Where are those without a home headed?
View ArticleYankees could rescue Carlos Beltran from baseball exile with broadcasting job
Beltran is among a group of analysts that YES is looking at to pick up the games this season, provided, of course, there is a season.
View ArticleWhat to expect in baseball’s next Hall of Fame votes without the usual villains
The dust hasn’t even begun to settle on Tuesday’s outrage-inducing voting results for the Baseball Hall of Fame, but let’s take a stab at predicting the coming years of the BBWAA ballot.
View ArticleCarlos Beltran joins YES booth as analyst to end baseball exile
Carlos Beltran has exited baseball exile. He is now an analyst for Yankees games on YES Network.
View ArticleApple’s big splash in live sports could be NFL Sunday Ticket
If Apple is serious about sports, NFL Sunday Ticket makes so much sense – because it is a difference maker.
View ArticleCarlos Beltran-YES union could make for perfect mea culpa opportunity
Let’s face it: As a species, we’re largely a bunch of wimps. Or, to put it more politely, we tend to be conflict-averse. So if Carlos Beltran, in his new gig for the YES Network, stands on the Yankee...
View ArticleThanks to these baseball icons for giving me so much material over the years
So as I wind down 25-plus years of baseball coverage and just about 10 years at The Post, I wanted to pay tribute to the folks who may or may not have helped baseball, but for sure helped journalism.
View ArticleDavid Wright: Mets’ Francisco Lindor in same position as Carlos Beltran was
David Wright has seen this before. A splashy acquisition who was awarded an enormous contract and corresponding expectations. A disappointing first season going from a small market to a big market.
View ArticleCarlos Beltran admits Astros’ 2017 World Series win is tainted
Carlos Beltran admits he and the 2017 Houston Astros “crossed the line” with their sign-stealing scheme during their championship season.
View ArticleHow Aaron Judge feels about Carlos Beltran ahead of Yankees return
Aaron Judge said he was looking forward to Carlos Beltran’s return, despite the messy history.
View ArticleCarlos Beltran’s Yankees broadcasting gaffe causes Aaron Judge contract stir
Carlos Beltran made some news — kind of — in his first day as a broadcaster with the YES Network on Monday.
View ArticleCarlos Beltran, Cameron Maybin seek redemption in new era of Yankees...
Of the many interesting aspects of YES’s new game analysts, Carlos Beltran and Cameron Maybin, is this: They both could have been in the Yankees’ dugout instead of the booth.
View ArticleAlex Cora ‘proud’ of Carlos Beltran’s return to baseball in YES booth
If Carlos Beltran is in the broadcast booth for any Yankees-Red Sox games this year, he’ll have one of his biggest supporters in the Boston dugout.
View ArticleDavid Cone discusses ESPN booth innovation, Paul O’Neill YES situation
David Cone has quickly settled into a groove in the first season of ESPN's new "Sunday Night Baseball" booth with Karl Ravech and Eduardo Perez.
View ArticleCarlos Beltran on broadcasting, his future and Brian Cashman’s Astros comments
Carlos Beltran remains the only player punished for his role in the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal during their 2017 World Series championship run.
View ArticleYankees’ announcing teams clearly inferior to Mets’ voices
As a matter of quality and foresight, Mets’ TV and radio broadcasts continue to be vastly superior to those presented by the Yankees.
View ArticleCarlos Beltran, Alex Rodriguez silent on subject they are experts at — cheating
Too many are missing the point on this new Saudi-backed pro golf venture.
View ArticleBoorish Megan Rapinoe unfit for Presidential Medal of Freedom
Yesterday, the Biden White House pulled another rock as it ignored what was impossible to miss in order to try to score more pandering political points.
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