0 comments by Lisa Swan on 10/10/2016
I have done two Spartan Races at Citi Field, but I never did a mud run. Until Sunday. Thanks to yesterday’s rain, the Staten Island Half Marathon became an obstacle course of its own, between precipitation, unrelenting wind, tons of puddles, and the end of the race covered in mud. And I had the time […]
0 comments by Jon Lewin on 10/6/2016
I still like the idea of the wild card game, though I wouldn’t object to a rule banning Madison Bumgarner from such games. Still, it’s weird to see a team fight for a month and a half to get into the playoffs, only to see it end so quickly. But despite the abrupt conclusion, it […]
0 comments by Jon Lewin on 10/5/2016
Last year, I predicted the Mets would lose in the NLDS due to the Dodgers’ one-two punch of Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke. Then I thought that there was no way the Mets could handle the Cubs’ Jake Arrieta in the NLCS. So when people say that there’s no way the Mets can beat the […]
0 comments by Lisa Swan on 9/25/2016
I was outside an empty Yankee Stadium this morning when Squawker Jon told me the awful news: that Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez had died in a boating accident. I couldn’t believe it. How horrible. I couldn’t help but think of the loss of Yankee captain Thurman Munson when hearing about Fernandez, especially given Yankee Stadium looming […]
0 comments by Lisa Swan on 9/24/2016
Fun news: I got another very cool invite from the good folks at Verizon, and had a fun evening last night thanks to them! Last year, I got to sit in Verizon’s suite at Citi Field for a Mets game and cover Opening Day — and test out the Verizon Ellipsis 8 tablet. Last night, I […]
0 comments by Lisa Swan on 9/23/2016
Sorry I haven’t been Squawking much as of late. I’ve been busy in real life with a number of things, most notably my training for the New York City Marathon. The race is a little more than six weeks away! I’m running over 40 miles a week now and have had three training runs of […]
0 comments by Jon Lewin on 8/19/2016
Thursday night, Justin Ruggiano hit the home run that turned the Met season around. Or so I thought for all of half an inning, until Madison Bumgarner hit the home run that made meaningful games in September for the Mets that much more unlikely. Ruggiano was a Met for all of three games before landing […]
0 comments by Lisa Swan on 8/14/2016
Lots to absorb from the A-Rod Yankee farewell, so I wanted to take it all in before Squawking on it. As befitting his career, the night was weird and odd, yet still captivating. Squawker Jon and I were at The Mockingbird, a bar in the Lower East Side, having a jalepeno margarita when the pre-game stuff was going on. The […]
0 comments by Lisa Swan on 8/11/2016
I’ve been writing about Alex Rodriguez since 2006 in this space. And I’ve NEVER seen the media be on his side more than this week. That’s in no small part to the slimy, dishonest way Joe Girardi has handled A-Rod’s final days. Heck, even Red Sox fans, with their “We want A-Rod” chants, think Alex […]
0 comments by Lisa Swan on 8/9/2016
Billy Witz of the New York Times has an article today talking about how the Boston Red Sox bade rival Yankees Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter goodbye, and wonders what the franchise will do for Alex Rodriguez. Witz points out that a slew of Boston sports legends — Yaz, Bobby Orr, Luis Tiant, etc. — were […]
0 comments by Lisa Swan on 8/8/2016
Yesterday’s A-Rod presser was must-see TV, although it was a little weird to see Yankees PR guy Jason Zillo announce to the room the big news — that A-Rod’s last game would be Friday, and that he would be a special advisor until December 2017 — before Alex was talking. And it was all very […]
0 comments by Lisa Swan on 8/7/2016
Last night, I saw on Twitter the big news: that Alex Rodriguez is going to be holding a press conference on Sunday morning at Yankee Stadium, with Brian Cashman and Joe Girardi as special guest stars. And the Yanks are mum on what it’s all about. So that means that speculation is running wild. Is […]
0 comments by Lisa Swan on 8/5/2016
Sorry I haven’t Squawked in a while. Joe Girardi Squawker Jon put me on the bench until I get my numbers up. But then he wouldn’t let me Squawk to get my numbers up. Talk about a vicious cycle! Seriously, I’ve been training for the New York City Marathon, and my life is pretty much […]
0 comments by Jon Lewin on 8/2/2016
Though I’m skeptical about the Mets’ postseason prospects, they are close enough that it made sense to trade for Jay Bruce. But what makes no sense is all the speculation that Bruce is insurance for Yoenis Cespedes opting out. The Mets have a pre-existing condition of offensive anemia, and this insurance plan will not cover […]
0 comments by Jon Lewin on 7/25/2016
On Sunday, Mike Piazza doubled the number of players wearing Met caps on their Hall of Fame plaques. Congratulations to Piazza and to the Mets! I’m glad the team will devote all of next weekend to celebrating Piazza making it to Cooperstown, because the opportunity for the Mets and their fans to celebrate this honor […]
