Meet the Mets’ Fifth Starter

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.—With the 2009 season a week away, the Mets have not announced who their fifth starter will be. But on Saturday, tucked away on a minor league field shaped to mirror the dimensions of Citi Field, Livan Hernandez made his strongest case yet for the spot, while early favorite Freddy Garcia provided Read More

Anatomy of the ‘Spring Training’ Story

We’re in the last days of March, which means Spring Training, those magical six weeks of believing in the perfectibility of mankind (or at least of baseball players), is about to come to an end.

The Spring Training Story, which I’ve been reading for years, is in some ways the token of the season’s Read More