By Howard Megdal 4/30/09 3:14pm

In Defense of Ramon Castro

Make no mistake, the Mets made a tremendous strategic upgrade when they changed managers from Willie Randolph to Jerry Manuel in June 2008. The former struggled with the elementary questions of bullpen management and player and media communication; the latter excels at all three.

But even in a game Manuel managed supremely Read More

By Howard Megdal 7/10/08 6:40pm

Castro Moves Up

A day game after a night game is normally the province of a baseball team’s backup catcher. Why, then, was Brian Schneider, the man Omar Minaya described as his “regular catcher” when the Mets acquired him this winter, in the starting lineup for the July 10 day game against the Giants?

It’s because Ramon Castro, Read More