Armando Benitez is more famous for his blown saves, than being one of most sucessful relievers in baseball. Benítez was signed in 1990 by the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent. Coming up through the Orioles’ farm system, he made his debut in 1994. He started to show some of…
Some players just have a team’s number or take their game to a higher level when playing in some cities. For years, Luis Castillo had the Mets’ number and loved playing at Shea Stadium in Queens. Castillo was a pain to the Mets, slapping base hits in the spacious outfield…
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 New York dropped into a tie for the wild-card lead with Milwaukee and remained 1½ games behind Philadelphia in the NL East. In the type of game that could mean lights out for the season, the score alone didn’t detail the agony of the Mets’ 9-6…