David Waldstein
The Archive
FRANCO DECIDES HE'S STAYING PUT
December 3, 1999 | 5:00amAfter two months of deliberating, John Franco finally reached the most difficult decision of his career. Vowing to do whatever the team asked of him, the Mets' all-time saves leader...
METS OFFER OLERUD ; $21M TO RETURN
December 2, 1999 | 5:00amThe Mets continued the negotiating process with John Olerud, making an incremental addition to their offer for the free agent first baseman in order to match the Mariners' most recent...
UMPS GIVE THUMB TO PHILLIPS
December 1, 1999 | 5:00amBy a resounding 57-35 vote, Major League Baseball umpires have ousted Richie Phillips as head of their union and voted to form another bargaining unit with new leadership. Although incumbent...
METS' GM CONFIRMS AN OFFER TO OLERUD
November 30, 1999 | 5:00amThe waiting game continues as the Mets and Mariners fight it out for the heart and bat of John Olerud. Mets GM Steve Phillips continued his negotiations with Olerud's agent...
METS LOOKING EAST YET AGAIN
November 21, 1999 | 5:00amThe Mets have some interest in yet another Japanese pitcher. With the team prepared to let lefty Kenny Rogers sign elsewhere, the Mets have contacted the agent for Japanese left-handed...
FRANCO CLOSING THE DOOR? ; LEFTY MULLS ASKING METS FOR TRADE
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amAfter 19 seasons in professional baseball, John Franco is facing the most difficult decision of his career, and he may take a while to make it. Franco, who is confident...
METS HAVE NO PLANS TO BRING BACK KENNY
November 19, 1999 | 5:00amWhen Kenny Rogers threw the final two pitches way outside to Andruw Jones in the 11th inning of Game 6 in the NLCS, he all but ended his career in...
SASAKI MAY FILL FRANCO'S SHOES
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amAbout a month ago Mets GM Steve Phillips dismissed the idea of acquiring free agent Japanese reliever Kazuhiro Sasaki. But that was before he found out John Franco may want...
CHEERS FOR BOBBY V
November 17, 1999 | 5:00amDuring a period rife with rumors about trades and free agents, Dodger executive Tommy Lasorda said he was going to start another hot one. "I'm going to start a rumor...
VALENTINE WON'T MISS AUDITION
November 17, 1999 | 5:00amMET NOTES As of yesterday afternoon Bobby Valentine, perhaps the majors' foremost authority on Japanese baseball, was not asked to come to Shea Stadium to see Kazuhiro Sasaki pitch today...
THE BUCS MIGHT STOP HERE: METS MULL DEALING CEDENO FOR PIRATES' SCHMIDT OR RITCHIE
November 14, 1999 | 5:00amThe Pirates like Roger Cedeno, and the Mets need more pitching. Can a deal be worked out? With a small army of advisers and scouts in Arizona to see some...
GRIFFEY, A-ROD APPLE LONGSHOTS : MET SOURCES SAY PRICE IS TOO HIGH
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amSteve Phillips and a handful of Mets advisers made their way west yesterday to the potentially dynamic general managers meetings, but without much likelihood of landing the big fish that...
MARINERS PLANNING A-ROD DEAL
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amWhile the Mariners have made a public declaration of their intention to trade Ken Griffey Jr., they have not shared an equally tantalizing deci-sion with the baseball world. According to...
AMAZIN' DEBATE: JUNIOR OR A-ROD? METS TAKE LOOK AT JAPANESE RELIEVER
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe Mets have a slight interest in acquiring Kazuhiro Sasaki, a 31-year-old Japanese relief pitcher whom Bobby Valentine once referred to as "The best reliever in the world." There are...
AMAZIN' DEBATE: JUNIOR OF A-ROD? PIAZZA FOR GRIFFEY NOT OUT OF QUESTION
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amWhen the Mariners cast the baseball world into a frenzy by announcing their intention to unload the oft-acclaimed best player in the game, they forced the Mets and several other...
METS EYE GRIFFEY MEGA-DEAL
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amKen Griffey Jr. could ultimately be remembered as the best baseball player of all time. There's a chance he could also be remembered as a Met. The Mets will be...
METS DON'T WANT RICKEY BACK IN '00
November 2, 1999 | 5:00amThe Mets are looking for a corner outfielder with power, and want to trade card-playing devotee Rickey Henderson in order to clear the way for one. A major league source...
METS: SPARK WAS MISSING FROM BRAVES
October 29, 1999 | 4:00amOne of the more frustrated group of baseball fans watching the World Series was the Mets, who thought they contributed to the World Series being such a lopsided event. The...
EX-MET WATSON: DREAM COME TRUE
October 28, 1999 | 4:00amDripping in champagne in the Yankee clubhouse was not a position Allen Watson expected to be in when he came to spring training this year, unless it was in the...
SMOLTZ ISN'T HOLDING BACK
October 27, 1999 | 4:00amNow John Smoltz gets a chance. Obviously the Braves rely heavily upon their starting pitching, and through most of this World Series it has not been good enough. So Smoltz,...