Tom Keegan
The Archive
DON'T EXPECT MLB TO FLEX MUSCLES ON DRUG TESTING
July 9, 2002 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - Thanks to three men by the name of Ken Caminiti, Tom Verducci, and Jose Canseco, steroids no longer are a taboo subject to discuss with ballplayers, all of...
YANK DEALS ADD FUEL TO OWNERS' IRE
July 7, 2002 | 4:00amTHE high school basketball factory is bludgeoning the weaker opponent, 98-48, and six seconds remain on the clock. Should the player from the powerhouse drive in for the open layup,...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
July 7, 2002 | 4:00amSplented Minter strikes out Dashing John Henry Williams has spent much of his adult life cashing in on the good name of Ted Williams, who died Friday at the age...
WILLIAMS DEAD; LEGEND LIVES ON - HE WAS TOUGH, SENTIMENTAL ... AND THE BEST
July 6, 2002 | 4:00amTHE great Ted Williams spent most of his final years in a mansion on a hill in Hernando, Fla., a prisoner of his fame and fading health. John Henry Williams,...
NOW EXPOS' MINAYA HAS EYES ON BENITEZ
July 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe Expos shocked the world by trading for Indians ace Bartolo Colon and GM Omar Minaya, with his eye on raiding his former team, isn't done making a splash. Minaya...
AMAZIN' EXPECTATIONS FALL FLAT
July 1, 2002 | 4:00amIT HAS been the battle cry of losers stretched across decades of bad baseball and it goes something like this: "When we pitch, we don't hit. And then when we...
SORIANO EAGER TO SEE STARS
July 1, 2002 | 4:00amHE CAN'T remember the year, though he thinks it was the winter of 1997 when he joined the masses at a university stadium in Santo Domingo to watch the great...
SUBWAY SERIES FALLS WAY OFF TRACK
June 30, 2002 | 4:00amIT'S the most exciting play in baseball. The pitcher goes into his windup, and the runner on third takes off. The pitcher sees a flash out of the corner of...
DESPERATE METS SKY-HIGH AFTER WIN
June 30, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Mets evened the Subway Series yesterday when Mo Vauhgn hit a couple of baseballs higher than a pair of Mets on their way home from work; higher than a...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
June 30, 2002 | 4:00amThe last thing a hitter wants to battle is dreaded Hand-Hitch Disease (HHD), which has afflicted Yankees Wonderboy Drew Henson. "He's got that dropping the hands thing," one top scout...
SHEFF STEPS UP, AND METS ARE COOKED
June 27, 2002 | 4:00amCLOSE your eyes. Pretend Gary Sheffield was wearing "Mets" across his chest when that rainbow shot off his bat dipped into the bleachers in left-center, a 410-foot grand slam. Listen...
AMAZIN'S LOOK COOKED BY SHEFF
June 27, 2002 | 4:00amCLOSE your eyes. Pretend Gary Sheffield was wearing "Mets" across his chest when that rainbow shot off his bat dipped into the bleachers in left-center. Listen to the roar of...
SPOTLIGHT PACKS HEAT
June 27, 2002 | 4:00amPART of what's needed to thrive as a New York baseball star after playing elsewhere involves making the adjustment to every night at the ballpark being treated with the gravity...
CARDS, CUBS HONOR DARRYL
June 24, 2002 | 4:00amCHICAGO - If Darryl Kile had pitched as scheduled last night for the Cardinals, the team would have been booed off the field at the end of batting practice. Because...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
June 23, 2002 | 4:00amLEAVING IN A HUFF Armstead follows in Sam's footsteps If history repeats itself, Jessie Armstead will still hate the Giants 38 years from now. After all, Sam Huff rightfully remains...
WHO'LL RUN METS NEXT?
June 18, 2002 | 4:00amSOON Jeff Wilpon, who received raves for his work getting the Brooklyn Cyclones off the ground, will be running his father's Mets. The most important decision he'll have to make...
MO-TOWN SOUNDS SWEET TO METS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amYOU'RE the guy pitchers used to walk to get to the next guy. You have an American League MVP trophy on your mantle. You own the pitcher on the mound....
JETER'S KING ON NYC STAGE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amJASON Giambi, Jorge Posada, Robin Ventura, Alfonso Soriano, and Mike Piazza had driven in more runs than the total of 33 Derek Jeter took into last night's Subway Series finale....
ESTES FINALLY PUTS HIMSELF ON THE MAP
June 16, 2002 | 4:00amSHAWN Estes didn't have a Q rating heading into the weekend. He was just sort of there. Nothing about him stood out, least of all his performance. Every fifth day...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
June 16, 2002 | 4:00amYOU TOO, STEVE Phillips' neck is hanging out there with Bobby's For most of his now shaky tenure as general manager of the Mets it seemed Steve Phillips could do...