If the proposed deal for Roy Oswalt comes through that will effectively end the New York Mets season and that would make the Philadelphia Phillies a huge contender once again. Here’s the thank you part, with this move, the Mets will realize that changes are necessary and even though they should have, but didn’t make them this season, they will surely make them next season. By changes I mean firing Jerry Manuel and his entire staff and firing Omar Minaya.

Happy Monday. Here are some great links for you to keep up with the world of baseball. If you want to know what the Mets will do next then tune in. If you want Lisa's insights on the Yankees, and she does have the scoop, then tune in. Tune in to see who the buyers and sellers are. http://bit.ly/bedxF4

This is a reprinted article. I have since released "Strike Three" (along with Nikco Riesgo) and you can get it on www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com and on the iPad. The book talks about the Hawk but mostly about the Expos and their last few seasons besides the 1994 strike and 1995 replacement players. Join Nikco and myself on Sportstalk NY tonight to talk about the book on http://sportstalknylive.com/ tonight at 9PM ET.

I think I saw the “Summer Blockbuster” and it was an animated movie and not an “action” movie. I’ve seen the two previous releases and it’s always hard to do a third and top the other two but I think they pulled it off on the strength of the 3-D format. If you didn’t see the 3-D version then you missed something special and need to see it again.

I decided to do this list because guitarists, bass players and drummers always seem to get the pub and I rarely ever see keyboard players getting ranked. So here we go.
1) Keith Emerson – He used to wrestle his keyboards in concert and he’s a classically trained pianist to boot. The Heart and Soul of ELP.
2) Rick Wakeman - Might have the fastest fingers in the business he is a real showman. Besides being the best that YES has ever had his solo work is enduring.
3) Ray Manzarek – It’s not about the speed it’s about the precision and the enduring music that he helped create with the Doors. It’s timeless.

August 6-8, 2010 in Jericho, VT various wiffle ball teams will assemble to compete in the annual Travis Roy Wiffle Ball Tournament. Last year over $231,000 was raised for the Travis Roy Foundation. As you may remember back in October of 1995 Travis took his first shift with the Boston University ice hockey team and after 11 seconds found himself paralyzed from the waist down after crashing into the boards.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Art Berglund, Derian Hatcher, Kevin Hatcher, Dr. V. George Nagobads and Jeremy Roenick make up the United States Hockey Hall of Fame's Class of 2010, as announced today by USA Hockey. The five-member class will be enshrined into the Hall on October 21 at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y.

New mode in NBA® 2K11 allows gamers to relive Michael Jordan's greatest career moments

New York, NY - July 22, 2010 - 2K Sports today revealed The Jordan Challenge, a new game mode for the latest iteration of the top rated and top selling basketball simulation franchise*, NBA® 2K11. This new mode will allow players to relive 10 different legendary games from Michael Jordan's illustrious career and challenge them to replicate what he did on the court in NBA 2K11.

Tiffani Thiessen is an integral part of the cast of the red-hot show, White Collar, which airs on USA Network, Tuesday at 9/8c, and she happens to be a mom for the first time which proves there is nothing she can’t do.
She has been the part of a few very popular series over the years, and now she’s a part of a show that took off almost instantly and even though she’s an actress in demand she wanted to be a member of this cast as soon as she read a script.

The New York Mets embarked on west coast trip that is now exploiting everything that’s wrong with this team and the franchise. The Mets are operating like a franchise that is mortgaged to the hilt and as a result the fans are left with nothing more than frustration.