Category: Interviews

Personal Catchers: Noah Syndergaard Isn’t Wrong, BUT…

By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. – Look, the idea of a pitcher having a ‘personal catcher’ is not a new one.  It is not a revolutionary concept. It is also not going away because, quite frankly, for some pitchers, it works. Andy Pettitte, whose #46 was retired in Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park in…

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Players Embrace MLB Players’ Weekend, Despite Monochromatic Uniform Failure

By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) QUEENS, NEW YORK- It is Major League Baseball’s Players’ Weekend and not everyone is thrilled about this year’s digs.  MLB opted for a brand-new design for this year’s uniforms reminiscent of the National Football League’s Color Rush uniforms. Every away team across the MLB donned a head-to-toe black uniform while every home…

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NEW YORK GIANTS: Aldrick Rosas Proactive Against Complacency, Pro Bowl ‘Hangover’

By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) NORTH CALDWELL, N.J.- On the eve of professional football’s 2019 training camp opening, Aldrick Rosas enters his third NFL season as the only kicker listed on the New York Giants’ roster. In March, coming off a record-setting, Pro Bowl season, he signed a one-year, $645,000 deal to remain with Big Blue. “I…

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NEW YORK GIANTS: Zak DeOssie Reflects on Career with Big Blue

By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) NORTH CALDWELL, N.J.- In March, Zak DeOssie, two-time Super Bowl winning New York Giant, inked a one-year deal to remain with the team through the 2019-2020 season. Obviously excited, he took to Twitter to shout the news to his nearly eleven thousand followers. Almost half of them took the time to…

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NEW YORK GIANTS: Triumphant Nate Harvey’s Minor Setback

By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY- Undrafted free agent Nate Harvey is no stranger to adversity, so what made him break down on day one of the New York Giants’ 2019 rookie camp? The doctor’s utterance of: “A torn meniscus”. After working his entire life to put on a National Football League uniform,…

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BROOKLYN NETS: “Coach” D’Angelo Russell on Eve of NBA Free Agency

By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) METUCHEN, NEW JERSEY- In a real-life domino effect that begins at 6pm on June 30, restricted free-agent D’Angelo Russell’s basketball future will be at the mercy of the decisions of other superstars. The Brooklyn Nets have the most cap space in the National Basketball Association ($66,975,950) and have the capital to…

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2019 NEW YORK METS: Same ‘Ol or Newly Improved?

By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY- Mets fans have two words to live by in 2019. They are: “cautious optimism”. Brodie Van Wagenen has revitalized the team with many off-season moves. So, I wanted to look at each position and figure out whether or not the Mets, as a team, would be better…

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NEW YORK METS: Brodie Van Wagenen’s First Off-Season as GM Earns A+ If…

By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY- Brodie Van Wagenen, hired as the general manager in late October by the New York Mets, has seemingly made more productive deals this off-season for the team than any other GM in recent history. The Wilpons (notoriously perceived as ‘meddlers’ by Mets fans) have apparently loosened the leash…

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