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When Good Moves Go Bad

Author’s note: The original title was going to be “Holy @*%!, how does everything not only backfire, but implode so inexplicably?”. The Mets (as of me starting this) are a somewhat bad…Read More

GM And Salesman

The man in charge of bringing the Mets back to respectability is General Manager, Sandy Alderson. Alderson took the reigns from Omar Minaya in October of 2010, and spoke about running the team with transparency…Read More

Recap: Sandy Alderson’s Interview on WFAN

A little while ago, Sandy Alderson was a guest of Mike Francesa on WFAN.  Here are the highlights of the interview, during which Alderson discussed the Rick Ankiel signing, Zack Wheeler, the state of…Read More

What Are Sandy Alderson’s Remaining Organizational Options For Improving The Bullpen?

Mets minds think alike.  While I was putting this piece together, fellow Rising Apple staff writer Rich Sparago published his observations regarding the Mets bullpen.  Merely adding to the continuing…Read More

Easy There, Sandy

  Sandy Alderson was a guest on a podcast for the New York Post last week. In speaking about the current frustration of the team and its fan base, as well as the possibility of better times ahead,…Read More

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Johan Santana, Sandy Alderson, And Jeremy Hefner: Out With The Old, In With The New

The end of yet another high profile player’s time in Flushing is at hand.  Barring a trade at…Read More

Quick Hits: On David Wright’s Injury

UPDATE, 3:52 PM – Per the beat writers, David Wright has a “moderate intercostal strain”…Read More

Was Sandy Alderson’s Struggle To Save A First Round Draft Pick Worth It?

As part of the failed pursuit of Michael Bourn, Sandy Alderson made the Mets 2013 #1 amateur draft pick…Read More

Full Transcript: Sandy Alderson on WFAN this Afternoon

This afternoon, Sandy Alderson spoke with Mike Francesa on WFAN for close to 40 minutes.  Alderson…Read More

Recap: Sandy Alderson’s Chat with Fans

This afternoon at 1:10 PM, Sandy Alderson answered some questions via video chat on Mets.com.  Some…Read More

Chat: Alderson on Mets.com, Rubin on ESPN.com

Today at 1PM, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson will participate in a live video chat.  The interview…Read More

Mets News: Mets Sign OF’s Corey Patterson & Mike Wilson to Minor League Deals

Matt Eddy of Baseball America reported that the Mets have signed outfielders Corey Patterson and Mike…Read More

Today’s Alderson Comments & Rising Apple’s Thoughts

Today at Citi Field, as Mets employees packed the team’s truck for the ride down to spring training…Read More

Rising Apple Report, Ep. 5 – And What’s the Deeeaaal With the 11th pick?!

Because I’ve been embarrassed too many times in my lifetime to care, here is last night’s…Read More

All Alderson, All The Time

Last night at Citi Field, Sandy Alderson and his top lieutenants held a Q & A with a group of season…Read More

Rising Apple Report: Ep. 5, Tonight at 6:30

All of us here at Rising Apple have been thrilled to bring a half-hour of Mets talk to the internet airwaves…Read More

Alderson on Sirius XM

This morning, Sandy Alderson was on Sirius XM radio. Metsblog captured a very important quote from that…Read More

Rising Apple Report: Ep. 4 – @MetsGM’s Got the Hardy-Har-Hars

With all the sudden Mets news that rushed in Thursday morning, the most recent Rising Apple Report almost…Read More

Sandy Alderson And Paul DePodesta: Rebuilding From The Bottom, Up

Early in the new millennium, the Mets farm system came to a grinding halt after almost forty years of…Read More

Sandy Alderson Jokes About the Mets Outfield…Again

Since he was hired to be the Mets general manager, Sandy Alderson has shown flashes of humor during interviews,…Read More