Ernie Palladino
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Palladino: History Tells Us Team Success Should Follow DeGrom’s Likely ROY Award
If the writers anoint deGrom, the front office does the right thing and history holds steady, the Mets’ eight-year playoff drought might end.
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Palladino: New Citi Dimensions Won’t Solve All Mets’ Problems
Sandy Alderson wants fan-friendly? Shorter dimensions in Flushing alone won’t provide that. He needs hitters.
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Palladino: Giants Can’t Afford To Be Sentimental About Victor Cruz’s Injury
From here on, it has to be out of sight, out of mind. Immediate affairs preclude sentimentality over a much-loved comrade.
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Palladino: Giants’ Personality Makeover Could Just Be Getting Started
Beat the Eagles on Sunday and the noise in the locker room will inevitably get louder. What a change from just a year ago.
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Palladino: It’s Not Just Geno — Stupidity Runs Rampant In Jets’ Organization
Their only consolation will come in the recognition that their quarterback isn’t the only one guilty of dumb doings. There’s plenty of stupid to spread around the whole organization.
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Palladino: Eli, Giants Leaving 2013 Disaster In Their Dust
In other years, it would have been just like Big Blue to lose this game against the banged-up Falcons. Not in 2014, though. Not on Sunday.
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Palladino: Giants Could Have Next Great End-Zone Threat In Larry Donnell
Donnell, an inch taller than Plaxico Burress, could become New York’s next great end zone-target — a regular customer for the Eli Manning fade pass.
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Palladino: If A-Rod Is Great He’ll Be Cheered Like Jeter, And That’s Sad
If A-Rod starts launching baseballs out of Yankee Stadium, he will be cheered just as loudly as Jeter was on his best days.
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Palladino: Time For Jets To Suck It Up And Start Michael Vick
The calendar still says September, but already the Jets have put themselves into a critical time crunch. The playoffs are slipping away. Time to cash in on the insurance policy.
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Palladino: Derek Jeter, First-Ballot Hall Of Famer? There’s No Argument
For the few who doubt Jeter deserves a place in baseball’s Olympus on a statistical basis, don’t use the stats. Use the eyes.
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Palladino: Jets Are On A Madness-Inducing Path
Worse than anything, they’ll prove themselves strong enough to stay with good teams, but just bad enough to fall short. So near, and yet so far. And that’s the worst way to lose.
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Palladino: Jennings Sparks Giants And Himself Vs. Texans
Rashad Jennings’ efforts to motivate his teammates Sunday worked wonders, especially for him. Now, the object is keeping the team together week after week.
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Palladino: New Jeter Ad Offers Wistful Touch To Farewell
Thanks to the Gatorade ad, we have one, last, touching glimpse of the great shortstop before he bids baseball a final adieu.
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Palladino: Yanks’ Impending Exit Makes Tanaka’s Return Irrelevant
Getting themselves eliminated in the AL East race Monday night was one thing. Turning the near future of Masahiro Tanaka irrelevant was quite another.
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Palladino: Worst Week Could Prove NFL Bulletproof
Domestic violence, child abuse, health issues and a potential cover-up. There is enough to damage the NFL. What we’ll find out is exactly how much it can withstand.