James O’Connell

Nov 9, 2024 | southeastfarmer.net | James O’Connell

By James O’Connell, Head of Vineyards and Wineries team, Mayo Wynne Baxter. Many vineyards and other landowners have parcels of land which, for a whole variety of reasons, are unsuitable for planting vines or crops. With the Government’s welcome focus on increasing biodiversity, there is now a number of schemes providing opportunities to potentially profit from that otherwise unusable land. The main way to turn a profit out of unusable land is through biodiversity net gain (BNG).

Oct 13, 2024 | news-journal.com | James O’Connell

We are one step away from absolute mayhem in New York City. The Mets and Yankees are set to begin their respective League Championship series this week. Each team is four wins away from reaching the World Series, perhaps against each other which would mark the first time they met each other in the Fall Classic since the Bombers’ 26th championship in 2000. “I don’t even know what the city would do,” Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo said on Friday afternoon. “Man, it would almost just explode.

Jun 13, 2024 | miamiherald.com | James O’Connell

NEW YORK - A silent night ended in a rowdy celebration. With the Mets down one in the bottom of the ninth and having just two hits on the night while being down to their final two outs, J.D. Martinez played hero ball. The 36-year-old smashed a two-run walk-off homer against Tanner Scott to give the Mets a 3-2 victory over the Marlins on Thursday night and grab the rubber match of the three-game series. For Martinez, it was his sixth homer of the year and it gave the Mets a much-needed victory.

Jun 11, 2024 | miamiherald.com | James O’Connell

The New York Mets got one of their big boppers back, however, the results remained the same. The Amazins dropped the first of a three-game set against the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night. Carlos Mendoza's squad managed just two runs on four hits in their 4-2 loss despite Francisco Alvarez returning from his two-month absence. Marlins southpaw Jesus Luzardo kept the Mets bats silent for most of the night tossing 5 2/3 innings allowing two runs while striking out four.

Jun 4, 2024 | miamiherald.com | James O’Connell

NEW YORK - Gerrit Cole hasn't missed a beat. The Yankees ace toed the mound at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday for the Somerset Patriots in his first rehab appearance from an elbow injury suffered in spring training and had his full arsenal working for him. The right-hander tossed 3 1/3 shutout innings against the Hartford Yard Goats, striking out five batters while walking none. Cole's fastball had plenty of life as he operated between 94-97 mph, according to the stadium radar gun.