Mets

You know whatever the New York Mets did this offseason, they would have gotten ripped for it. As I said- the Mets will have to fight to be in the Wild Card race in 2010, so Omar Minaya was technically correct by staying pat even though the Mets fan base and potential ticket buyers...
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New York Mets Mr Potato Head Based on WFAN callers and baseball message board forums, Mets fans are extremely angry at GM Omar Minaya for not making any major trades or free agent signings in the 2009 offseason. (Although Jason Bay remains a possibility, since he has a deal on the table from the Mets.)...
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Mariano Rivera outclassed the Mets last night; it could be argued he outclasses MLB all the time anyway. The Baseball Gods rewarded baseball’s most humble closer last night at New Shea Stadium to earn his 500th save and his 1st RBI, when he worked a 3-2 count against his cross-town cocky mirror image, K-Rod. If...
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A.J. Burnett has been hot in his last 3 starts, and it culminated in him almost no-hitting the Mets at Citi Field last night. His fastball and curveball were nasty and vintage A.J. He had 10 K, 1 hit, and 3 walks in 7 innings. Brian Bruney and Dave Robertson didn’t give up a...
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GUEST BLOGGER: Dr. Richard Hoffman, sports psychologist Michael Kay interviewed former New York icon darryl strawberry on YES Network’s Centerstage. Watching this interview, if you don’t know the man’s history or personality type (Enneagram Type 3), you may get inspired or feel happiness that someone beat an addiction. At the risk of being a cynic, Strawberry didn’t...
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Dave Mlicki…his name always comes up during the Subway Series because the greatest game in his career was shutout against the Yankees. He was an underdog in that June 16, 1997 game vs Andy Pettitte, but he won. Now that I think of it, it’s amazing how long interleague play has been around. Dave’s had a...
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When Derek Jeter was interviewed last week amidst the Yankees National League slump, he said a baseball season has its peaks and valleys, and the Yanks are just playing through a bad stretch, but thing will start to pick up. Things have picked up. Watching the ineptitude of the Mets last night made me feel happy....
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New York Newsday in 2007 and the New York Daily News in 2009 caught up with fallen Mets catcher Mackey Sasser (he had some kind of OCD mental block in 1990 after a collision at the plate with Jim Presley, and was unable to consistently throw the ball back to the pitcher). In 2006 Sasser...
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I rewatched the last 2 innings of the infamous Luis Castillo game with my wife, who was traveling that night. Michael Kay was all over Joe Girardi for using Mariano Rivera in the 8th inning with 2 outs and no one on in a 7-7 game to face Carlos Beltran (instead of Phil Coke). This...
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Johan Santana had nothing against the Yankees, as the Yanks won the Subway Series two games to three, in an improbable fashion. Although the offense dominated this game (Godzilla, Francisco Cervelli, Jeter, Cano, Melky, etc.) A.J. Burnett was pumped today and his curveball was great. He went 7 shut-out innings. It seemed like the Mets...
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