Month: August 2009

Latest Season Ending Injury May Actually Improve The Team

In the ongoing saga of the 2009 Mets, here is the latest chapter. The Mets report, Mets pitcher Oliver Perez today was examined by Mets Medical Director Dr. David Altchek at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. Upon the exam, Perez was diagnosed with patella tendon tendinosis in his right knee, which will require season-ending surgery. He is expected to fully recover and be ready for...

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Trading Blue for Purple.

A true Mets fan is also a baseball fan. I grew up in New York, but went to College in the New England area, and I now reside in Connecticut. Where, I had to change cable providers 3 times before I could get SNY. That’s for another time though. My biggest pet peeve is when people say they are done caring about the sport for the year because their team is out of it. To me, that’s a Red Sox fan....

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What Will September Bring?

The Mets have had such a bad year with injuries, poor management, players making mental mistakes, and not making CitiField “home.” So are the Mets ready for September baseball? Are the prospects ready to come up during the 40-man roster expansion? Well let me put this myth out of some people’s head. These prospects are not the Mets saviors. We have already seen the Mets do...

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No Other Met Likely To Return

So, like a lot of you, I was excited for August to come. The Mets have been plagued with injuries all season and August was the month the Mets were supposed to get all of their players back. August was the Mets’ month. They were supposed to become stronger and get back into the wild card chase. But that didn’t happen. The Mets have only confirmed that Johan Santana, Alex Cora, and JJ...

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8/26 Minor League Report! Antonini, Ratliff!

INT AAA: Buffalo 2/7/1, Pawtucker 3/7/0 ss Argenis Reyes 2 for 5, 2b, .284 rf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 3, BB, .306 cf Chip Ambres 0 for 2, 2 BBs, .252 1b Mike Lamb 0 for 4, .251 c Robinson Cancel 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, 3b, .246 lf Jason Dubois 0 for 3, BB, .148 3b Andy Green 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .262 dh Josh Petersen 2 for 4, 2b, RBI, .269 2b Luis Rivera 0 for 4, K, .295 Tobi Stoner 6 IP, 3 H, ER, 3/5...

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