The Mets and the Braves are currently battling it out atop the NL East this year, evoking memories of classic Mets-Braves rivalries of yesteryear. The final pages of the script for the year 2010 have yet to be written, but the Mets gave their fans a memorable chapter in the Mets-Braves rivalry ten years ago today in a game played at Shea Stadium. It was the year 2000. The Y2K scare had come...
Read MoreHisanori Takahashi was annihilated in the third inning and the Mets, despite a ninth inning comeback, fell to the Marlins 7-6. Game Notes Hisanori Takahashi was great…for every inning not referred to as the third. Hisanori Takahashi went five and two third innings, giving up six runs including a Hanley Ramirez grand slam on nine hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Despite the third...
Read MoreAAA International League: Buffalo 6/12/1, Syracuse 1/3/1 Dillon Gee continues his yoyo pattern lately with a very good outing tonight, giving up a run on 3 hits in 7 innings for his 7th win, and Fernando Martinez had a multi hit game for the Bisons. cf Jason Pridie 0 for 1, .280 >>lf Lucas Duda 1 for 3, run, HR (3), RBI (11), BB, .306 ss Justin Turner 2 for 5, run, 2b, K, .273 lf, cf Jorge...
Read MoreOk, tonight Cliff Lee will battle the New York Yankees, at Yankee Stadium in what the majority of Mets fans and the media can only see as the last audition Cliff Lee might need to make this year. What I am saying here is basically… If Cliff Lee dominates the Yankees tonight, then my message to Cliff would be… “Call American Airlines and cancel to return portion of your trip...
Read MoreSo the continuing saga…continues… Geoff Baker has struck again on his Marinerblog for the Seattle Times. Baker, a great baseball writer for the Seattle Times, believes Cliff Lee will be on the move, maybe even after tonights game vs. the Yankees in the Bronx. He concludes that the Met package would be enough to trump the Twins package that would enable the Mets to acquire Lee. Josh...
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