Month: June 2010

Santana Struggles, Niese Dazzles In Doubleheader Split

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us.”  Charles Dickens When I set out to write...

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6/10 Minor League Report! Antonini, Cohoon!

AAA International League: Buffalo 1/5/1, Durham 6/9/0 lf Russ Adams 0 for 5, K, .249 2b Justin Turner 2 for 3, run, 2 2b, .287 dh Mike Jacobs 1 for 4, RBI, K, .277 rf Val Pascucci 0 for 2, 2 BBs, .234 3b Mike Cervanek 0 for 3, K, .228 ss Andy Green 0 for 4, K, .272 1b Marshall Hubbard 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .000 c JR House 2 for 3, BB, .275 cf Emmanuel Garcia 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .163 Dylan Owen 6 IP, 6 H, 4...

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Mets Ye Olde Candy Shoppe

I had a little fun while watching my Mets this afternoon and came up with some yummy confectionery goodies. So feel free to stock up and indulge your Mets sweet tooth!  This was the first one I designed and the one that got me on a creative roll. How awesome have our two former first rounders been this season! This one is dedicated to all the David Wright lovers out there like our friends...

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Doug’s Dugout: Ike and That Strasburg Dude, Super Hero, Whatever…

In Doug’s Dugout today we broach the following:  A scout’s opinion on Ike, Stephen Strasburg, and other random mindless thoughts:   When Ike Davis was drafted off the campus of Arizona State, a scout described him as having, “light-tower power.”  In the minors his first year he had an outage, but as he has matured and found his way to Citi Field that assessment is as...

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Mets And The Pitching Market

Matt Cerrone of MetsBlog reported that the Mets are scouting the Baltimore Orioles and had scouts in attendance during Kevin Millwood’s (0-7 4.64 ERA) start against the Yankees. It’s possible that they may also have some interest in Jeremy Guthrie (3-6 3.71 ERA) among other O’s starting pitchers. As has been widely reported already, the Mets have no interest in top of the...

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