Month: August 2010

You Can Call This A Boycott

When it comes to being a barnstorming radical – a demonstrating firebrand – who wants to chant something to the tune of “Hell no we wont go!” or “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Omar Minaya has got to go!”, I’m not exactly what you would call your typical Ceasar Chavez. No, in fact I’m not even what you would call a “union” guy – not that I favor anyone being exploited by their...

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Teenage Hitting Machine Suffers Right Knee Injury

The Buffalo Bisons lost both games of a doubleheader on Sunday, but that wasn’t all they lost. According to Bisons.com, Mets prospect Fernando Martinez suffered an apparent knee injury in the first game and did not play in the second game. Martinez played the entire first game, but could be seen nursing his right knee in the field and out of the batter’s box. Oberkfell said he...

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Morning Grind: Niese, Hot Rod, Feliciano, 86 HoJo

Good morning, Met Nation. Looks like the Flushing faithful are enduring a busy weekend off the field. Jon Niese Well, what do you know? The old “pitch count” monster rears its ugly head again. The Mets are considering putting a limit on Jon Niese before the end of the season. One word: Redonkulous. They’ve already shown restrictions on Niese in spots where he was pulled after...

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Morale Sinking As Barajas Heads West

A sobering sign of the sinking morale in the Mets clubhouse revealed in a Tweet from Andy Martino of the Daily News. [tweeted]https://twitter.com/SurfingTheMets/status/21857745313[/tweeted] Before he left the Mets clubhouse for the last time, Barajas spoke with reporters. “It was disappointing. We were excited. I think all the Mets’ fans in New York were excited. Things were going great. We were...

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8/22 Minor League Report! FERNANDEZ!

AAA International League: Buffalo 2/7/2, Pawtucket 9/12/0 Per Bisons beat writer Mike Harrington: @BNHarrington: Nieuwenhuis was in Cali at a wedding last 2 days. FMart tweaked knee. Herd had nine position players in 2nd game. Ugh. Follow him on Twitter, the @ is given… Josh Stinson’s AAA debut was going very well for the first 5 innings, he had given up 2 unearned runs on 3 hits in...

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