Month: September 2010

Morning Grind: Changing Faces, Part 3

Happy Friday, Met Nation. In this 3rd and final installment, we’re talking all things Mets and looking into an off season that may have the league buzzing unlike any other since Pedro came to the Amazins. There is a clear need from player to the front office to make aggressive, sweeping changes. What they will amount to is anybody’s guess but know this: Change is coming and...

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A Brave New World?

Yesterday John Heyman of SI reported that Stan Kasten resigned as President of the Washington Nationals. Kasten along with John Schuerholz and Bobby Cox were hired by Ted Turner and in the late 80’s began to rebuild the Atlanta Braves, turning it into the franchise which from 1991 to 2005 won an unprecedented 14 consecutive division titles. Officially Kasten stated he’s resigning for “personal...

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Game Preview: Mets @ Phillies

The Mets return to Philly tonight into probably the loudest environment they have played in, in a long time. Tonight’s game will feature R.A. Dickey for the Amazins as he tries to push back Blanton and the Phillies. Dickey will attempting to bounce back from his last start where he allowed 4 ER over 6 innings to the Braves as he picked up the loss. In the start before that, Dickey was...

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Mr. Wilpon, Tear Down This Wall.

According to this report by Adam Rubin of ESPN NY, Citi Field, the toughest ballpark in which to hit home runs in the National League is not expected to have any dimension changes or altered wall heights for 2011, according to a source familiar with the plans of New York Mets officials. Before the start of this season, the Mets did make one small modification, shortening the height of the line...

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Morning Grind: Changing Faces, Part 2

Good Morning and welcome to the second of our 3 part discussion. Yesterday, David Wright was the main topic and there was much talk and commentary on this as expected. Amazingly, all the folks that wanted to see him traded had no comment on the issue yesterday. Just sayin. With the season all but over, there is an outcry to make “significant” changes, not only to the coaching staff...

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