Month: March 2011

Q & A with New Met Allan Dykstra

A good friend of mine, Joe DeMayo, who writes for NYBD and StLucieToFlushing.com (of which I am also affialiated with), did an interview with new Mets acquisition Allan Dykstra. It’s a great read if you have a minute and would like to get to know a bit about our new prospect. Here is a few of the Q & A’s from the interview – PSL2F: If you were a scout assigned to watch...

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Mets Seek $200 Million For Portion Of The Team

Yes, that’s the headline in the morning Sports Pages in the New York papers. And so the saga continues, while the Wilpons and Katz et.al keep saying that everything is OK, they are playing with funds that belong to everyone they know, even their wives. That’s not going to turn out well. Apparently the $200 million will give them a cash flow, and the lender nothing. Even in the future...

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2011 MMO Staff Predictions: Part 1 Division Winners and Post Season

It’s time for our 2011 MMO Staff Predictions! This year, sixteen of us will look into our crystal balls and try to predict all the happenings of the 2011 Baseball Season. We will have three parts again this year: 1. 2011 Division Winners and Postseason – 12:00 PM 2. 2011 MLB Award Winners – Tomorrow (4/1) 3. 2011 10 Mets Predictions – Tomorrow Evening (4/1) (Click Image...

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From Left Field: Why Harris over Hairston and Duda?

According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, Terry Collins prefers to use Willie Harris as the Mets’ Opening Day left fielder. Jason Bay will begin the year on the disabled list and won’t return until April 9 at the earliest. The Mets will carry young slugger Lucas Duda in Bay’s spot and will expect Duda to start most of the games in left field. If so, why does it seem that Harris will...

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Jason Bay Heading To DL, Pagan May Bat 6th, Thole 2nd

According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, the New York Mets have officially placed left fielder Jason Bay on the disabled list with a strained left rib-cage muscle. The DL stint, according to Rubin, could be backdated into spring training, meaning Bay would only need to miss the season’s first seven games. He would be eligible to return April 9. “I took one swing and had a little bit...

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