Month: June 2011

With Beltran & Reyes Carrying The Team, The Swagger Is Back

What a game and what a thrill it was to see the Mets deliver one knock-out blow after another to the AL Central leading Detroit Tigers last night. Until Jason Bay hit the first of two Mets grand slams in the game, the Mets had gone 299 games and 280 plate appearances with the bases loaded since their last grand slam. In that same span, Mets opponents had hit 18 grand slams, so the Mets still...

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Jose Reyes, Ty Cobb and the $64,000 Dollar Question

Jose Reyes, made his 1,000th career game last night against the Detroit Tigers a memorable one. The game’s most dynamic player, went 4-for-4 at the plate with a walk and three runs scored. He was just a home run shy of hitting for the cycle; being the last Met to perform the feat. There is nothing Jose Reyes can’t do right now and even ESPN agreed last night when they called him the...

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Mets Farm Report: June 28th, 2011 – Evans Stays Hot!

Buffalo Bisons 3 – Leigh Valley IronPigs 6 I expect Jack Egbert to be this ineffective, but what I don’t expect him to be is this wild. Egbert lasted for only 81 pitches tonight and only 45 of those were strikes (55%). He only gave up two walks, but with his stuff he needs to throw a considerable amount of more strikes. It is no shock or coincidence that both walks came back to bite...

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Beltran & Bay Slam Tigers In 14-3 Mauling

Jason Bay & Carlos Beltran had grand slams in consecutive innings, and R.A. Dickey had another quality outing in the 14-3 blowout of the Detroit Tigers Game Notes R.A. Dickey came out today and seems had the luck on his side and was blessed with run support. Outside of that, R.A. went seven innings, allowing three runs on ten hits, including two home runs while walking three and striking out...

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Cecil Fielder Says The Mets Have A Chance At Signing His Son Prince

We all know who Prince Fielder is.  He is a big guy with huge power.  He has also become one of baseball’s best power hitters, and has been a Met killer as well.  But could you imagine Prince Fielder as a New York Met? According to the New York Daily News, Cecil Fielder told Ebenezer Samuel that the Mets could very well end up signing his son Prince Fielder when he hits the free agent...

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