Month: June 2011

Ron Darling Talks About The State Of The Mets With Me

Monday night I had the chance to talk to Ron Darling once again. This time In The Game Collectibles brought him in for a signing at Park East.  There were a lot of people coming in to meet him and some were as young as 5 years old and as excited to meet him in person as everyone else was! Now we all have our opinions on how the New York Mets are doing this year. Some say “Wow, what in the world...

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Don’t Jump On The Bay Bandwagon Just Yet

In the last week or so, Jason Bay has looked like his old all-star form. Yes, he has looked exponentially better at the plate, blasting one, nearly two, home runs against the A’s Tuesday night, but if you look at his split stats over his disappointing tenure as a Met, you will see a common theme that could be the reason for his recent hot streak. In interleague play in 2010 and 2011, Jason...

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Starting Line-up, Game Preview: Athletics vs Mets

Game Time 1:10 PM RHP Graham Godfrey vs. LHP Chris Capuano Starting LIne-up Jose Reyes, SS Justin Turner, 2b Carlos Beltran, RF Daniel Murphy, 3B Angel Pagan, CF Jason Bay, LF Lucas Duda, 1B Josh Thole, C Chris Capuano, LHP Game Preview The Mets face the Athletics this afternoon for the concluding game of this series. Oakland took the first game of the series and rallied to tie the second game...

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Cashman Not Interested In Reyes

If your palms get sweaty and your stomach gets nauseous at the thought of Jose Reyes in Yankees pinstripes, you can breathe easier now. According to this post in The Sporting News, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told the New York Daily News that is “just not going to happen.” “We have an everyday shortstop in Derek Jeter,” Cashman said. “And I think...

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Mets Farm Report: June 22nd, 2011

Buffalo Bisons 3 – Durham Bulls 9 Well, Mark Cohoon looked very unimpressive yet again today to say the least. He was sitting 86 mph with his fastball and had the occasional 87 and 88 mph one, but wasn’t getting much more than that and while he didn’t walk anybody his command was way off. As long been the book on Cohoon, with that fastball he needs to be spot on with his...

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