Month: August 2012

MMO Fan Shot: Two Solutions to the Mets Catching Problems

One of the major weaknesses of the New York Mets is the catching position.  Starter Josh Thole has produced nothing offensively and is poor defensively.  Backups Mike Nickeas and Rob Johnson struggle just to hit over the Mendoza line. Newly acquired catcher Kelly Shoppach isn’t awful, but we would be kidding ourselves to think that he is a long term solution at catcher. And to make matters...

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He Speaks…

Caught this quote from Sandy Alderson on MetsBlog… “I think we have a much better sense now of who our players are, who we think are going to develop into those championship-caliber players, who may not, and are in a position to act on that. The last couple of years, we’ve done a lot of experimenting. Some things have worked out. Some haven’t. But I feel a lot more confident about...

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#LOLMets Is Still Alive and Well

From the NY Post: Evidently, Citi Field isn’t the place you go where everybody knows your name. On Friday night, the Mets official Twitter page tweeted a video of Daniel Murphy’s first-inning RBI single. The only problem? The message referred to the second baseman as “David Murphy,” who happens to play for the Texas Rangers. The post has since been deleted, but not before being dug up by...

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That Big Sucking Sound You’re Hearing…

I already ranted about this in last night’s game recap, but it bears repeating… In last night’s 8-4 win over the Reds, Frank Francisco nearly blew the game with yet another abysmal performance in the ninth inning, allowing three runs on a walk and four hits including a mammoth home run while registering only two outs. Jon Rauch was brought in to get the last out for the second time...

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Citi Field and Yankee Stadium To Be Testing Grounds For Advanced Replay

According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, Citi Field and Yankee Stadium have been selected to be testing grounds for Instant Replay according to MLB Sources. Major League Baseball owners have agreed to test two different advanced replay systems live during games starting next week, and if they prove accurate they could precede an overhaul of the system for the 2013 season, sources told Yahoo!...

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