Month: June 2013

Mets vs Rockies: A Rocky Mountain Lineup As Hefner Takes The Hill

Mets (31-43) vs Rockies (39-40) RHP Jeremy Hefner (2-6, 3.89) vs RHP Tyler Chatwood (4-1, 2.22) 6:10 PM • Coors Field Starting Lineup Eric Young Jr., lf Omar Quintanilla, ss Daniel Murphy, 2b Marlon Byrd, rf Josh Satin, 1b Zach Lutz, 3b Juan Lagares, cf Anthony Recker, c Jeremy Hefner, rhp Game Notes Shaun Marcum tossed eight scoreless innings and earned his first Mets win after an 0-9 start and...

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Eric Young Jr. Is Making A Great First Impression

Small sample sizes be damned, but Eric Young has been going out of his way to display some of the talent that made this organization want to target him in the first place — and no, I’m not talking about the fact that he’s arbitration eligible. Picked up recently in a deal for Collin McHugh, who I can only wish the best to, Young has been tearing it up since his arrival in New...

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Cyclones’ Pitcher Honors Father, Family With Glove

Cyclones’ lefty reliever John Mincone is back in Brooklyn this summer, and already he’s off to a similar start as last year’s All-Star campaign. He maybe was a candidate to start the year at a higher level of the minors, but he suffered a bout of tendinitis that delayed his offseason conditioning. He’s settled in as the Cyclones’ closer this year, and he’s been unhittable – striking out seven...

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Buck Wasn’t Happy About Being Lifted For Pinch-Hitter

John Buck wen’t 0-for-4 in last night’s win over the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. He struck out all four time to earn the dreaded Golden Sombrero. In my recap of the 3-0 win, I mentioned that it may be time to start giving Anthony Recker a few more starts – not so much because he’s that much better than Buck, I couldn’t honestly say that. But it would be good...

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Listen To B-Mets GM Jim Weed Friday Morning

The Binghamton Mets, one of the hottest professional baseball teams at any level, are causing a stir in the baseball world. Friday morning, Jim Weed, the General Manager of the B-Mets, will be a guest on Tip-Off, a sports radio show that can be heard on WIOX 91.3 FM. Weed will discuss his climb through the B-Met organization from an intern our of college to the team’s GM chair, the general...

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