Month: May 2015

Collins Responds To Calls To Fire Him

I was a little dumbfounded when I logged on to see what was churning on Mets Twitter Tuesday morning and was smacked in the face by an article by Joel Sherman practically daring the front office to fire Terry Collins and another post by MetsBlog saying the Terry Watch was back on. I was like “wait a minute, we won in walk-off style last night, our third win in a row, and we were still in...

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Nats Pull Into First-Place Tie With Mets, Sandy Says No Trades Coming

In stunning fashion, the Washington Nationals came from behind to beat the New York Yankees 8-6 on a two-run walk-off homer by first baseman Ryan Zimmerman in the 10th inning. Zimmerman hit his shot off of Yankees closer Andrew Miller, who had not allowed a run all season. The win lifted the hard-charging Nationals to a first-place tie in the NL East with the New York Mets, who had held the top...

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MMO Game Recap: Cardinals 10, Mets 2

The Mets (23-17) were defeated by the Cardinals (26-13) by a score of 10-2 Tuesday evening at Citi Field. Pitching: Jon Niese started for the Mets, going 5 innings while allowing 8 earned runs on 11 hits, walking one and striking out one. All season he has been allowing a lot of base runners (1.49 WHIP after this game), and it finally caught up to him. The Cardinals took advantage of every...

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MMO Game Thread: Cardinals vs Mets, 7:10 PM

The New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals continue their four-game series on Tuesday after a big extra-inning win for the Amazins at Citi Field. Jon Niese (3-3, 2.49 ERA) opposes right-hander Michael Wacha (5-0, 2.06) at 7:10 PM. Jonathon Niese has allowed one earned run or fewer in five of his seven starts this season and six of his last eight starts dating to his final start of 2014. Kevin...

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Kirk Nieuwenhuis Designated For Assignment, Darrell Ceciliani Promoted

Update, 2:10 pm Adam Rubin of ESPN.com is now reporting that Kirk Nieuwenhuis will be the player designated for assignment. Nieuwenhuis, 27, was hitting .079/.125/.132 with two doubles and two stolen bases in 40 plate appearances. In parts of four seasons with the Mets, Nieuwenhuis has a .230/.302/.374 line with 13 homers, 31 doubles, three triples, and 12 stolen bases in 592 trips to the plate....

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