Houston Astros (101-61) at Los Angeles Dodgers (104-58) LHP Rich Hill (0-0, 2.77 ERA) vs. RHP Justin Verlander (4-0, 2.05 ERA) Tuesday, October 31, 2017 | 8:20 p.m. ET | Dodger Stadium | Los Angeles, CA World Series – Game 6 (HOU Leads 3-2) This could be it! The Astros play the Dodgers in Los Angeles in hopes to win their first World Series since becoming a MLB team in 1962. The Dodgers will...
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Long before Mets shortstop Jose Reyes was even born in 1983, the Mets had a switch-hitting shortstop with speed who played gold glove caliber defense and held down the position for 13 years. The shortstop in question is none other than Bud Harrelson, pictured above on his 1971 Topps card, applying a tag to an Astros base runner. The card, number 355 in the set, depicts four players on the card...
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Earlier this afternoon, we here at MMO posted an article on how the 40-man roster stacks up. One more spot just became available, as we had speculated. According to the Mets on Twitter, the team has released outfielder Norichika Aoki. Aoki, 35, was picked up by the Mets for the final month of the season, but was due for a significant pay bump through salary arbitration this winter. In 27 games...
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Last week, the Mets outrighted six players off their roster: left-handed pitcher Tommy Milone, right-handed pitchers Erik Goeddel and Tyler Pill, outfielders Wuilmer Becerra and Travis Taijeron and infielder Phillip Evans. Of the six, only Becerra figures to remain within the organization, with the other five ultimately becoming free agents. As it stands, there are 34 players on the team’s...
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Wally Backman’s name has been widely discussed by Mets fans as a potential manager candidate for years. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear likely he’ll be part of the team in any capacity for the foreseeable future. In an article by Kristie Ackert of the Daily News, Backman reportedly reached out to Mets general manager Sandy Alderson for the managerial opening, but was shut down...
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