As an aspiring journalist, I’m trained to put forward a professional appearance. Whether in my radio sports updates at WAER or on my shifts anchoring sports shows at CitrusTV, I can’t overtly root for my Mets. But last night was different. Like most of you, I watched the game purely as a fan; and like most of you, I felt my heart drop to my stomach when Conor Gillaspie blasted that...
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The New York Mets were defeated by a score of 3-0 Wednesday night at the hands of the San Francisco Giants in the NL Wild Card game. They have no reason to be down on themselves after going through a roller coaster of a season. This team was left for dead at 60-62 before a series against this very same Giants team had helped to give them a pulse entering the final weeks of the season. They were...
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The postseason woes continued for Mets closer Jeurys Familia, who dished up the deciding three-run homer that would end the Mets season and allow Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants to advance to the NLDS. This comes a year after blowing three saves in the World Series against the Kansas City Royals. Familia inherited a scoreless tie, but quickly got into trouble after allowing a...
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The stage is set. The New York Mets will be taking on the San Francisco Giants in a win or go home Wild Card game, tonight at 8:09 PM. This is Yoenis Cespedes’ time to shine. Cespedes came back to the Mets this season in hopes of returning to a World Series. That opportunity is within reach to yet again as the team punched their way into the postseason for consecutive years for only the...
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In a year where the New York Mets were decimated by injuries, losing some of their biggest stars in the process, Sandy Alderson still found the necessary pieces to get this team back to the postseason. Rookie pitchers Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo helped to save a starting rotation that lost Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz for the season. Major League castoffs, James Loney and Rene...
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