A week from Sunday, Mike Piazza will be inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame, officially cementing his place among the game’s greatest players. Surely, the days and weeks leading up to the ceremony would be a time for the former All Star to celebrate, to relive and remember his greatest accomplishments and contributions to New York sports lore. Perhaps not. Yesterday, Piazza had his...
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Bartolo Colon sailed through the first four innings of the Mets’ 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies to kick off the second half of the season before running into trouble. Big Sexy gave way to the bullpen with two outs in the sixth, who as they have done many times this year, dominated the rest of the way. “Everything worked out for the most part,” Colon said through an...
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With Yoenis Cespedes still nursing a sore right quad, Juan Lagares stepped in for the team’s slugger. For a night, he let the Mets forget about Cespedes’ presence in the lineup. Lagares was 1-or-2 at the plate last night with a solo shot that put the Mets up by a score 1-0 in the third inning. He walked twice, and stole a base to manufacture another run for the team. The stolen base...
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The New York Mets (48-41) defeated the Philadelphia Phillies (42-49) by a score of 5-3 at Citizens Bank Park Friday evening. With a Washington Nationals win, the Mets will remain six games back of the division lead. Pitching: Bartolo Colon was on the hill for the Mets tonight and he was very good early. After making the trip across country to the All-Star game and not being able to get in the...
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Update: According to Rolando Napoles and later confirmed by Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com the Astros have signed Cuban infielder Yulieski Gurriel to a five year deal worth $47.5 million. Original Report Yulieski Gurriel, the latest cuban defector who had been on the Mets radar is not believed to be on his way to New York anytime soon. Adam Rubin of ESPN reports that the team is unlikely to sign...
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