We all know about curses and superstitions in baseball. The most notable ones are the Red Sox after trading Babe Ruth and the Chicago Cubs. There’s one curse that maybe you didn’t know about, and that’s the curse of Gary Carter. I was reading jokes on Twitter about how Daniel Murphy made it into the playoffs with the Cubs and the Nationals didn’t. That got me thinking....
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The crowd erupted when David Wright’s name was announced with the starting lineup. It erupted when he took the field for the first time. It erupted when he stepped up to the plate for the first time. David Wright could do no wrong on David Wright Day. How could he? The festivities began before the game. Fans were in the stadium well before first pitch to watch the Captain take batting...
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On Wednesday night, Jacob deGrom did something that only eight other pitchers have done. He racked up 1,000 strikeouts with the New York Mets. It couldn’t have come in a better way either, the final strikeout that he recorded of the season was his number 1,000. He’s the ninth Mets pitcher to reach the feat and the fastest to do so in only 897.2 innings. Next up on the Mets list Jon...
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Today I am joined by Mark Simon of Sports Information Solutions to discuss Jacob deGrom’s season in a statistical context. Hear us also chat about David Wright, the 2018 Mets and other fun factual nuggets [iframe]<iframe...
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Every fan has thought at some point during David Wright’s career that he would one day make a great addition to the organization in some way, shape, or form. Well, our dreams just might come true. In a media scrum prior to Tuesday’s game, Wright addressed a question relating to becoming a member of the Front Office next season asked by SNY’s Andy Martino. Wright confirmed...
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