Author: John Bernhardt

Michael Fulmer: Another Ace Is On The Way

By almost any standard Binghamton’s Michael Fulmer is a pitching ace. It’s becoming almost a habit that every Fulmer outing is something special. The intensity he brings, the repertoire of pitches he displays and his toughness on the mound are special indeed. Often a pitching ace can bring the heat. With a fastball that sits comfortably in the mid 90’s, a pitch Fulmer can crank two or three...

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B-Mets Prevail In 17-Inning Thriller To Stay In First Place

They lost their best hitter when Michael Conforto was elevated to Citi Field, but the Binghamton Mets would not be deterred. In the longest game in franchise history, a contest that lasted 4 hours and 36 minutes, Binghamton outlasted Trenton, 2-1, in 17 innings. The win keeps the B-Mets in first place one-half game in front of Reading and one and one-half game up on Trenton. The B-Mets got help...

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Don’t Sleep On Lefty Reliever Josh Smoker

In just his first five outings on the pitcher’s mound, Josh Smoker has made a positive impression on Binghamton baseball fans. Smoker, a first round 2007 draft pick of the Washington Nationals, used 11 pitches, 8 of them strikes, and a healthy dose of high heat to retire the three batters in order in his B-Met debut. The fireballing left-hander pitched a scoreless inning of work in his next...

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Shortstop Prospect Gavin Cecchini Raking In Binghamton

One fan feature you have when attending a Binghamton Met baseball game is picking the Offensive Player of the Game. Before the game, B-Met fans can visit a station on the left field side of NYSEG Stadium and vote for the B-Met player they think will have the best offensive chops in the soon to be played game. The names of fans who make the correct pick are placed in a hat and the person whose...

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Conforto Blast Lifts B-Mets Past Trenton

The Flushing chorus clamoring for Binghamton leftfielder Michael Conforto to get the call to Citi Field will likely reach deafening decibel levels as Met fans learn the B-Met slugger’s two-run, fifth inning blast lifted the B-Mets past first place Trenton, 3-2, Saturday night. Conforto got all of a Jose De La Cruz 86 mph off-speed offering muscling a long shot over the right field wall to...

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