WHO’S HOT FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ has retired eight of the last nine batters he’s faced. SCOTT HAIRSTON is hitting .412 (7-17) with three doubles. After collecting three hits yesterday, JOSH THOLE is batting .350 (9-23) with two doubles, one home run and four RBI. Three young Mets each hit three-run home runs yesterday: LUCAS DUDA launched a three-run shot off the Nationals’ Tyler Clippard while...
Read MoreMeet the Debts. How close is this team to becoming another ‘Montreal’? For more than two years, the Mets have said that were it not for the Madoff lawsuit, everything would have been fine financially for the team. However this story in the New York Times disputes that after furthering their own investigation into this mess: When the owners of the Mets said in late January that they...
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Opening Day is now 20 days away and catcher Ronny Paulino is still MIA. The worst part is the Mets still have no idea when he will arrive in camp. The delay is all because of his suspension from using illegal performance enhancing drugs and violating baseball’s policy on banned substances. He was supposed to be in camp on February 13th when all pitchers and catchers were to report to camp....
Read MoreThe team’s standing has apparently fallen so far that it is now the butt of very public jokes. Manhattan Mini Storage is running an advertisement in the New York City subways that asks the question, “Why leave a city that has six professional sports teams, and the Mets?” Can it get any lower than this? The quote is from this article in the NY Times, the pic comes from...
Read MoreSurprise, surprise. Carlos Beltran is hurt once again. After he resumes baseball activities sometime in the next few days, who knows how long it will take our new right fielder to get in baseball shape? While part of me was hoping Beltran would finally return to the field healthy and productive, the other part of me knew it was probably too good to be true. If Beltran is out for an extended...
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