Month: May 2011

Dodgers vs Mets: Starting Lineup, Notes, Game Preview

Mets Notes METS AT A GLANCE: The Mets have won two games in a row and improved to 6-2 in their last eight home games…New York is 7-10 overall at Citi Field. COMEBACK: The Mets trailed 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 last night but rallied for a 6-3 win, the team’s sixth come-from-behind victory of the year…New York had 21 comeback wins in 2010. BAY WATCH: Jason Bay went 2-4 with an RBI last...

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Pelf-Awareness

I am one of the regulars on a weekly Kult of Mets Personalities podcast, and if you listened to it, you would know that I am the resident Mike “Big Pelf” Pelfrey homer. I root for him probably harder than any other Met. I don’t know why either, but I feel a personal connection to Big Pelf. It’s mostly because I saw him pitch in his major league debut in 2006. I always felt he got the bum’s rush...

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Mets Need Bench Production..Now

…badly. Starting an article off with an ellipsis is probably incorrect grammatically, but this article will be filled with mentions of the inability of the Mets to have an effective bench, and thus this discussion comes about. Willie Harris has been a black hole offensively, both as a starter and as a bench player,  striking out in 19 of his 65 at-bats. Using him as a pinch-hitting option...

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Mets On Pace For Nearly 100 Losses

We saw what the Mets could do a week ago. They were proficient in tacking on runs, scoring late and getting hits with two outs, and – surprise – with runners in scoring position. However, they were also doing that against Houston, Arizona and Washington. Teams not much better than them. Now we are seeing what they can, or should I say, can’t do against the National League’s elite arms. They were...

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Pagan Suffers Setback, Flying To NY For Tests

According to the Terry Collins, outfielder Angel Pagan is again out indefinitely. Reporting pain in his left oblique muscle late Thursday night, Pagan flew to New York City on Friday for a previously unscheduled examination of his side. “Knowing we were hoping that he would be here tomorrow, he just felt that he wasn’t ready for that,” Mets manager Terry Collins said Friday...

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