Month: June 2011

Carlos Beltran Is Day To Day

The Mets are calling Carlos Beltran’s injury a “right leg contusion” after  X-rays were taken and came back negative. They are classifying him as day to day. Beltran left Sunday’s game after fouling a ball off the inside of his right shin in the second inning. He finished the at-bat, striking out against Tim Hudson, but then walked off the field gingerly and appeared to...

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Bobby V Takes Aim At Wilpon, Makes Case For Mets To Sign Reyes

In case you missed the Mets game on ESPN last night, Bobby Valentine had plenty to say about the Jose Reyes situation. Bobby V held nothing back when he erupted during the sixth inning of the game when the camera panned the stadium and showed several fans holding signs that read “Don’t Trade Reyes” and “Sign Jose Reyes”. “I’m finding it difficult to...

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Mets Farm Report: June 5th, 2011

Buffalo Bisons 5 | Gwinnett Braves 7 This game was nowhere near as close as the score would dictate. Mike Minor pitched the most dominating minor league performances I’ve watched all year throwing a near perfect game, giving up just  a walk and hit in the 7th inning. He made Kirk Nieuwenhuis look silly during his at-bats. Captain Kirk struckout swinging on three pitches in the 1st inning,...

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Dickey Dominates, Reyes Ignites Offense, Mets Win 6-4

R.A. Dickey pitched a great game today going eight strong innings and thanks to some good run support on the heels of Jose Reyes, the Mets won 6-4 and won the series against the Braves Game Notes R.A. Dickey look substantially better today then he had in his last outing. Although his foot still seemed to be bothering him, specifically when running after batting, he was in control today. Dickey...

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Jason Bay Brings Out The Boo In All Of Us

Jason Bay is being paid $66 million by the New York Mets to suck. Judging by the boos at Citi Field, he is earning every penny of it. But what are they booing exactly? Is it the lack of home runs by Bay after smashing 36 longballs for Boston in 2009? Is it the failure to drive in runs after recording four 100 RBI seasons in the five seasons prior to becoming a Met? Or is it just that Oliver...

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