David Wright took some nice swings in the batting cage today and afterward the Mets announced he would play today and be in today’s lineup, and batting third. Mets Starting Lineup Ruben Tejada SS Daniel Murphy 2B David Wright 3B Ike Davis 1B Jason Bay LF Lucas Duda RF Kirk Nieuwenhuis CF Josh Thole C Jon Niese LHP The Mets took the opener of the series last night by the score of 5-2 as the Mets...
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With the Mets in Philadelphia over the weekend, I can’t help but wonder if they have a rivalry with any team. I mean a serious, hate-their-guts rivalry. They definitely don’t have anything with the spice of Yankees-Red Sox. For two seasons, at least, they had something with the Phillies, and in 2007 and 2008 they kicked away the NL East on the final weekend. Jimmy Rollins was right when he said...
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Who says you can’t bring the dead back to life? Welcome to the newly resurrected Minor League edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. Here is where we get a weekly snapshot of whose shaking and baking down on the farm, and who’s moving in the wrong direction. Enjoy… Who’s Hot Bobby Scales, 2B (Buffalo) – And the crowd was on their feet screaming Bob-Bee,...
Read MoreI’m not going to lie, I’m writing this during the busiest time of my career. A week from this Sunday, in 12 different cities across our state we will have over 10,000 people walking for a cure to stop a terrible disease. With that comes a lot of hustling for me over the next week or so. So I apologize for the shortness here. The Mets head into Philadelphia, and whenever these two teams play it...
Read MoreThe Mets have been here before, saddled with an unproductive player and a huge contract. It wasn’t too long ago the Mets cursed the existence of Oliver Perez. Now it is Jason Bay. A significant difference is while Perez’s attitude in the clubhouse turned teammates against him, Bay remains a popular figure because he plays hard and hustles. He just can’t hit. With Andres Torres on the disabled...
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