Don’t look now, but the Mets are a win Tuesday away from matching the best start in franchise history — established by the 1985 edition, which opened 5-0. “Everybody is excited about the start,” Terry Collins said after the Mets beat the Washington Nationals, 4-3, Monday night at Citi Field on Daniel Murphy’s walk-off RBI single. “We talked about it in the first meeting we had in spring...
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Take eight Mike Pelfrey strikeouts to match a career high, one Kirk Nieuwenhuis game-tying homer and a dash of ninth-inning drama culminating in Daniel Murphy’s walk-off single vs. the Nats. Add it up, and behold a 4-0 Mets start. Game Recap Mike Pelfrey started off the first game of home series against the Nationals. Surprisingly he did better than I thought he would. The big man lasted...
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METS FARM REPORT 4/9 ROCHESTER 3, BUFFALO 2 Red Wings shortstop Brian Dozier hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to give Rochester a comeback victory, snapping Buffalo’s three-game winning streak. The Bisons bullpen entered the game with 14 scoreless innings to begin the season. Protecting a 2-1 lead, lefty Chuck James made his Bisons debut with a scoreless frame in the sixth....
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In Doug’s Dugout today, we discuss: Beating the Braves, the Mets’ new Mantra, and other random thoughts. Anytime the Mets sweep the Braves, regardless of expectations, it’s a great feeling. Because no team in the Eastern Division has inflicted more hurt on the Amazins. If only they had stayed in the Western Division, like it was the first year of divisional play in 1969 (when...
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Check out this funny Zoloft spoof on the Mets by those pranksters at UCB Comedy. Hat tip to Mets...
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