Month: May 2012

Making The Right Call At Second Base

A parent recently told me an inspiring story of sportsmanship, from a Flagler Police Athletic League playoff game. It was the bottom of the fourth inning, in the 10-and-under minors division semifinals Wednesday night, at the Flagler County Fairgrounds. The game between the Tigers (coached by Rick Torres) and the Royals (coached by Jay Pigninelli) was tied, 2-2. With two outs and a runner on...

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B-Met Futility: McHugh’s Great Performance Goes Down The Drain – Savannah Wins

  Indianapolis 6, Buffalo 3 By Andrew O’Brien For the third straight game, the Buffalo Bisons played shoddy defense Tuesday afternoon en route to a 6-3 loss to the Indianapolis Indians. The loss marked the third straight for the Triple-A Mets. The Bisons committed three errors Tuesday, upping the four-game series total to 12. Chris Schwinden (3-3, 2.72) started for the Bisons and was...

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Arr, Dickey Stifles The Pirates In A Swashbucklin’ 3-2 Victory Over The Pirates

Dickey probably could have gone the entire game tonight the way he was dealing – 7 dominant innings led the Mets to a 3-2 victory. Summary I have come to the conclusion that I need to see as many of Tricky Dick’s games as I possibly can, because this man can seriously pitch. R.A. started tonight and was foolishly removed after 7 innings (I will get to that in a short while) after...

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Tejada Batting and Running, Could Start Rehab Games This Week

According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, Terry Collins said Ruben Tejada batted in an extended Spring Training game in Port St. Lucie yesterday. Tejada did not play in the field and is trying to comeback from a strained right quadricep muscle he suffered while diving into first base in a game against the Diamondbacks on May 6. Last week, Collins told reporters Tejada had begun running drills...

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Baxter Bats Leadoff As Mets Try To Loot The Pirates

Starting Lineup Mike Baxter – LF Kirk Nieuwenhuis – CF David Wright – 3B Lucas Duda – RF Daniel Murphy – 2B Ike Davis – 1B Ronny Cedeno – SS Mike Nickeas – C R.A. Dickey – RHP The Mets will try to put last night behind them as they take on the Pirates in game two of this series. Last night’s game was filled with errors for the Mets as...

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