Starting Lineup Ruben Tejada, ss Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Ike Davis, 1b Scott Hairston, rf Mike Baxter, lf Andres Torres, cf Josh Thole, c Johan Santana, lhp Game Preview The Mets and Braves play game two tonight at Citi Field. Last night the Mets just could not get the bats going to score runs against the Braves, and they hope to reverse that as they take on Kris Medlen. Santana will...
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In Major League Baseball, the debate of which young phenom will have the better career is all the rage. These phenoms, of course, are Mike Trout of the Angels and Bryce Harper of the Nationals. Trout, who just turned 21, is the unanimous AL Rookie of the Year and perhaps MVP. He has almost single handedly turned around a struggling Angels team and continues to impress in every game. Harper,...
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Enjoy it while you can. The Mets plan to shut down Matt Harvey after 175 innings max, which is about three more starts. While he’s been one of the bright spots to a disappointing season, I have no problem with the decision as there’s nothing to be gained by running him into the ground. If he’s as good as projected, he’ll be throwing 200-plus innings soon enough. Harvey has been impressive...
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Dave Kingman was one of the most fascinating players in Mets’ history. Because he played in one of the Mets’ major down periods – the mid ‘70’s to early ‘80’s, you don’t hear his name mentioned much in Mets’ retrospectives, but for a while, he was clearly the Mets’ biggest star and one of their very few drawing cards, at least at home. If remembered at all, it’s as a low-average power hitter,...
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We will be starting a new feature here at MMO called “The Keepers”. This feature will look at who has earned a roster spot for 2013 based off of their performance this season and in previous years. This season, though fun while it lasted, was never really about contention. Coming into the season we all hoped we could compete, but we all expected what we have been seeing lately. This season was...
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