In honor of Knuckleball! the movie coming out, Hall-of-Famer Phil Niekro and 200-game winner Tim Wakefield were out and about prior to today’s game alongside the Mets own R.A. Dickey and were kind enough to answer some of my questions as well as some other Mets bloggers while watching BP with us along the first base side. The interview began with Phil Niekro telling us the fascinating tale...
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The Mets wasted a brilliant start by rookie Matt Harvey and dropped their eighth straight home game in a crushing 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies tonight at Citi Field. Harvey looked like he was in for a long night after allowing a leadoff solo home run to Jimmy Rollins to give the Phillies a quick 1-0 lead. But the kid turned it up ten notched and would not allow another hit for the rest...
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Hey everyone, Clayton Collier is covering another Mets event for us at Citi Field and I’m going to post his pictures, quotes and insights for him as he sends them in. – Joe D. I’ve arrived at Citi Field and it looks like I’m the first one here… It’s a beautiful evening for baseball… Josh Thole grabbing a few bags of baseball as he and the team get ready...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Cole Hamels (15-6, 3.06) vs. RHP Matt Harvey (3-5, 2.92) Starting Lineup Ruben Tejada, ss Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Scott Hairston, rf Ike Davis, 1b Kelly Shoppach, c Lucas Duda, lf Andres Torres, cf Matt Harvey, rhp Mets Notes Jeremy Hefner (2-6, 4.99 ERA), who was supposed start on Wednesday, will now start...
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Earlier today I was reading a post on MetsBlog about possible trade rumors that we could hear this offseason. In the comments section I noticed a trade idea that Dan Wexler proposed. The trade involved the Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks. The deal would send Justin Upton to Texas and Elvis Andrus to Arizona. Obviously this deal would be broadened to included at least one other player...
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