The Mets are televising 16 Spring Training games this season. The games will be split up with 12 of them being broadcast on SNY, and four will be carried on WPIX 11. 2/23 Nationals – 12:10 p.m. on SNY 2/25 Nationals – 6:10 p.m. on SNY 2/27 Cardinals – 1:10 p.m. on SNY 3/1 Tigers – 1:10 p.m. on SNY 3/2 Marlins – 1:10 p.m. on PIX11 3/4 Braves – 1:10 p.m. on SNY...
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Several days ago I gave you my idea for the Mets’ batting order and it included Kirk Nieuwenhuis as the leadoff hitter, so I was happy to read Adam Rubin’s story he will be given first chance to win that job. Nieuwenhuis will be the leadoff hitter for Saturday’s exhibition game against Washington. The Mets like Nieuwenhuis’ patience – he sees over four pitches an at-bat – and he had moderate...
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When new MMO writer Daniel Nelson sent me a link to a Grantland article entitled, The Mets’ Outfield Could Be the Worst Unit in Professional Sports, and Maybe All of Life, my first inclination after I was done vomiting, was to email the writer of that garbage, Sean Fennessy, and tell him what I thought. However, I felt it was best to post about it here instead. That would ensure that it...
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This week, Terry Collins and David Wright provided their annual sound bites that they believe the Mets, yes the group that has found its way to Port St. Lucie this spring, have it in them to make a run to the playoffs. I know what your thinking. How could a team that won only on seventy-four games last season with a Cy Young Award winning knuckleballer that has since been traded, a team which...
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The Washington Nationals have signed former Met right-hander Chris Young to a minor league deal with an invitation to big league spring training. Young, 33, has spent the last two seasons with the Mets and in 2012 he went 4-9 with a 4.15 ERA in 20 starts but ended the season strongly posting a 2.73 ERA in five September starts Over his career, Young is 53-43 with a 3.79 ERA in 159 career starts....
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