It was the eighth inning of a tie game, Juan Jaime was on the mound for Atlanta, and Curtis Granderson drew a lead-off walk. He would then steal second, reach third on a bunt, before scoring the eventual winning run on a sacrifice fly hit by Daniel Murphy. Without recording a hit, Granderson had done what a lead-off hitter is supposed to do: he got on base, used his legs to advance, and later...
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He’s a virtual hitting machine. The combination of the ability to stay back on a pitch, quick, explosive wrists and a short compact swing has translated to success at the plate at every level of the New York Mets farm system thus far.. And, he’s determined to show he has little left to prove, at least as a hitter, playing Double-A baseball. T.J. Rivera is on fire in Binghamton. Rivera treated...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Jim Firman I am a happily married father of four kids and one grandchild. I love my family, my job and my life. I know baseball is just a game and there are many, many more important things in life. Yet, for some (mostly inexplicable) reasons, it really matters to me whether the Mets win or lose. My kids don’t understand why. So I am writing this open letter to try to explain...
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Las Vegas 7, Sacramento 4 Matt Reynolds hit a 3-run home run in the top of the 6th to give the Las Vegas 51’s a 4-2 lead and they went on to beat Sacramento 7-4. Reynolds finished 2-4 on the night and is now hitting 7-20 with five RBI over his last five games. Alex Castellanos was also 2-4 on the night and hit a 2-run homer in the 8th inning to extend the 51’s lead. Dilson Herrera...
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Tag… Yerrrr Out!!! Here’s the lowdown from the Associated Press: On third after a pinch-hit triple in the seventh, Ichiro Suzuki took off on an infield grounder, stopped and then kept going when catcher Travis d’Arnaud reached for a wide throw. Suzuki and d’Arnaud both made headfirst dives — Suzuki missed the plate by an inch and d’Arnaud missed him. Suzuki lunged...
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