Upon return from a family vacation, I learned that Choo Choo Coleman had passed this week of Cancer down in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Younger Mets fans probably know little of Clarence “Choo Choo” Coleman who was a member of the original 1962 Mets and played for the team for parts of three seasons in the 1960s. While I was not alive to hear the interview, Grandpa and Dad would always gladly...
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Las Vegas 51s (59-67) 8, Round Rock Express (62-64) 6 Box Score Brandon Nimmo CF: 2 for 5, 2 RBI, 2 R, .341/.413/.531 Gavin Cecchini SS: 2 for 4, BB, RBI, R, .316/.384/.433 Michael Conforto LF: 2 for 4, RBI, BB, R, 2 2B, .429/.489/.750 Eric Campbell, Johnny Monell and Matt Reynolds each had two hits on the night. Conforto is now 15 for 23 with two homers, six RBI and nine runs since being sent...
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In a game the Mets so desperately needed to win, their star pitcher faltered at the worst time. The team needed to take the first game in San Francisco to get this wretched seven game stretch started on the right foot, the offense did their part but Jacob deGrom was unable to. After his team provided him with a 4-0 lead in the fourth inning, the Giants came right back against deGrom, which was...
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Michael Conforto has been raking in Triple-A lately, but the New York Mets do not plan to call up the outfielder before rosters expand on September 1st. “I’d say probably not,” Mets GM Sandy Alderson told ESPN New York when asked whether Conforto would return to the big leagues in August. Conforto got off to a red-hot start to the year in April, but fell into a massive slump...
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After the Mets 10-7 loss to the Giants the team announced that they had promoted lefty Josh Smoker from the Las Vegas 51s and optioned fellow lefty reliever Josh Edgin to Vegas. Smoker, a former Washington Nationals first rounder, is 3-2 with three saves and a 4.11 ERA in 52 games this season for the 51s in his first taste of Triple-A action. The WHIP at 1.474 is a bit alarming but we’re...
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