The longest regular season among the major sports naturally has the longest preseason. With all that time to prepare for the games that count, there has been a good share of moments: some funny, some unusual, and some with grudges to settle. Here are a few: A Scare for Mookie – March 5, 1986 All the anticipation that surrounded the 1986 season was of little importance to Mookie Wilson. He...
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Over the last few months, we’ve recapped the Mets’ history with free agency. Now we’ve reached the worst of the worst. Who was a more disappointing acquisition than Óliver Pérez, Kaz Matsui, or even Jason Bay? That honor goes to a man who haunted the Mets while a St. Louis Cardinal and haunted them even more while playing for the Mets. There have been plenty of Mets who never...
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This off-season, we’re looking at the Mets’ history with free agency. The regrettable list includes names like Jed Lowrie, Kaz Matsui, and most recently Óliver Pérez. Taking the runner-up position is an outfielder very worthy of being at the top (or bottom?). And as far as on-field performance is concerned, that’s definitely the case. Dollar for dollar and game for game, no...
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This off-season, we’re looking at the Mets’ history with free agency. The regrettable list includes names like James McCann, Jed Lowrie, and most recently Kaz Matsui. Next is a left-handed pitcher who made a notable stop in New York on his long (and to this day still active) baseball journey. For Mets’ fans who needed a reminder of one of the team’s worst decisions this...
Read MoreHis contributions to the Mets are measured in quality, not quantity. Injuries deprived us of knowing whether or not Johan Santana could’ve reached the expectations placed on him when he came to New York 15 years ago. He won two Cy Young Awards with the Minnesota Twins while solidifying himself as the premiere starting pitcher in baseball. The Mets were intent on avenging a late-season...
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