The New York Mets played their first-ever game at SunTrust Park last night, a great sign for the team who have had plenty of struggles whenever they played the Atlanta Braves at home. This will be an important series for the Mets, and for their sake, they better hope their luck at SunTrust Park will be better than it was at Turner Field. For the better part of two decades, it seemed as though...
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You probably cringe when Jose Reyes’ .094 batting average is shown on SNY every time he steps up to the plate. It’s no secret that Reyes has been abysmal this season, and his slash line of .094/.186/.132 is proof positive of that. Reyes is off to the worst start of his big-league career, and that career may be in serious jeopardy if he doesn’t start hitting soon. Even as bad as...
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It’s no secret that Jay Bruce was awful for the Mets last season. There’s no need to rehash the stats. He was, as Stephen A. Smith would say, “a bona fide scrub.” This performance naturally caused many to point out the parallels between Bruce and Jason Bay: A big-name corner outfielder comes to the team as a star with big expectations, only to fail miserably at the plate....
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Okay, maybe “make or break” is going a little too far for the first month of the season. But hear me out. Looking at the team’s April schedule, there’s no denying that this will be an important month for the New York Mets. This could legitimately be the most important April in recent franchise history. The Mets have a schedule of exclusively intra-division games until May...
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Bartolo Colon’s impending start tomorrow night will mark several significant milestones for “Big Sexy.” It will be his first start in a Braves uniform, his first start against his old team since signing with the Braves in the offseason and it will also mark exactly 20 years and one day since he made his big-league debut. Back in 1997, Colon was a skinny, 23-year-old...
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