History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. The New York Knicks were in Toronto on Valentine’s Day in 2012. In a tie game at 87 with the clock winding down. Jeremy Lin drilled a three-pointer with less than a second to go. “Linsanity continues!” bellowed announcer Mike Breen. The New York Mets were in Toronto on Wednesday. Down 1-0 in the ninth and with an 0-2 count, Francisco...
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Updated Post: Sept. 13 at 9:51 p.m. Following the Mets’ 11-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters that Francisco Lindor’s availability is “day-to-day” and that there’s a chance he will be back in the lineup on Saturday afternoon. “I think if it was a closer game, he was going to fight that one,” Mendoza...
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Reliever Dedniel Núñez, a key piece of the bullpen in his rookie year, is out for the remainder of the season with a flexor injury in his right arm, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters in Philadelphia on Friday. Núñez, 28, pitched to a 2.31 ERA and 0.91 WHIP over 35 innings this year. The right-hander was 2-0 with one save and 48 strikeouts. He was initially placed on the injured list on July...
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There are four teams, three spots, and a little more than two weeks to go. One team will be left at home watching. “It’s time to win baseball games,” Francisco Lindor said after Wednesday’s dramatic 6-2 victory in Toronto. Let’s glimpse the state of each Wild Card contender as they approach the mad dash to the finish line. (All four teams are off Thursday.) Arizona...
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Winning cures all ills and the Mets are 7-2 in September. But they have been able to do it without getting much out of the offense. That might have to change if the Mets are going to play ball in October. The Mets (79-66) are slashing .208/.299/.330/.629 as a team in September. The batting average and slugging percentage are each good for 27th in the majors this month, the on-base percentage is...
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