During Saturday night’s 7-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies, Wilmer Flores hit what looked like his 11th home run of the season, a deep shot to left field to lead off the ninth inning. However, as left fielder David Dahl went back to the wall to try and catch it, a young fan reached over the fence and caught the ball. The third-base umpire Chris Guccione ruled it a home run, but as Flores...
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The New York Mets officially retired Mike Piazza’s #31 in a special pre-game ceremony on Saturday, July 30 at Citi Field. The Mets have four other retired numbers (#37 for Casey Stengel, #14 for Gil Hodges, #41 for Tom Seaver and #42 retired by every MLB team for Jackie Robinson). Mets players all wore jerseys and hats featuring a special Mike Piazza patch. 2016 Mets Congratulate Mike and...
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The New York Mets today announced that the club has signed outfielder Justin Ruggiano to a major league contract. Ruggiano will be in uniform tonight, wear #1 and is active for tonight’s game versus the Rockies. To make room on the active roster, the Mets have placed infielder Jose Reyes on the 15-Day Disabled List with a left oblique strain, retroactive to July 27. To make room on the 40-man...
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After Friday night’s 6-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies, manager Terry Collins held a team meeting to address the malaise after the team’s third consecutive loss and to address the mounting frustration with failing to produce with runners in scoring position. “First of all, we have a good team,” Collins said. “We’re going through a rough time right now. We...
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All Star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is not in the lineup on Thursday as the Mets begin a four game series against the Colorado Rockies. Terry Collins told reporters that his strained right quadriceps flared up last night as he continues to battle through this injury which forced Cespedes to miss a few games earlier this month. Cespedes, 30, informed the team that his quad was sore after...
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