Kristie Ackert of the Daily News reports that the Mets will honor longtime beloved staffer Shannon Forde with a belt. The Mets’ director of media relations passed away last month after battling stage IV breast cancer for nearly four years. David Wright and clubhouse manager Kevin Kierst decided to specially design a Mets championship belt, like the ones given to boxing champions. They give...
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According to a report by Marc Carig of Newsday, Mets first baseman Lucas Duda is still bothered by a comment made by Royals third base coach Rusty Kuntz five months ago after Kansas City won the World Series. Regarding Duda’s throwing error in the ninth inning of Game 5, Kuntz said, “Bless his heart, Duda. He’s a good bat.” There was more to it than that and Duda...
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With Opening Night only two days away, New York Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen told Mike Puma of the New York Post that right-hander Matt Harvey is ready to for his start on Sunday against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. “His arm feels great,” Warthen said. “The ball is coming out. I thought he got out front a little Wednesday. The velocity is where we want, 94-98...
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Manager Terry Collins tells Jamal Collier of MLB.com that he is not overly concerned that his relievers are going through a “dead arm” period as the Mets begin the final week of Spring Training., but he has been bothered by it the last few days. Collins said he has noticed some diminished velocities from a few of his relievers, but believes this is the sort of fatigue that is...
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According to Paul Lukas of the ever popular site UniWatch, the New York Mets will not wear the camouflage uniforms at home during the 2016 season. The Mets began wearing the camos in 2014 when the launched their Military Mondays campaign to honor veterans and active duty servicemen and women. The camouflage uniforms proved very lucky for the Mets, who were undefeated during Monday home games...
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