Author: Fan Shots

MMO Fan Shot: Finding an Altherr Upgrade

An MMO Fan Shot by Larry Smith Most true baseball fans see themselves as amateur GMs and when their team makes a move (trade, promotion, demotion, free agent signing) they give it some thought and decide whether they like what the front office has done or not.  Some of us take this to the extreme like myself who has been in Strat-O-Matic Baseball leagues for over 40 years.  That’s a whole...

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Top Ten Worst Met Trades In History

When it comes to trades, Met fans haven’t had the easiest time of it. In fact, they have seen a considerable number of personnel moves go awry. Let’s take a look at what might be a list of the ten worst trades in franchise history (we will stick to the main trade components): 1. There is just no arguing with this one. Nolan Ryan was effectively traded for a washed up Jim Fregosi after a few...

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MMO Fan Shot: Mets Hit Panik Button and Catch A Brach

A MMO Fan Shot by Larry Smith I’ll give Brodie Van Wagenen this – he’s proactive.  I don’t think that Sandy Alderson would have jumped on Joe Panik or Brad Brach in recent years. Personally I don’t expect the Panik move will work out but I’m quite confident that Brach might just pan out. Here’s my thinking. Panik has been a major leaguer for six years and has been pretty good, and actually...

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MMO Fan Shot: A Stunning Mets Resurrection

An MMO Fan Shot by Gabriel Pariente On July 12th, the NY Mets lost their opening game of the second half of the season to the Miami Marlins 8-4, falling to 11 games under .500 at 40-51. A season that had begun with such promise much like 2018. had seemingly reached the point of no return with continual bullpen implosions by our top relievers Jeurys Familia and Edwin Diaz, the lack of hustle at...

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MMO Fan Shot: Orange and Blue Hearts

A MMO Fan Shot by Cesar Montenegro My story begins in 1985 (I was 5-years old), when my dad taught me to play baseball and told me that he had been a long time fan Yankee fan. In my country we could only watch some games on TV, so on his birthday, June 27th 1985, the newspaper announced the sports schedule, New York vs. Chicago, but to his surprise and dismay it was the Mets playing the Cubs and...

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