The New York Mets finished the 2016 regular season at 12 games above .500 with a 87-75 record which was good for second place in the NL East. They went on to lose to the San Francisco Giants in the NL Wild Card game. With a solid campaign last season, the Mets entered the offseason with the primary goal of re-signing their top offensive player and they wasted no time in locking up Yoenis...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Jason (7ReyesForLife7) I’ve been a fan of the New York Metropolitans since 1986. You might wonder if I was a frontrunner. In retrospect, I was without even knowing it, having been a “fan” of the New York Yankees. I owned this slick white, satin Yankees jacket because I thought it looked good. I was all of 9 years old. The Yankees were the only baseball team I knew during my...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Rich Glanzer Smart people say dumb things. That was my thought as I saw a Facebook post stating that David Wright might not have his number retired because he is not headed to Cooperstown. The author insinuated the Mets have an unofficial policy of only retiring numbers who have received baseball’s highest honor, induction into the Hall of Fame. I of course scoffed at this...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Joe O’Connor By the end of May 2013, he was the Dark Knight. He was the savior of Queens. He was lighting up radar guns, wiping out hitters with his devastating slider, and doing so with a swagger that Mets fans hadn’t seen since the glory days of ’86. My, how things have changed… Tom Verducci, the “baseball-famous” writer for Sports Illustrated, appropriately gave...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Sidd Finch On July 30, 2004, the Mets committed one of the greatest blunders in their history by trading top left-handed pitching prospect Scott Kazmir to the Rays for the veteran Victor Zambrano. The deal was intended to fill a perceived immediate need, but it didn’t take long to see the effects of the grave error. Zambrano would end up throwing five awful starts for the Mets...
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