Author: Fan Shots

MMO Fan Shot: Taking Stock of the Mets, the Magic of Memorial Day

An MMO Fan Shot by Marc M. (Not4) Memorial Day Weekend marks not only the unofficial beginning of summer but also is viewed as perhaps the first seminal day for determining whether a team’s hot start is for real.  It’s easy to dismiss hot starts as nothing more than anomalies borne from small sample sizes that will regress back to the mean once the sample size increases. By the time Memorial Day...

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Wilmer Flores Leads All Shortstops With Seven Home Runs

The Mets bounced back from a deflating weekend sweep in Pittsburgh against the Pirates, with a convincing 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The decisive blow was a three-run shot by shortstop Wilmer Flores, a sixth inning blast that would put the Mets up for good in front of a great Memorial Day crowd at Citi Field. “I’m doing what I am supposed to do,” Flores said. “Everyone knows what I...

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MMO Fan Shot: Michael Fulmer Watched Syndegaard’s Debut, Hopes To Realize That Dream Too

An MMO Fan Shot by Jim Maggiore Right-handed starting pitcher Michael Fulmer spent a half hour chatting and answering questions with the Binghamton Mets Booster Club on Thursday afternoon, May 14th before the Mets took on the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in a 6:35 pm contest. Fulmer was a supplemental first-round pick of the Mets in the 2011 draft, and entering the 2015 season Baseball...

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MMO Game Recap: Mets 14, Brewers 1

The Mets (21-16) defeated the Milwaukee Brewers (13-24) by a score of 14-1 Saturday night. Jacob deGrom had perhaps his best stuff all season tonight while Matt Garza had quite the opposite. The reigning NL Rookie of The Year pitched six innings while giving up one run, striking out six and walking one. He is now 4-4 on the year. DeGrom helped his own cause in the 2nd. After a double by Eric...

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MMO Fan Shot: Collin McHugh Is Easy To Root For

An MMO Fan Shot by Jack Ganchrow As the old saying goes the first one is always the hardest. Collin McHugh learned that the hard way going 607 days before getting his first major league win. Between coming out of the bullpen and starting, McHugh lost his first eight decisions across his first two seasons. It took him until his third big league team to get that coveted first win. In his major...

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