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Wright Passes Piazza To Become Mets All Time Leader In Game Winning RBI

Last night during the Mets 7-1 win over the Phillies, David Wright delivered a two-run single to put the Mets ahead 2-0 in the third inning. It was Wright’s 90th career game-winning RBI, passing Mike Piazza on the all time list and giving him the most in team history. It was his second game-winning RBI of this season. Wright also registered the 15th four-hit game of his career last night...

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Foundations of Success – Part 3 – The Pitchers

In the third part of this series, the focus will be placed on the hurlers. After the manager has made his decisions, and his hitters have reacted, he has to control the pitching staff. A managers logic and feel for how exactly his pitchers may feel on a certain day or knowing how to utilize their strengths, falls to him. The rest of this equation, falls to the pitchers and their execution....

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Here’s A Nice Start To Your Morning

Who knows if we’ll ever get this chance again. I thought we should preserve it just in case, but here are our first place Mets atop the NL East. And if you missed the game, here’s a video recap courtesy of MetsBlog.

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Gee Opening-Day Starter For Bisons On Thursday

The Buffalo Bisons announced their 2011 Opening Day Roster today. The Herd will open the 2011 season on Thursday, April 7 against the Syracuse Chiefs at Coca-Cola Field (3:05 p.m.). The 2011 Bisons will feature 19 players with major league experience, including 12 that played at the game’s top level last season. That list includes nine players who spent time with the Mets in 2010. As the...

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Forever Young, Mets Beat Phillies 7-1

Chris Young, in his Mets debut pitched a great first game, going five and one-third innings, giving up one run on five hits with four walks and seven strikeouts and the offense exploded in the third inning, chasing Cole Hamels in their 7-1 victory. Game Notes Chris Young looked pretty good in his first outing for the Mets. He allowed five hits, but didn’t start allowing hits and runs until...

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