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Familia’s Postseason Struggles Resurface During Ninth Inning Letdown

The postseason woes continued for Mets closer Jeurys Familia, who dished up the deciding three-run homer that would end the Mets season and allow Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants to advance to the NLDS. This comes a year after blowing three saves in the World Series against the Kansas City Royals. Familia inherited a scoreless tie, but quickly got into trouble after allowing a...

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Yoenis Cespedes Has That Eye of the Tiger

The stage is set. The New York Mets will be taking on the San Francisco Giants in a win or go home Wild Card game, tonight at 8:09 PM. This is Yoenis Cespedes’ time to shine. Cespedes came back to the Mets this season in hopes of returning to a World Series. That opportunity is within reach to yet again as the team punched their way into the postseason for consecutive years for only the...

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Sandy Alderson Pieced Together a Playoff Team

In a year where the New York Mets were decimated by injuries, losing some of their biggest stars in the process, Sandy Alderson still found the necessary pieces to get this team back to the postseason. Rookie pitchers Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo helped to save a starting rotation that lost Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz for the season. Major League castoffs, James Loney and Rene...

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The Amazin’ Metscast: The Wild Card Episode

The Amazin’ Metscast – Episode 13 – The Wild Card Episode In this week’s episode, we preview the 2016 NL Wild Card game as our New York Mets take on the San Francisco Giants at Citi Field. We are joined by a variety of guests this week as we get the prospective from all walks of the game. C.J. Nitkowski, former major league pitcher and current MLB analyst takes a look at...

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James Loney Gets The Start At 1B For Wild Card Game

While manager Terry Collins declined to reveal his lineup for Wednesday’s Wild Card game against the San Francisco Giants, it appears that James Loney will be at first base instead of Lucas Duda. “I’ve got a good feeling,” said a smiling Loney when asked if he was told he’d be in the lineup. Collins did reveal that he will be going with nine pitchers, leaving him...

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