As yesterday’s game approached, many wondered if Michael Conforto would get his first shot against a big time southpaw like Madison Bumgarner on the mound. Manager, Terry Collins obliged and gave the 23-year old budding star a chance to show what he could do against one of the great pitchers in the game. “I definitely wanted to be out there against Bumgarner,” Conforto said. “As a...
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3 Up 1. Record Setting Friday Night The Mets 13-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night had some history to it. 12 of the 13 runs scored were all in the third inning, setting a new franchise record which was previously set on July 16, 2006 when they tallied 11 runs in an inning against the Cubs. The Mets sent 15 batters to the plate that inning, tallying a total of eight hits and...
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The lead had dwindled to one. Closer Jeurys Familia yielded a leadoff single to the pesky Denard Span and was staring at the stern, focused face of former Met Angel Pagan. The speedy Pagan has flourished since his departure from Flushing for two forgettable experiments in Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez, netting a World Series ring in 2012 and about 40 million dollars in contract money from the...
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It is fair to believe that if the Mets had won the Ben Zobrist sweepstakes this past offseason, this team would be vastly different than the one we currently see on the field today. John Harper of the NY Daily News takes a look at how Plan B became Plan A and worked out for the best. In early December, mere hours before Zobrist ultimately chose Chicago over New York, the Mets were considered the...
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The Mets had another exciting week and are off to a 5-1 start to the homestand. April is over, but May brings another terrific edition of Talkin’ Mets. This week I talk to Mark Rosenman, co-author of the book “Down on the Korner: Ralph Kiner and Kiner’s Korner.” Mark and Howie Karpin are the first to write a book about the popular post-game show that many Mets fans grew...
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