The New York Mets have never seen a player take home an MVP award in their 53-year history — but the last 36 games have given the fan base a glimpse of what one in a Mets uniform might look like. Although he cannot run for President like Thor hoped because he was born in Cuba, Noah’s certainly onto something — Yoenis Cespedes has blossomed into a rock star here in New York...
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“This Mets team right now, it doesn’t matter who comes off the bench. Everyone contributes.” – Ron Darling. I couldn’t have said it any better myself. It is quite possible that, a year from now, I won’t be able to remember a specific, standout home run hit by Lucas Duda, Travis d’Arnaud, or Curtis Granderson this season. Kirk Nieuwenhuis has just four...
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“I thought yesterday was pretty good. This was amazing. You keep going back to the word resiliency. This team never feels like it is out of a game. Teams give us an opportunity and leave the door open a little bit and we pounce and take advantage.” — David Wright With a six run seventh inning, the New York Mets cut a 7-1 deficit en route to an 8-7 victory over the division rival...
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This was never supposed to happen. The 2015 Washington Nationals are one year removed from a 96-win season and an NL East crown by 17.0 games. The Mets, meanwhile, could not muster 80 wins and tied for second place. The Nationals were the new kings of the NL East — and the Mets? Irrelevant for years, save for jokes that allowed a dead horse to be reincarnated and beaten to death again. The...
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Washington sure could have used their ex-bullpen specialist last night. In a thrilling Mets come-from-behind 8-7 win over the Nationals, it was their former pitcher Tyler Clippard who came into pitch a huge scoreless 8th inning to help preserve a crucial Mets win. Clippard may have been a little extra amped up before coming into this game to face his old team, but there was extra fuel to the...
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