The ageless wonder Bartolo Colon was nothing short of magnificant last night. In a 3-1 Mets win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Colon tossed a beauty of a game by going eight innings strong while allowing no runs. He gave up just four hits and finished the night striking out nine batters and walking just one. It appears as though Colon enjoys facing the Phillies this year. In four starts against...
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He may just be hitting .209 in 29 games since joining the Mets, but Juan Uribe has had an enormous impact on this team in more ways that one. He also has had a bit of a flair for the dramatic. In yesterday’s 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox, Uribe again found himself with another huge hit, in a game the Mets certainly had to have. In the bottom of the 6th inning with the Mets trailing 2-1,...
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Ladies and gentlemen, meet Michael Cuddyer. You may recognize the name from someone you knew back in June or July, but this is in fact somebody else entirely. It appears that a 3-week-long DL stint was exactly what Michael Cuddyer needed to finally get his season on track. During Sunday’s 5-4 win against the Boston Red Sox, Cuddyer started in left field and finished 3-for-3 with three...
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Mets reliever Bobby Parnell threw a live batting practice session on Sunday morning at Citi Field. He is expected to come off the DL on Tuesday, which is also the day rosters expand. Parnell who came back from Tommy John surgery last season, has been ineffective this year with a 5.59 ERA. Opponents have batted .429 against Parnell in his last 10 relief appearances and his ERA is 14.14 in that...
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It ain’t hard to tell that the New York Metropolitans are clicking, hitting on all cylinders, or doing whatever cliché fits your taste. What was a team totally – and I mean totally – reliant on their young, dominant pitching staff prior to the July trading deadline, is now a true team, capable of dominance on both sides of the ball. They have been so dominant, in fact (I have seen funny, but...
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