Being from Las Vegas, NV, I am still 300 miles from the nearest MLB ballpark; however, I’m just a mile or two away from the Triple-A Las Vegas 51’s home. I went to the first game of a double-header last night and watched Noah Syndergaard absolutely throttle the Albuquerque Isotopes over seven innings. Syndergaard’s fastball velocity was consistently in the high 90’s, and...
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Lost in the thrill and excitement of the dramatic three-run homer by Daniel Murphy, was the booming double by Juan Lagares to get that ninth inning started. It was a huge moment that ignited what was to ensue. Lagares was down 0-2 in the count versus Marlins close Steve Cishek, but he battled back to 2-2 in the count, fouling off a couple of tough sliders before finally ripping another Cishek...
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Mets reliever Bobby Parnell is still working his way back from Tommy John surgery by doing rehab. The team would greatly benefit from his return, but the Mets bullpen has been doing fine so far this season. The Mets bullpen ranks 2nd in the NL in ERA despite the absence of Parnell, Jenrry Mejia. Vic Black and Josh Edgin. Jeurys Familia has excelled as closer. Parnell has taken notice....
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The Mets have signed major league veteran Brooks Conrad and assigned him to Triple-A Las Vegas. (Adam Rubin, ESPN) Conrad, 35, has a career .200 average with 19 homers and 73 RBIs in 460 major league at-bats spanning six seasons and five organizations. He also has a career .271 on base percentage. He is a switch hitter who plays 2nd and 3rd base. He wasn’t with any team to begin the season...
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The Mets followed up Saturday’s victory with a very sloppy, error filled game and that proved to be costly in a 6-4 loss to the Yankees in the rubber game of the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium. The Mets made 4 errors on the field and a few other boneheaded miscues as well. “Tonight wasn’t pretty,” Michael Cuddyer said. “It was obviously, by far, the worst game we...
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