As part of the 50th anniversary season of Mets baseball, whenever the Mets sweep a series, we’ll call the entry relating to the series a “Happy Recap”. This series sweep is especially happy, because the Mets hung tough against two of the league’s elite pitchers, Josh Johnson & Mark Burhle. Also, a three game sweep against a division rival is always sweet. So with a...
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New Hampshire 16, Binghamton 3 By Tim Burns The Binghamton Mets lost mightily to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Thursday night at NYSEG Stadium by a score of 16-3. It was the most runs given up by the B-Mets this season, but luckily they didn’t set any new club records in runs allowed in a game. That dubious honor belongs to the 2003 team who gave up 20 runs in a game against the Trenton...
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I was standing in the Bison’s clubhouse talking to my buddy Dylan Owen. Dylan isn’t just a very talented RHP, he can hit too, and he happens to be a really nice guy. I was telling him, I had watched Monday night’s game on the internet, and when I saw him hit his historic home run, I was half-expecting him to go into a Carlton Fisk hop, waving his arms for the ball to stay fair....
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Ok, I’ve reached into the Ask Petey mailbag, but since I was tightly gripping a Labatt’s Blue, I only managed to pull out two questions. Oh well, I’ll try to do better next time. Or I could make up a few questions from imaginary readers….hmmmm maybe I will. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Petey: Our first Mets minor league mailbag question comes from little...
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As it is looking more and more like a certainty that Mike Pelfrey will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the rest of the 2012 season, it is time to wonder if the start that Pelfrey made on April 21 was the last time that we will see him in a New York Mets uniform. It seemed as if Pelfrey had figured things out through the early part of the year. He looked good in his first three starts of the...
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