Author: Joe D

Jose Reyes Injures Right Oblique

Update 9:20 PM According to SNY, the Mets will not let Jose Reyes resume baseball activities until his aggravated  oblique muscle is pain free. It’s the same oblique he injured in June. Original Post 8:35 PM NJ.com reports, Mets shortstop Jose Reyes’ injured right oblique acted up again.  Reyes re-aggravated his right oblique strain running to first base after he singled in the...

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Oliver Perez Signed With Mets Because He Wanted A Championship?

In a post by Mark Simon of ESPN New York, he writes that despite being ostracized by the Mets, Oliver Perez still wants to be with the team next season. “I want to be back here,” Perez told ESPNNewYork.com. “I want to have a championship because I know the fans want it and I want it, too.” Unfortunately for him and fortunately for us, Jerry Manuel has been reluctant to...

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Beware of Met Fan

I think this graphic speaks for itself…. And for the few positive Met fans like myself, here’s hoping… UPDATED: And for the in between….

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It Doesn’t Necessarily Get Better Next Year

“It doesn’t necessarily get better next year.” — That’s how Adam Rubin starts the second part of his “Meet The Mess” series for ESPN New York. He believes that the Mets may have to bide their time until 2012 before “resuming relevance” mostly because by then they could potentially have cleared $51.5 million in salary off the books from four...

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Wow… Just Wow…

Tyler Kepner of the NY Times just blew my mind in a recent article in which he writes, The Marlins have spent about $396 million on player salaries from 2000 through 2010, with 873 victories and a World Series title to show. The Mets have spent about $1.212 billion on salaries in those seasons, with 877 victories and no championships. In other words, the Mets have spent about $816 million more...

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