Mets outfielder Michael Cuddyer spoke to reporters at Citi Field about overcoming being down two games to none and beating the Kansas City Royals. He says Noah Syndergaard is ready for tonight’s challenge and that the team is ready for this moment. Do you think perhaps the media and the fans are getting too down on the team being down two games to none? Obviously we would like to not be...
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Ronald Blum of the Associated Press is reporting that Don Mattingly will become the new manager of the Miami Marlins. Mattingly parted company with the Los Angeles Dodgers a day after losing to the New York Mets in the National League Division Series. The Marlins also fired Dan Jennings after a 13-year association with the organization. He drew a lot of criticism for naming himself the Marlins...
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Just an update to say, so far Strat-O-Matic has pretty much nailed it. Now all we have to do is take the next four as they projected. LGM Strat-O-Matic, the industry leader in sports simulation games for the past 50-plus years, simulated the outcome of this year’s World Series between the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals. METS WIN WORLD SERIES, 4 GAMES TO 2 MVP: Yoenis Cespedes (.308...
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Are Kansas City pitchers really this dominating or is your offense really struggling? Well, again, in postseason you face good pitching. That’s how the other team gets here. With that good pitching comes some rough at-bats at times. And they have pitched us very, very well. So I see both. The other day I thought in Game 1 we had some very, very good at-bats early and then later on in the...
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While many in the media seem focused on what’s happened to that great young Mets pitching that was going to stop and overcome that Kansas City Royals offense, what I want to know is what’s happened to the Mets offense? The last two games have felt an awful lot like the pre-July 24 Mets team, the one that was last in the league in batting and runs scored. Where the team that scored a...
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