A team source confirmed with the Daily News that beloved Mets icon Rusty Staub will be on hand tonight at Citi Field for Game 3 of the NLDS and that he will throw the ceremonial first pitch. Staub suffered a heart attack on a flight from Ireland to JFK airport last weekend, and his flight was diverted back to Shannon Airport in Ireland where Staub was tended to by emergency medical personnel. It...
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Manager Terry Collins sounded like he’s ready to pull back on his hardline stance that Michael Conforto would not start any games against a left-handed pitcher. “There are some people here whose job is to hit left-handed pitching,” Collins initially said. “Down the road, this kid will be one of them, but right now I think we’ll stick with what we’ve done.” That’s what Collins said a...
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According to Mets manager Terry Collins, rookie left-hander Steven Matz will be the starting pitcher in Game 4 of the NLDS on Tuesday at Citi Field. Matz dealt with some tightness behind his right shoulder at the end of the regular season due to sleeping awkwardly one night. He will be making his first start since Sept. 24. The Long Island native went 4-0 this season with a 2.27 ERA in six...
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What was overshadowed last night at Dodgers Stadium, as the Mets not only lost the game 5-2 , but lost their shortstop Ruben Tejada to a broken leg as well, was a solid pitching performance by starter Noah Syndergaard. The rookie right-hander pitched well enough to win and literally was off to a blazing start, hitting 100 mph on the radar gun 15 times during the first three innings and striking...
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There are no shortage of reactions from around baseball on the dirty take-out slide by Chase Utley that resulted in a broken leg for Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada. Terry Collins – “Broke my shortstop’s leg, that’s all I know. I’m not going to get into it. It’s over. It’s done. Not much we can do about it except come out in a couple days and get after...
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