Beloved baseball icon and Hall of Famer Yogi Berra died of natural causes on Tuesday at his home in New Jersey. He was 90 years old. The longtime legendary Yankee catcher became a player-coach for the New York Mets in 1965, but only took the field in four games. He was the team’s first base coach during the 1969 season when the Mets won their first World Series. After the death of Gil...
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After Tuesday night’s 6-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves, manager Terry Collins told reporters that the team has looked “tight” and “hit a wall” during their current homestand which has seen the team go 3-5. It will be the Mets’ first losing homestand of this season where they’ve played remarkably well at Citi Field. “Coming into a homestand, we had a chance...
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What a day for Mets rookie Michael Conforto. Only a few hours after being honored at Citi Field on Monday with a Sterling Award for being named the organization’s Minor League Player of the Year, the 22-year-old left fielder blasted his eighth home run of the season in the Mets 4-0 win over the Atlanta Braves. The homer came in the second inning, an opposite field line drive that left the...
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According to some of the beat writers on Twitter, manager Terry Collins was still pretty agitated and hot about last night when he showed up at the clubhouse this evening. The anger was not directed at Matt Harvey, Sandy Alderson, or anyone else, writes Anthony DiComo, but just sheer frustration about the entire situation. “Matt’s not happy about it and we’re not happy about...
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A quick update and some thoughts… Speaking to reporters at a Military Monday event this afternoon, Mets GM Sandy Alderson said that Matt Harvey is committed to pitching whenever they ask him to, but that it’s the team that has to figure out the best way to use him. “If we ask him to do something, he’ll do it,” Alderson said. “At this point, it’s not...
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