You know I’ve given Terry Collins a lot of flak over the years, I’ll be the first to admit that. But I’ve got to hand it to him this season, while he continues to annoy me with his in-game decisions, the way he’s handled his players and kept them motivated throughout some pretty difficult circumstances, certainly deserves some high praise. Most of you know how Lucas Duda...
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Not even all the greatest scribes in the world could have dreamed up and written a better script than what has unfolded at Citi Field in the last 48 hours. It is moments like this that makes baseball the greatest sport in the world. Nothing can match it’s drama, nothing comes close to the agony and the ecstasy it puts us through game in and game out. It’s a pastime that transfixes...
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The good news just keeps coming in for the New York Mets as we get news from the front lines on David Wright. After beginning baseball activities on Tuesday at Citi Field, Wright remained with the team and continued participating in fielding and running drills as well as batting practice. On Friday night, we learned that Wright will now head to Port St. Lucie to begin working out at the...
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Lost in all of the excitement and all of the drama that unfolded at Citi Field on Friday night, was a scintillating performance by Mets right-hander Matt Harvey. In what was his most dominating performance of the season to date, Harvey overpowered the Washington Nationals, retiring the first 16 batters of the game until catcher Jose Lobaton finally touched him for a hit with one out in the...
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I’ve gotta tell you I am pretty freaking stoked at how this trade deadline ended up for our beloved New York Mets. Essentially we’ve picked up Yoenis Cespedes, Juan Uribe, Kelly Johnson and Tyler Clippard for a bunch of mid to high level pitching prospects. That’s a pretty impressive haul if you ask me. Yeah, we definitely overpaid for Cespedes, but as I said in the previous...
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