Author: Joe D

World Series Thread: Royals vs. Giants, 8:00 PM (Game 5)

Kansas City Royals vs. San Francisco Giants Sunday 10/26, 8:00 PM ET at AT&T Park James Shields (0-1, 15.00) vs. Madison Bumgarner (1-0, 1.29) This is the 44th time that the World Series has been tied 2-2. Of the previous 43, the winner of Game 5 has gone on to win the Series 28 times (65.1 percent), but interestingly, just four times in the last 11 occasions. Shields’ postseason...

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Jeurys Familia Underwent Successful Sports Hernia Surgery

The New York Mets announced that right-handed reliever Jeurys Familia underwent successful surgery to repair a bilateral sport hernia on Friday in Philadelphia. He’ll be fine and fully recovered in 3-4 weeks. After the team decided to convert him from a starter to a reliever, Familia delivered a breakthrough rookie season for the Mets in 2014 and became a force to be reckoned with out of...

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World Series Thread: Royals vs. Giants, 8:00 PM (Game 4)

Kansas City Royals vs. San Francisco Giants Saturday 10/25, 8:00 PM ET at AT&T Park Jason Vargas (11-10, 3.71) vs. Ryan Vogelsong (8-13, 4.00) After a 3-2 victory in Game 3 on Friday night, the Royals have the upper hand with a 2 games to 1 series lead. The Giants, vying for their third championship in five seasons, need to win tonight or face the insurmountable odds of having to win three...

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Is Rafael Montero The One The Mets Trade?

The Mets are highly reluctant to trade any of their young pitchers this winter, despite an urgent need to upgrade the offense, writes Andy Martino of the Daily News. However it’s not impossible to imagine Zack Wheeler, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom and to some extent Rafael Montero playing for different teams next year, he says. This offseason will be filled with lots of Mets trade rumors and...

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Kevin Long, Front Office Might Not See Eye-To-Eye

Yesterday the Mets announced the hiring of Kevin Long as the new batting coach (or as they call it hitting instructor). This move makes sense for a number of reasons. On top of that list is the work he did with Curtis Granderson while they were both with the Yankees. You could argue that a productive Granderson is the most important thing to the Mets in 2015 and Long should help that. There is...

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