While others would have preferred that we focus on a Wilpon/Picard trial to get our Mets fill this season, I spent the better part of the offseason trying to keep your eyes in between the foul lines because it felt right, but also because it looked like something special was beginning to brew. In January I said, “If Johan Santana pitches reasonably well and gives us 20 starts this season,...
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ONLY ONE HOUR LEFT!!! 9:00 PM DEADLINE WIN VIP TICKETS & SIGNED MOVIE POSTER!!! On Saturday April 21, the baseball documentary Knuckleball! will be premiering at a free screening as part of the Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan. The film highlights the famed pitch and profiles the two most recent knuckleballers, the Mets’ own R.A. Dickey and former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield. The...
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“A little roller up along first… Behind The BAG! It gets through Buckner! Here come’s Knight and the Mets WIN IT!!!” ~ Vin Scully Caught this at the end of a David Wright article by Andy Martino on the Daily News: Ray Knight, the 1986 World Series MVP for the Mets and now a radio broadcaster for the Nationals, said in a WFAN interview Wednesday that he has felt shunned by...
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Who says you can’t bring the dead back to life? Welcome to the newly resurrected Minor League edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. Here is where we get a weekly snapshot of whose shaking and baking down on the farm, and who’s moving in the wrong direction. Enjoy… Who’s Hot Bobby Scales, 2B (Buffalo) – And the crowd was on their feet screaming Bob-Bee,...
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Andy Martino of the Daily News may have opened up a can of worms this morning with a couple of quotes in which he matter of factly states the following: As the Daily News reported in February, the Mets hope that Wright will justify another multi-year commitment, and remain the face of their franchise for years. The team’s outlook on Wright differs dramatically from their view last year of Jose...
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