After the cheers for Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman have finally died down after his game winning hit against the New York Mets on Thursday, it is time to turn the page. On that next page perhaps is the greatest enigma in baseball, the New York Yankees. More on that later, but first some fun facts about the Subway Series. The two teams will begin their 35th series against one another on Friday...
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For the second time in a little over a week, the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves will resume their NL East rivalry with a three-game set at Truist Park that starts on Tuesday. The two teams split a four-game series last week at Citi Field. The Mets begin their final road trip before the All-Star break in Atlanta then play the New York Yankees in the Bronx when finished down south. The...
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On August 28, 2021, prior to their tilt with the Washington Nationals, the New York Mets will permanently honor the winningest left-hander in franchise history. Jerry Koosman will have his number 36 raised to the rafters (or at least into the outfield) of Citi Field forever. He will join Tom Seaver, Mike Piazza, Gil Hodges, Casey Stengel and Jackie Robinson as players who have had their numbers...
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Funny thing how baseball works at times. One day, a Mets off-day, you watch a game between the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays. As any red-blooded, full-throated Mets fanatic will do, he or she will root like heck against the Yankees and hope the the Rays recent mastery over the Yankees continues. And it did, 9-1 was the final. But the very next night, Friday, May 14 to be exact, our...
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One run games. They’re enough to rip the lining from your stomach and cause your throat to get sore from yelling, but for six straight games, the New York Mets have played these nail-biters. After Monday’s 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, the Amazins’ are two up and four down in such games as they blew leads of 2-1 and 5-2 on their way to their twelfth loss of the year,...
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