To say the New York Mets have been unlucky to start the 2017 season would be an understatement. How many teams in the majors can say they’ve lost their No. three hitter, their ace, their starting first baseman, and all the while still awaiting the season debuts from Seth Lugo and Steven Matz? The Mets went 2-3 on the shortened week of April 24-30, having their opening game against the Atlanta...
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Binghamton Rumble Ponies (9-8) 4, Akron RubberDucks (8-11) 1 Box Score Champ Stuart RF: 2 for 3, 3 SB, 2 R, BB David Thompson 3B: 1 for 4, HR, RBI, R Patrick Biondi CF: 2 for 4 The Binghamton Rumble Ponies took the rubber game of the Akron RubberDucks series by a score of 4-1 Wednesday. The Rumble Ponies jumped to the early lead in the first inning with some small ball. Champ Stuart led off...
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Former major league catcher Todd Pratt has endured quite the journey in his professional career. From a sixth-round draft pick by the Boston Red Sox in 1985 to being out of baseball in 1996, Pratt found himself working at a baseball academy in Florida and eventually managing a Domino’s Pizza after playing in 102 games from 1992 through 1995. When a call came into Pratt’s agent from...
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To call this past week for the New York Mets a calamity might be underselling the current tone that has swept over the team and its fanbase. When last we spoke, the Mets were coming off a 4-3 week, winners of five-straight games from April 9-13. Yoenis Cespedes was in a groove, the Mets offense was scoring runs on a more consistent basis, and the bullpen was solid. Enter doom and gloom. The Mets...
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Ask the former Gold Glove center fielder Mike Cameron how he looks back on his 17-year career in the majors, and he’ll tell you that he feels blessed and grateful. Those words perfectly describe a man who had the opportunity to play close to 2,000 games in the big leagues, swat 278 career home runs, steal 297 bases, earn three Gold Glove Awards and collect endless memories with the eight...
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