Twenty years ago today, Mets outfielder Derek Bell stepped to the plate leading off the bottom of the eighth inning against Braves pitcher Don Wengert with New York trailing 8-1. The Mets were all but toast against the first place Braves. With two outs in the inning, the Mets were still losing 8-2 and only had one runner on base. Back-to-back singles by Todd Zeile and Jay Payton brought the...
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The Mets announced on Monday afternoon they’ve signed right-handed reliever Hunter Strickland. He has been added to their player pool. Strickland, 31, struggled in 2019 with a 5.55 ERA in 24 1/3 innings between the Seattle Mariners and the Washington Nationals. The former 18th round pick allowed eight earned runs in 6 2/3 innings during Spring Training this year for the Nats and was...
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Major League Baseball released a statement on Monday night saying the owners voted unanimously to proceed with 2020 season under the terms of the March 26th agreement. In order to produce a schedule with a specific number of games, the owners are asking the Players Association to provied them with two pieces of information by 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The first is whether the players will be able...
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Mets slugger Pete Alonso has become the face of Dove Tail Bats, ever since breaking the rookie home run record with 53 dingers in 2019. Dove Tail has another client you might’ve heard of; Jeff McNeil. While the two All-Stars are huge walking advertisements for using Dove Tail Bats, the company’s story kicks off in a different realm of emotions for Mets fans. The 2015 World Series was...
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The Mets front office and amateur scouting department made a shrewd move in 2019 when they took right-handed pitcher Matthew Allan in the third round of the 2019 draft. It was shrewd because Allan was a first round talent that dropped due to expected asking price and the fact that the Mets took a legitimate first rounder in Brett Baty and second rounder in Josh Wolf (both of them expected to...
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