Well, it’s that time of the year! The Mid-Summer Classic will take place tonight at 8 p.m. in Miami, with the National League squaring off against the American League. Since the “This Time It Counts” initiative put forth in 2004, 10 of 13 teams with home field advantage have won the World Series. For the first time in 13 years, the game will be played for nothing but league...
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This is the second installment of the first-half report cards for the New York Mets where we will focus on the outfield corps. Monday, Logan Barer posted grades for Mets catchers and infielders which can be found here. These are consensus grades among MMO’s editors – Myself, Michael Mayer, Barer, and Joe D. Michael Conforto – Let’s start with the Mets singular All-Star. The...
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The Dark Knight’s season in 2017 has been far from meteoric, but at least now, we have some clarity on the situation. Matt Harvey, 28, went down in the middle of June after several starts in which his velocity would drop alarmingly low after the first inning. This proved to be a stress injury to the scapula in his pitching shoulder, several months after he went under the knife to relieve...
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There was a black cloud over the visiting dugout in Washington when Noah Syndergaard winced and grabbed at his pitching arm in a start at the end of April. Blowing guys away with his heat wasn’t all that was missed, as the ace of the Mets pitching staff going down knocked the wind out of its sails very early on set the tone for the way things have panned out for New York. However,...
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Michael Conforto’s major league career has been nothing short of a roller coaster ride. But on July 11, Conforto will soak in Miami, surrounded by the best of the best in the major leagues and will represent the Mets as its lone All-Star in the Mid-Summer Classic. “It’s pretty awesome. It’s pretty cool,” Conforto said Monday. “Meeting these guys, them telling me, ‘Hey, I love watching you...
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