Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • 4:10 P.M. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Joe Ross (5-9, 4.02) vs. LHP Rich Hill (6-4, 3.92) SNY • TBS • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM The Mets and Nationals started a game last night despite the wall of thunderstorms moving across the state of New Jersey. Generally, storms like last night weaken as they travel across the state, but that did not happen last night and once...
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Mets star shortstop Francisco Lindor, who’s been out since July 16 with a right oblique strain, was seen taking batting practice Wednesday afternoon at Citi Field. A beautiful sight for Mets fans, Francisco Lindor back taking BP. pic.twitter.com/2CgBC5xGQI — Metsmerized Online (@Metsmerized) August 11, 2021 Lindor is ramping up his baseball activities with batting practice and was...
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EXPECTATIONS need to be met for a baseball decision to be deemed successful. Players traded at the deadline carry the hopes and dreams of a fanbase anxiously watching to see if their squad lifts a trophy at the end of the year. Until the Mets win or reach the World Series the move every fan hopes for is similar to the one that brought Yoenis Cespedes to New York in 2015. The Mets added Cespedes...
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On August 11, 1988, Mets’ catcher, Gary Carter achieved a career milestone by hitting his 300th career home run in a game against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Carter stepped to the plate the top of the second inning against Al Nipper of the Cubs, whom the Mets had gotten to know two years earlier in the World Series when Nipper pitched for Red Sox. Darryl Strawberry had hit a home run off...
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The future of the Mets front office remains in limbo with Steve Cohen in no rush to remove the interim tag from Zack Scott’s title. According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, team president Sandy Alderson has lobbied Cohen to remove the interim tag on Scott after his work in the first half. With or without the interim tag, Scott is expected to remain with the team even if Cohen hires a...
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AAA: Worcester Red Sox (46-37) 7, Syracuse Mets (29-54) 6 Box Score Khalil Lee RF: 2-5, HR, 2B, SB, CS, 2 K, .274/.446/.469 Mark Payton CF: 3-4, 2B, SB, SF, .294/.363/.439 Wilfredo Tovar DH: 3-3, 2B, 2 SB, 2 BB, .286/.378/.392 Syracuse’s offense performed well, but Roel Ramirez let a two run lead slip away in the bottom of the ninth. Lee hit his sixth home run and his fourteenth double. He...
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