The Mets (21-27) dropped their third straight on Tuesday evening with a 4-1 loss to the division-rival Phillies in the first of a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park. They are now 2-6 against Philadelphia this season. Despite New York’s sizable offensive numbers season, the club has fallen to a season-low six games below .500 as they continue to show a lack of fundamentals in clutch...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020 • 7:05 p.m. Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA RHP Rick Porcello (1-4, 6.07) vs. RHP Jake Arrieta (3-4, 5.54) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM The big news for the Mets is this year came yesterday – with Steve Cohen finalizing his purchase of the Mets. With all the dreaming of the players the Mets could be in soon, or trying to figure out when the deal will be...
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Steve Cohen is a Mets fan. He’s a billionaire and pending a majority of 29 other owners, has ownership of the team. That last hurdle of approval should come in November when MLB owners meet. A perfect time in November to take over. First, though, a process of building the billion dollar Steve Cohen Empire in Flushing. The expected approval is a matter of dollars and cents and MLB will look at...
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Fan Shot by Roger Cormier Dear Steven, Congratulations on your recent purchase. I know you are going to break my heart. You are a Major League Baseball owner now, and that is what they do to Major League Baseball fans. It is part of the job description. I am not being cynical, just realistic. But I do have some requests. It is really only one favor to ask, and it is a simple one to follow...
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The Mets (21-26) travel to Philadelphia to take on Joe Girardi’s Phillies (23-23) in a three-game series beginning Tuesday night. The Mets are coming from a series against the Blue Jays in Buffalo, where Toronto took two of three. The Phillies are fresh off a seven-game series with the Marlins, in which Miami won five of the games. For the Mets the task is clear-win at least nine...
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According to Ken Rosnethal of The Athletic, Major League Baseball and the MLBPA agreed to a bubble for the MLB playoffs. This idea has been in the works for some time now and given the success of the NBA and NHL with the bubble format, it makes sense to do it. Rosenthal later added that families would be allowed to be part of the bubble. They must quarantine with the the player that they will be...
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