The New York Mets have announced they have signed 2019 fourth round draft pick Jake Mangum. The team was now just able to sign Mangum as Mississippi State University was eliminated by Louisville in the College World Series last week. In his senior season, Mangum hit .355/.411/.462 with 22 doubles, three triples, one homer, and 39 RBI. He also stole 22 bases in 28 attempts. Jim Callis of MLB...
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The 40th Major League All-Star Game took place on July 23, 1969, at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington D.C. The game was played on a Wednesday afternoon after originally scheduled for the evening before, but heavy rains forced a postponement. It is, to this day, the last All-Star game to be played in the afternoon in the Eastern time zone. The National League defeated the American...
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Pete Alonso hit a home run against the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. That in itself isn’t all that surprising since the rookie first baseman has already done that a bunch of times this season. However, it was significant because that was his 27th dinger, which passes Darryl Strawberry’s franchise record for rookies. Oh yeah, and it’s still June. He’s not the only homegrown...
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Philadelphia has been an albatross of sorts for Steven Matz as yet again the Phillies tortured the southpaw in the home stadium, Citizens Bank Park on Monday night. His last start in Philadelphia was one to forget as he was unable to record an out, allowing eight runs prior to exiting in the first inning. Matz was able to record some outs in the team’s 13-7 loss though it was not pretty....
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Former Mets’ manager, Terry Collins, spoke with Christian Red of the New York Daily News in what was a fantastic interview on Monday about the situation that occurred between Mickey Callaway, Jason Vargas, and Tim Healey of Newsday. Collins, 70, is currently serving as an assistant to GM Brodie Van Wagenen, but was pretty honest about what his view of the situation was. “I wasn’t there so...
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Lehigh Valley (35-38) 4, Syracuse (36-40) 3 Box Score CF Rajai Davis: 1-for-4, R, HR(7), RBI(17), BB, K | .275/.336/.411 C Rene Rivera: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI(34) | .261/.320/.424 LF/3B Arismendy Alcantara: 1-for-2, R, HR(6), RBI(22), K | .348/.431/.607 The Syracuse offense scattered seven hits throughout the game but struggled to move runners into scoring position as they only had three RISP...
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