Before Wednesday night’s start, most likely Jacob deGrom’s final start of the season, New York Mets skipper Mickey Callaway showed a ton of support for his ace and National League Cy Young Award front-runner. As per Tim Britton of The Athletic, Callaway seemed to be looking forward to deGrom’s start and blew past conventional “best this year” talk, putting him into...
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There’s no way around it — the 2018 regular season has been a banner year for New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo. He seemingly entered the year without a regular job on the big-league roster thanks to the presence of guys like Michael Conforto, Yoenis Cespedes, and Juan Lagares, along with the team re-signing Jay Bruce to a three-year deal. But of course, injuries forced manager...
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In 1972, a veteran western actor named Ben Johnson won an Oscar for his best supporting role in the iconic coming of age film, The Last Picture Show. He was on screen for 9 minutes and 54 seconds – the shortest ever in taking home the golden statue. Many conventional thinkers thought it was a travesty – but without a rule book to abide by, the Academy voters strongly believed that the potency of...
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The Mets look for the series win tonight against the Braves. Jason Vargas will get the ball for the Mets. The Mets won 3-0 last night behind the right arm of Jacob deGrom and the bats of Michael Conforto and Dominic Smith. It was the first game the Mets won against the Braves that deGrom has started. They have gone 0-5 in the previous games that deGrom pitched in. He gave up four runs this...
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The New York Mets (74-84) won 3-0 today against the Atlanta Braves (89-69) to even up the final series against their division foes at Citi Field. Pitching Jacob deGrom. What else is left to say? DeGrom gave up a leadoff hit to Ronald Acuna Jr. in the first but worked around it. He also gave up a hit in the second but got a double play to retire the side. After that, it was easy sailing. DeGrom...
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Every fan has thought at some point during David Wright’s career that he would one day make a great addition to the organization in some way, shape, or form. Well, our dreams just might come true. In a media scrum prior to Tuesday’s game, Wright addressed a question relating to becoming a member of the Front Office next season asked by SNY’s Andy Martino. Wright confirmed...
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