An MMO Fan Shot by by Laura (mookie4ever) I’ve always been fascinated with the science fiction concept of time travel, and its potential effect on the present if you went back in time and changed anything. Being a Trekkie as an idealistic kid, the Star Trek episodes that included time travel caught my attention the most. One in particular, was “City on the Edge of Forever,” where Dr. McCoy went...
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Sacramento 3, Las Vegas (6-7) 1 Gabriel Ynoa was awesome in his third 51s start, going 6.1 scoreless innings allowing only two hits and two walks while striking out three. He now has three no-decisions to begin 2016 despite a 1.53 ERA and 0.96 WHIP to start his Triple-A career. Jeff Walters gave up a walk-off two-run homer to Gorkys Hernandez in the bottom of the 9th inning. Sacramento came into...
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The Mets offense has broken out in Cleveland and Philadelphia. The lone starter who had been late to the party was catcher, Travis d’Arnaud. He though had a productive series in Philadelphia and is showing signs of coming around. “Everything is the same, but it’s nice to get some results, I guess,” d’Arnaud said. “I am just seeing the ball well and trying to keep things simple.” (NY Post)...
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The Mets will be headed to Atlanta this weekend to play on an apparently substandard Turner Field, according to Doug Padilla of ESPN. The infield conditions at Turner Field as so bad, Padilla reports, that Braves players are mulling requesting an intervention by the players’ union. The Dodgers, who played a three-game set at Turner Field this week, voiced concern over the conditions after...
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A review of the latest turn through the Mets’ starting rotation: Name Innings Hits Runs (Earned Runs) Strikeouts Walks ERA (Season) WHIP (Season) Matt Harvey (0-3) 5.2 6 5(5) 4 3 5.71 1.56 Steven Matz (1-1) 7.0 3 0(0) 9 2 7.27 1.50 Noah Syndergaard (2-0) 7.0 5 1(1) 8 2 0.90 0.95 Logan Verrett (0-0) 6.0 6 0(0) 4 1 0.69 1.08 Bartolo Colon (1-1) 6.0 4 3(3) 4 1 2.89 1.07 Best Start: I seemingly...
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3 Up 1. Another Super Spot Start Logan Verrett made honorable mention in my 3 Up 3 Down last week for his performance against the Miami Marlins, and this week he makes the list for his marvelous outing against the Phillies on Tuesday night. He stepped up yet again in his second spot-start of the season by going six strong innings and allowing just six hits with four strikeouts. Verrett has an...
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