Players have talked about it. The manager has talked about it. Most importantly, the fans have talked about it and are making it happen. Citi Field is becoming that tenth man on the diamond. For the first time since opening in 2009, Citi Field is finally seeing some serious September baseball. The place is rocking, and everyone feels it. The crowd was not a sell-out Wednesday night, but they...
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Greg H. asks… If the Mets could keep and sign only one, who would you give an extension to: Daniel Murphy or Yoenis Cespedes? Connor replies… This is a really difficult question when you consider all of the moving pieces involved. Clearly, at least this year, Cespedes has been a drastically more valuable player than Murphy, both offensively and defensively. However, he will cost up...
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Most of the time if I read some posts or blurbs I disagree with on other sites, I simply shake my head, laugh a little, and then forget about it. But every now and then you come across something that is so confounding and so counter to everything you believe in that you are forced to respond if only so that you can continue to respect yourself in the morning. Now while I completely respect Mr....
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It was a rough start to the year for Dominic Smith who was hitting just .194 on May 17th before he went on a tear that turned around his season and earned him the Florida State League Player of the Year award. He is currently hitting 305/.355/.418 with a league leading 33 doubles, six homeruns, and league leading 79 RBI. Over his last 93 games of the season Dom has hit a robust .334/.381/.464...
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An MMO Fan Shot from Sgt. Kevin Belickis, USMC Entering play on July 31st, The New York Mets offense ranked at the bottom of the MLB at 3.56 runs per game. Let’s be honest with ourselves, they were horrible. They were three games over .500, but somehow just three games out of first place coming into a HUGE series with the rival Washington Nationals. As I stood in my kitchen prepping food...
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All eight starting fielders for the New York Mets recorded a hit, including six Mets with multi-hit performances as the Mets took the rubber match of their three game series against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets remain 6.5 games ahead of the Washington Nationals in the National League East standings. Here are seven takeaways from last night’s victory. Matt Harvey: 6.1 IP, 4 R, 9 H, 9 SO,...
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