The New York Mets were defeated 2-0 on Saturday, losing a pair of exhibition games to the Toronto Blue Jays at Olympic Stadium in Montreal before their home opener on Monday. Today’s contest featured some great pitching on both sides as the game remained scoreless into the bottom of the eighth when Melky Cabrera blasted a two-run homer off Adam Kolarek to end the deadlock and give the Jays...
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The AL East to me, is the most interesting division heading into 2014. Last year, the World Series champions (Boston) had what some might call, the luckiest season health wise in recent memory. In reality, if you picked any of the five teams to win this division – you wouldn’t be going out on a huge limb. 5th Place: Baltimore Orioles Part of the problem with the Orioles prediction...
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The Mets play their final 2014 exhibition game on when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays again at Olympic Stadium. Daisuke Matsuzaka opposes Jays right-hander Brandon Morrow in a 1:00 PM start that will be broadcast on MLB Network (damn it) and WOR radio. Jenrry Mejia departed Friday’s game at Olympic Stadium after taking a line drive off his right forearm in the fifth inning. Terry Collins...
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The AL Central is a division that has been owned by the Detroit Tigers since 2011, and it won’t be easy to take that crown away from them in 2014. 5th Place: Chicago White Sox In 2012, Robin Ventura’s White Sox looked like they might actually be more of a force in the near future than perhaps many of us thought. Then last year, the White Sox showed their true colors. A huge factor in whether...
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Let me first say how much fun I had participating in my first MMO game thread from the first pitch until the bitter end. There were only 2-3 recognizable fans to me among the 60 or so who participated, but it was so cool getting to know a lot of you new people to MMO. I had only known most of you from your comments on our articles, but last night I felt like I was at the ballpark with all of...
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With Spring Training now at an end, I wondered which player delivered the best performance… and separated himself from the rest of the pack… We had plenty of players that stood out and turned in a solid spring campaign, but which one was this year’s top Mets player in Grapefruit League play? I posed this question to our writers and we got back some great responses. Here are...
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