The morrow was a bright September morn; The earth was beautiful as if newborn; There was nameless splendor everywhere, That wild exhilaration in the air, Which makes the passers in the city street Congratulate each other as they meet. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Good morning everyone… A few notes as we turn the calendar page from August to September and rosters officially expand. We...
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Perhaps this is the start of a trend — Wheeler Day will bring us the happiness that Harvey Day did for a little bit and we can all be happy with that. Wheeler took the mound tonight and pitched a solid game against the Nationals, holding them scoreless through five innings and striking out three batters overall. His only real damage came in the bottom of the sixth, when the Nationals took...
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Mets at Nationals • 7:05 PM RHP Zack Wheeler (6-3, 3.42 ERA) vs. RHP Dan Haren (8-11, 4.66 ERA) Starting Lineup 1. Eric Young Jr. — LF 2. Daniel Murphy — 2B 3. Josh Satin — 3B 4. Ike Davis — 1B 5. Travis d’Arnaud — C 6. Juan Lagares — RF 7. Matt den Dekker — CF 8. Omar Quintanilla — SS 9. Zack Wheeler — P Well this should be...
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Call me crazy, but at some point a long disappointing season can wear even a die hard fan down. As many of you know, I’m an out of market fan. As such, whenever the Mets visit the district my wife and I make sure to attend at least one game each series. This series will be no different, but I chose instead not to take advantage of a pretty rare opportunity. As I looked over my ticket...
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Masterful. That’s the only way to describe another Darin Gorski pitching gem at NYSEG Stadium last night. Last week’s Eastern League Player of the Week dazzled, staying ahead of hitters and once again causing batter after batter to pop the ball into the air, as he threw seven scoreless innings, one batter above the minimum, and picked up his sixth win of the year. Gorski’s string of scoreless...
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In what I can only describe as disappointing, Terry Collins told reporters that Bobby Parnell is not close to returning — and in fact, is not even close to throwing a baseball right now. Although the Mets have not announced anything officially, it is all but confirmed that Parnell will be missing the remainder of the season. He has not pitched since July 30th. Parnell received an epidural...
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