In this Saturday edition of Rounding The Bases, some great links to several interesting Mets narratives with a quote from R.A. Dickey for good measure. Enjoy. An outfielder and it’s not close. Josh Thole struggled this year but I don’t think the Mets should bail on him quite yet; he’s still only 25, he’s a lefty-hitting catcher, before this season he always got on base at a reasonable clip, and...
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I was reading the excellent post by Joe D that was inspired by a statement from Metsie entitled, “Are The Players Turning The Tables On The Mets Front Office?” But I felt one key factor was missing from the summations made in the piece and on the comment thread that ensued. One chapter in Mets recent history that needs to be pointed out again, was the deep, wide-stretching amount of...
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The New York Mets combined a solid start by Jon Niese with a clutch bomb by Lucas Duda to crash Chipper Jones’ farewell party and beat the Atlanta Braves by the score of 3-1 on Friday night. Jon Niese made his final start of the season and aside from a solo home run to Freddie Freeman, the young southpaw pitched a solid seven innings, allowing just one run on fours hits, three walks and...
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Saturday, September 29, 2012 • 7:10 PM Turner Field • Atlanta, GA RHP Chris Young (4-8, 4.21) vs. LHP Mike Minor (10-10, 4.27) Starting Limeup Ruben Tejada – SS Andres Torres – CF David Wright – 3B Scott Hairston – RF Lucas Duda – 1B Jason Bay – LF Ronny Cedeno – 2B Mike Nickeas – C Chris Young – RHP The Mets and Braves continue their series...
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A&E Home Video Presents New York Mets 50th Anniversary DVD Boxed Set A NEWLY RELEASED 10 DVD SET THAT CAPTURES ALL 50 YEARS OF AMAZIN’ METS BASEBALL! Product Description & Features Number of discs: 10 Run Time: Over 22 Hours This Collector’s Set is a must have for any Mets fan and features stunning, high end book packaging with 26 beautiful pages of photos, editorial and an...
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On Wednesday I posted this comment R.A. Dickey made regarding his thoughts on signing an extension with the Mets after this season: “If I don’t see them pursuing David hard,” Dickey said, “I think it would be a message to everybody that they’re content to spend the next five or six years rebuilding this organization. Rather than trying to be competitive, and trying to rebuild it at the same...
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