MMO Invasion on the Kult of Mets Personalities Podcast Tonight at 9PM ET

An MMO Invasion is upon us readers!  Queue the NWO theme.  Tonight at 9:00 PM EST, there will be an MMO invasion on the Kult of Mets Personalities Podcast.  This week, MMO’s own Greg Pomes, Sean Kenny, and Brandon Butler (myself) will be guests on the podcast talking nothing short of the M-E-T-S Mets.  So if you are in the mood for some great Mets talk around the table, please join us.  ...

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Willie Harris’ Wife Loses Her Baby

Willie Harris’ wife Trey, who went into labor at the five-month mark in her pregnancy, lost the baby last night. Terrible news to say the least. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Willie Harris, his wife, and their entire family. Original Post Mets outfielder Willie Harris had to leave during Wednesday’s game to fly to New York after his wife Trey unexpectedly went into labor only...

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With TC & Others: Sandy Was Right.

Part of being a Mets fan in 2011 seems to be that you are segmented off into two groups. One group, wants the future to be bright while hoping to remain competitive. The other group seems to want to focus on 2011, and only 2011.  To me, the second group is what got us in trouble to begin with. In my view, there is a lot to be excited about right now but I’m cautiously optimistic. Some may choose...

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Paul DePodesta On What Makes A Championship Player

Last night, I had the pleasure of being on a conference call with Paul DePodesta, the Mets’ Vice President of Player Development & Amateur Scouting. He was kind enough to field questions from me and several other Mets bloggers, and I was able to get the following question in: Joe DeCaro, Mets Merized Online: A few years ago while in San Diego, you made/said the following quote in an...

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Mets Farm Report: June 29th, 2011 – Evans Goes 5 for 5!

Buffalo Bisons 7 – Leigh Valley IronPigs 5 A couple of pitchers who pitched over 50 innings each for the Mets in 2009 squared off against each other tonight. Ahh, good times. It was Pat Misch who outdueled Tim Redding for the win, although neither pitched an exceptional game. Misch had the strikeout pitch working early on, but the IronPigs had the longball going for them later on. Misch...

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Don’t Look Now, But Beltran Has Been As Good As Ever

With all the news surrounding Jose Reyes and his incredible season that he is having, we often forget the main-man driving him in, Carlos Beltran. Beltran, after two injury-riddled seasons, was expected to have an above average season at best in 2011. But the 34-year old now right fielder has not only exceeded what anyone expected, but has been nearly the caliber of player as he was in his...

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