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With 2013 being touted as a rebuilding year for the Mets, most fans are excited to see the debut of prospects like Travis d’Arnuad and Zack Wheeler. It is now May and the talk of these prospects is heating up. d’Arnuad is out with a broken foot and is due back soon while Wheeler just missed a start due to soreness in his neck. The team decided to play it safe with their top pitching…
2010 TOPPS NATIONAL CHICLE TOM SEAVER If you’re anything like me, you’ve long imagined a world in which Tom Seaver was a malevolent force of pure evil. It is a world where Jim Qualls was savagely eviscerated on July 10, 1969. A dark realm where a disemboweled Leron Lee was discovered on July 5, 1972. A benighted land where M. Donald Grant’s severed head was found adorning a pike on June 16, 1977… Artist Paul…
Daniel Murphy is on fire. Coming into Sunday’s matchup with the Cubs, Murphy was riding a 7 game hitting streak during which time he is hitting .500 (14-28) with six extra base hits, five runs scored, and four RBIs. This recent offensive explosion has brought his triple slash to .301/.337/.455. On Sunday, Terry Collins decided to move Murphy up to the leadoff spot in the lineup, presumably to take advantage of Murphy’s hot streak. While…
”The knuckle-curve has changed Parnell’s career.” This is what Gary Cohen said during the at-bat Sunday by Dioner Navarro, right after Bobby Parnell followed a 95 mph inside fastball with a breaking ball at the knees on the outside corner. After going upstairs with the third pitch, Parnell completed the strikeout with another curve in the dirt. Parnell faced three batters, got two strikeouts and picked up his sixth save of the season. When Parnell…
Gee looks for his second Quality Start of the season – and first since April 4th – when the Mets take on the Cubs at 2:20 PM.
The Mets’ 2013 season is going down in flames faster than even the most pessimistic fan could have predicted. Sure, the team was not expected to be playoff bound and eventually slot into fourth or fifth place in the National League East, but the fall has been fast and unrelenting. This writer, for one, expected a semi-competitive first half with the annual Mets Second Half Collapse™. You couldn’t even get that one right, Mets. As…
There’s probably nothing more depressing than being released by the worst team in baseball. However, Rick Ankiel, who was released by the Astros last Sunday and signed by the Mets on Monday, luckily has another opportunity with a starting job. The Mets, however, have shown that they are truly desperate by signing the pitcher-turned-outfielder to a major-league deal. The deal is obviously not a big one and is considered to be low-risk, but what’s the…
There is a lot of press right now regarding the lame duck status of Terry Collins. He was not given an extension last off-season. This week, he has been quoted as saying that he “doesn’t answer to fans”. Unless things continue to de-evolve, the popular vote would still be that Collins keeps his job for the rest of the 2013 season and then Wally Backman takes the helm for the Mets next year. This would…
Yeah, yeah, let’s talk about yet another struggling Mets’ regular. We have already discussed the struggles of Ike Davis, Lucas Duda and John Buck, so it’s time we focus on another staple of the Mets’ lineup in Ruben Tejada. In the early parts of the season, it was Tejada’s defense that had some fans nervous, but since May and perhaps with the temperature rising, Tejada’s glove has been steady ever since. No, we’re here to…
Wrigley Field still has a fair number of day games and Matt Harvey gets to show off his stuff in the midday sun. Game time slated for 2:20 PM.
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