Mets Card of the Week: 1986 Bruce Berenyi

1986 TOPPS BRUCE BERENYI Every extraordinary event has its Bruce Berenyi. They are the faceless actors who make a barely measurable contribution to a great achievement. Perhaps they performed a quick spot weld on the plaque that was attached to the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar excursion module. Or maybe they knocked a dowel [...]

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Has Taylor Buchholz been a good reliever?

Monday I made a big deal about Tim Byrdak and the difference in his effectiveness versus RHB and LHB. But the truth is that Byrdak does not have the biggest L/R platoon split among the team’s relievers. That distinction belongs to Taylor Buchholz, who has been murder against RHB and nearly as bad against LHB [...]

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