Mets Game Chatter – 9/30/12

Chris F September 30, 2012 - 12:33 pm 9/30/12 Good bye to Chipper Day. Chris F September 30, 2012 - 12:50 pm maybe we will get something on Medlen. With mejia throwing, we'll need it. Chris F September 30, 2012 - 12:53 pm more DP confidence between RT and DM. Chris F September 30, 2012 [...]

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The business of Mets baseball Part II: Keeping Wilpon’s lobsters

Okay, we now have down on paper how the Wilpon family became Mets owners, the era of Omar Minaya, the beginning of Sandy & Company, the recession, and ‘The House That Number 42 Built’. I’m going to dumb it down a little here so everyone can understand just how a business survives and what determines [...]

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A last look at the run differential for the 2012 Mets

Last night’s loss to the Braves dropped the Mets’ record to 73-85. The team’s actual record matches exactly its Pythagorean Record. Earlier in the year the talk was how the Mets were exceeding their Pythagorean Record by an insane amount. Those of us who pointed this out were scoffed at and while I looked for [...]

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