Rey Sanchez’ 2003 haircut

Early in the 2003 baseball season, the starting shortstop for the last place Mets, Rey Sanchez, disappeared during a 13-4 drubbing against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium and emerged with a nice stylish haircut. The Mets organization was publicly scrutinized.  The public’s frustrations with the performance of the club culminated in demands for [...]

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Mets Minors: Building from the bottom up – Hansel Robles

Hansel Robles:  You got to see a “little” of Robles this Spring and while he got lit up… that was to be expected.  Robles is a slightly older pitcher who has succeeded at every level he’s pitched despite being built A-Typically for a starter.  In the NYP in 2012 he won 6 games with an [...]

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Is Jeremy Hefner en route to becoming a rotation mainstay?

After pitching six quality innings in which he gave up just five hits and two walks while limiting the Marlins to one run in a no-decision, it certainly appears that Hefner is here to stay in the Mets’ rotation. The criminally underrated Hefner is a pitcher who gets by on grit and determination. While not [...]

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