Reviewing the R.A. Dickey trade a half year later

At the age of 38, R.A. Dickey is 8 and 8 for Toronto.  Through 115.2 innings he has a 4.59 ERA, 42 BBs and 82 Ks and his WHIP sits at 1.288.  Those aren’t BAD stats for a starting pitcher, but I’ll point out the Jeremy Hefner’s stats are better.  Dickey is rounding into form [...]

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We should all preach patience with Zack Wheeler

On Friday night in Milwaukee, Zack Wheeler made his fourth career start for the Mets. While it wasn’t a thing of beauty, Wheeler did collect his second win on the year nonetheless. Wheeler pitched the minimum five innings to qualify for the win. In those five innings, Wheeler gave up seven hits and three walks [...]

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Mets All-Star history: The 1960’s

  With the All Star Game coming to Citi Field, it might be fun to run down Mets in All Star Game history.  First up the 1960s. 1962: Game 1 7/10 DC Stadium, Washington, DC NL 3-AL1 The Mets' first representatives for an All Star Game were centerfielder Richie Ashburn as a reserve outfielder, and [...]

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Terry Collins’ leash, Scott Rice’s charmed life, Mets and solo homers

The Mets have recalled Ike Davis from Triple-A and he will rejoin the team in Milwaukee as the Mets take on the Brewers in a three-game set. Now the question is: How long of a leash will the Mets give Davis this go-round? Earlier Terry Collins said that when Davis came back that he would [...]

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What does Ike Davis have to do to get his job back?

Sure, why not write another Ike Davis column! You see, a lot has changed in the last week, as Josh Satin (Davis’ direct replacement) has gone on a tear and appears steadfast in wanting to keep the job at first base. Also, Davis is doing his best to reclaim the job, as he has now [...]

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Zack Wheeler: Early bust or budding brilliance?

When he debuted just a few weeks ago, Zack Wheeler was met with tremendous fanfare.  Since then, and a 5.09 ERA with nine earned runs given up later, there have been whispers amongst the fan base, the amateur pontiffs in social media, and overly-opinionated professionals like Craig Carton of WFAN, that Wheeler is a bust.  [...]

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Mets excel minus Davis and Tejada (and Duda not in OF)

On May 29th, the concept of the Terrible Trio was introduced. In the previous 22 games, John Buck, Ike Davis and Ruben Tejada combined to go 32-217 (.147) and the Mets went 8-14. They only had that many wins thanks to some outstanding pitching efforts. In the eight wins, the Mets scored 24 runs. That [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: 2000 Mike Piazza

  2000 IONIX AWESOME POWERS MIKE PIAZZA Continuing on with our brief series of goofily named insert cards, this week we present for your consideration a 2000 Upper Deck Ionix Mike Piazza Awesome Powers. Yeah baby! Ionix was a one-and-done offering from Upper Deck, and it is as much a product of the year 2000 [...]

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