It’s about the name on the front of the jersey, not the back

It’s a concept that has taken me some time to adopt, but it’s one that makes a lot of sense. This Mets front office has set up this philosophy that the star power doesn’t matter; it’s the “Mets” on the front that matters. As a New York fan, it’s easy to want to bring in [...]

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Roundtable: What are Terry Collins’ strengths as a manager?

Early Thursday morning the Mets were involved in another extra innings game. Carlos Torres was cruising and had thrown only 17 pitches in two innings but Terry Collins removed him so he could get Pedro Feliciano on the mound. The Dodgers had two lefties due up in the inning but in the middle was Yasiel [...]

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Will Eric Young’s slump pave the way for more playing time for Andrew Brown?

What can Brown do you? Surely you have heard this redundant catchphrase, (in posts, blogs, twitter, Facebook, etc.) when basically, anyone with the surname Brown does something well in sports, right? Well, the superfluous motto used for UPS will be used once again, this time in this column in regards to what Andrew Brown can [...]

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