An overdue apology to Juan Lagares

Prior to this season, many people were high on Juan Lagares.  They loved his defense and saw his bat improving in his sophomore campaign through the majors.  All I could see was a fourth outfielder with a great glove whose bat would see him replaced by June.  It’s time to admit that I was wrong. [...]

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Mets we’ve loved: Yogi Berra

“It ain’t over, till its over” — Yogi Berra Yogi Berra recently celebrated his birthday.  He was born on May 12, 1925. Yogi Berra was an important Met.  He played for them, he coached them and he managed them.   Maybe he didn't win a World Championship as their manager and maybe the team almost ran [...]

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Jonathon Niese: One constant for Mets

Not a lot has gone right for the Mets this season, but if there has been one constant bright spot, it has been the pitching of Jon Niese. To be fair, Dillon Gee would get props here as well, but he unfortunately had to go on the disabled list for a short stretch (and he [...]

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