The Mets’ Great Divide: What Is And What Should Be

Our friend Greg Prince, the grand guru of Faith And Fear In Flushing -- and the nearest thing the Mets’ blogging community can get to its own Roger Angell or Red Smith, for my money -- had a terrific post today, recapping Old Timers’ Day at Shea Stadium in 1977, complete with video. This was [...]

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Why is Terry Collins naming his Opening Day starter already?

The New York Mets have a log jam in the starting rotation. This is not news. They failed to trade anyone in the offseason. Also, this is not news. What is news, however, is the report on Tuesday that the team is leaning toward pitching Zack Wheeler (3.54 ERA, 11-11 in 2014) on Opening Day. [...]

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