Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Yankees 1 (9/18/15)

The Mets got back to their winning ways by taking the opener of the latest installment of the Subway Series by a 5-1 score. The Nationals and Marlins were going to extra innings, so right now the magic number is eight. If you like bombs, this was a game for you. Lucas Duda, Daniel Murphy [...]

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Wilmer Flores and Ruben Tejada give Mets a strong offensive shortstop

Following the 2014 season, the Mets had two big holes that they had to address: SS and LF. The big move of the offseason was to import outfielder Michael Cuddyer. The solution at short was to hand the position over to Wilmer Flores. Midway through the 2015 season, these decisions looked really bad. But a [...]

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Relax – the 2007 collapse is unrepeatable

The haunting phrase "7 games up and 17 to play" has been brought up a lot lately, especially in recent days, after two Met losses and two Nationals wins quickly turned a 9 ½ -game lead into a 7 ½ -game lead. Thankfully, the Nationals lost last night so the lead is back to 8 [...]

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