Gut Reaction: Dodgers 3, Mets 1 (NLDS G4)

There will be a Game 5 as the Mets could not muster any offense one night after exploding for 13 runs in their last game and they fell to the Dodgers, 3-1. Clayton Kershaw was too much to handle, even pitching on three days rest. He limited the Mets to just three hits and one [...]

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Ruben Tejada, Chase Utley, and the MLB in the 2015 NLDS

Editor's Note -- This story was submitted two days ago and only my incompetence kept it from being published in a more timely manner. My apologies, Julian. To begin, Ruben Tejada is not a very good baseball player. Mets fans have ridiculed Tejada for the past half-decade after hitting .270 in four out of his [...]

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David Wright and the Mets know how to fight

The Mets didn't need to throw any punches on Monday night. Instead they let their bats do the talking. Against a stony-faced, Ivan Drago-esque Chase Utley and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Mets showed what true character is. They glowered determination by immediately rebounding from a rough start, and they displayed an unrelenting desire to [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 13, Dodgers 7 (G3 NLDS)

The Mets spotted the Dodgers an early 3-0 lead before coming back to give them the beating they so richly deserved for Saturday night, with a 13-7 thrashing. New York now holds a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series and can clinch a spot in the NLCS with a victory Tuesday night. After giving up [...]

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