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MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves

Checking The Rivals: April

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Checking The Rivals is a new feature where we track the fortunes (and in some cases make fun) of our…

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MLB: New York Mets at San Diego Padres

Sunday, Bloody Sunday

Only one thing could spoil a 14-2 win, and that’s another injury to Yoenis Cespedes. Cespedes stole second in the…

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MLB: New York Mets at San Diego Padres

Jay Bruce’s First Baseman’s Mitt To Get More Oil

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We thought it was time to discuss Adrian Gonzalez’s role. I guess some people in the Mets organization have been…

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MLB: New York Mets at San Diego Padres

Other Than That Mrs. Lincoln, How Was The Play?

So let’s recap Jason Vargas’ night: Two runs on a Charlie Villanueva home run. Two runs on a misplayed fly…

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MLB: New York Mets at San Diego Padres

4/28/18 Game Preview: New York Mets at San Diego Padres

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The Mets have won one series all time at Petco Park since it opened in 2004. One!!! The Mets will…

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MLB: New York Mets at San Diego Padres

Echinacea For The Soul

That’s how you reward a good outing. Jacob deGrom has been snake bitten by his bullpen lately, having one sure…

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MLB: Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres

Buddy Baumann Is a Met, And Also Perplexing

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So the Mets made a minor move today, signing lefty reliever Buddy Baumann who the Padres DFA’d. What’s perplexing about…

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MLB: New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals

Nice Win, Noah … Be a Shame If Something Happened To It

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These are the games that rip your heart out of your chest, throw it on the ground, and pee on…

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MLB: New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals

Dominating The Conversation: A Play in Two Acts

The Mets played a sloppy game on Wednesday. Three errors, including one by Steven Matz, were the main culprits in…

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MLB: New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals

Dynamic (And Not So Dynamic) Duos

On June 18th, 2013, Zack Wheeler and Matt Harvey pitched on the same day … each starting one game of…

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MLB: New York Mets at Atlanta Braves

Dr. Jekyll And Matt Harvey

On Friday night, the bullpen pitched six scoreless innings to steal a victory. On Saturday, the bullpen blew a 3-0…

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Breaking News That We All Thought Would Break But Now It’s Broken Like Matt Harvey

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Mike Puma tweets the somewhat surprising (if only for the timing) news: Harvey is going to the bullpen says Callaway….

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MLB: New York Mets at Atlanta Braves

Playing Nicely With Fire

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It’s nice when you can throw out all the mental notes that you made to go back to when you’re…

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MLB: New York Mets at Atlanta Braves

The Answers May Not Exist

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Everyone, we need to talk. We need to come to some hard truths about Matt Harvey. See, he got torched…

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MLB: Washington Nationals at New York Mets

Take Back The Eighth

Those old ghosts had taken a vacation for the first two weeks of the season. But as Steven Matz’s meatball…

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MLB: Washington Nationals at New York Mets

Momentum is Today’s Pitchers … Not Yesterday’s Heartbreak

Sometimes, writers exaggerate for effect. While I’m tempted to do that in this space and tell you that Monday’s loss…

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MLB: Washington Nationals at New York Mets

We’ll Get ‘Em Next Year

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Regression to the mean is a bitch, ain’t it? The Mets took a 6-1 lead into the eighth inning on…

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MLB: Milwaukee Brewers at New York Mets

First Place Problems

I’m going to be somewhat of a hypocrite here. But while I worry about Matt Harvey’s performance along with his…

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MLB: Milwaukee Brewers at New York Mets

4/15/18 Game Preview: New York Mets at Milwaukee Brewers

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The Mets will look to start a new winning streak today as they face the Milwaukee Brewers at 1:10 PM…

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MLB: Milwaukee Brewers at New York Mets

All Streaks Die … Not Every Streak Truly Lives

The streak is over. When a team gets thoroughly dominated at the plate as the Mets did on Saturday, you…

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MLB: Milwaukee Brewers at New York Mets

Nine Is A Gift

In the course of winning streaks, sometimes you need a little help along the way. Not just from all 25…

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MLB: Atlanta Braves at Miami Marlins

The Catching Conversation is Deafening After Plawecki’s Bad Break

The initial x-rays on Kevin Plawecki’s hand came up negative after he was hit in the hand on Wednesday. But…

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MLB: New York Mets at Miami Marlins

Ten Wins! (No Catchers, But Ten Wins)

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It must have felt great for Zack Wheeler to be on a major league mound again. He was used to…

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MLB: Game Two-New York Mets at Washington Nationals

I Reversed The Reverse

During the second game of the season, I made a remark in the stands to the effect of “here comes…

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MLB: New York Mets at Washington Nationals

What Happens In Vegas … Making Sense Of Brandon Nimmo’s Demotion

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There was a surprising announcement before Tuesday’s Mets victory, as the needed to make room for an extra reliever to…

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MLB: New York Mets at Miami Marlins

It’s Tangible

I’ve never been one to wax poetic about titanic death struggles with the formerly Florida, formerly Miami, currently Scrub Island…

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MLB: New York Mets at Miami Marlins

Rabbit Trip

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In front of 6,993 Mets fans and 10 Marlins fans (at least that’s what it sounded like), the Mets kept…

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MLB: New York Mets-Media Day

The Dream Is Alive

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Seems as if the five ace dream wasn’t dead after all. With the Mets needing a fifth starter, and Jason…

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MLB: New York Mets at Washington Nationals

Weaponized

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It’s amazing to see how weapons are used in baseball, and how they get neutralized. First off, I have to…

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