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Some Honest Hope for 2014
It’s now been over three weeks since Bartolo Colon signed. Since that time, other than the daily Ike Davis rumor, it has been pretty cold on the hot stove. Once we signed Colon I’ve felt we were done...
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NEWS & VIEWS: Leadoff, Trade Comps, Yard Sales, and the Niese Conundrum
Jimmy: Rob Castellano at Amazin’ Avenue had an excellent post on the Mets dire leadoff situation. Some grim facts: At .293, Mets leadoff hitters posted the third-worst on-base percentage in all of...
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The View From My Couch: Collins Talks Leadoff, Sandy Talks Flores at SS, and...
I had a minor surgical procedure and missed a few days on planet earth. I’m fine, thanks. Since then I’ve been scouring the internet, trying to figure out what happened with the Mets. At first I...
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News and Views: Bruno Mars Auditions, Another Padre Reject, Sandy Threatens...
Mike: Did you enjoy the Super Bowl? It reminded me of a pre-Buster Douglas, Mike Tyson fight. Good to see that Peyton Manning set the record for most completed passes in a Super Bowl game. He had to...
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Top 13 Things We’ve Learned So Far About the 2014 New York Mets
Jimmy & Mike: * Oh, maybe now Terry Collins will start to realize why it only took Colin McHugh to get Eric Young. * The first base position will never, ever be resolved by a...
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Something Is Wrong . . . When the Return of Chris Young Fills Mets Fans with...
Good news! Chris Young, one of the Mets big free-agent acquisitions of the winter, is close to making his return to the big club. Chris has recovered, rehabbed, and is set to be activated on April 18th...
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Fan Appreciation Day: Eric Young Is Not an Axe Murderer
Jimmy: As a reader, I tend to find it slightly offensive or, at best, inappropriate, when a blogger or reporter writes about what “the fans” think or feel. We are not a monolithic entity, but a...
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Bullpen Explosions, Injured Outfielders, the Signals on Syndergaard, and More
Well, four games this weekend at Coors Field, and the Mets finally won on Sunday to avoid being swept. Right after the win Sunday I saw a tweet that summed up what I was feeling. Good news: Mets win...
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Josh Satin: Future NY Mets Batting Coach (Hitters Need Not Apply)
Mike: A few hours ago the clock struck twelve at Citi Field, and Josh Satin was sent back to Las Vegas. If life was a fairy tale, he would have turned back into a pumpkin, but as it is not, Satin has...
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Don’t Wait Till Next Year
Fans of the old Brooklyn Dodgers, Fred Wilpon’s true love, were known for the saying, “Wait Till Next Year.” In those days, though, they would utter the phrase at the end of the season, until 1955,...
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