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On Deck: June 22- Mets At Rockies (Game 3)

New York Mets (36-37 Road: 16-23) at Colorado Rockies (32-43 Home: 20-18) 3:05pm
Mike Pelfrey (3-6 4.62) vs.Greg Reynolds (2-4 5.98)
TV: CW11 Radio: WFAN
What to watch: The Mets and Rockies play [...]

Written on June 22, 2008 | Posted in Game Preview | No Comment

Stat: Jose Reyes Baseball’s Best Leadoff Hitter

If you’re into heavy statistical analysis, you probably already read Cyril Morong’s excellent baseball blog “Cybermetrics”. Yesterday he posted an in-depth analysis of baseball’s best leadoff hitters and to little [...]

Written on June 22, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comment

Mets Hire Wayne Krivsky

The Mets announced the hiring of ex-Cincinnati Reds GM Wayne Krivsky. He’ll be a major league scout for the Mets. Obviously, having an ex-GM on the staff when the current [...]

Written on June 22, 2008 | Posted in Management | No Comment

Report: Mike And Mad Dog Show May Be Finished

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Neil Best of Newsday is reporting that wildly popular New York sports talk radio show Mike and The Mad Dog may be finished. The reports says that problems [...]

Written on June 22, 2008 | Posted in Media | No Comment

Jose Valentin Shuts It Down

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Mets infielder Jose Valentin decided to shut his season down for 2008. He’s been playing at Triple-A New Orleans but has been hampered by neck, ankle, and elbow [...]

Written on June 22, 2008 | Posted in Injuries | No Comment

Brian Schneider X-Rays Negative

New York Mets catcher Brian Schneider was beat up badly by the Colorado Rockies last night. Not in a brawl but by foul balls, three of them. One in particular [...]

Written on June 22, 2008 | Posted in Injuries | No Comment

Pedro Shelled As Mets Lose To Rockies 7-1

Pedro Martinez cruised through the first four innings but got clobbered in the fifth giving up six runs and effectively ending the game.
His final line was 4.1 IP/ [...]

Written on June 21, 2008 | Posted in Game Results | No Comment

On Deck: June 21- Mets At Rockies (Game 2)

New York Mets (36-36 Road: 16-22) at Colorado Rockies (31-43 Home: 19-18) 8:05 pm
Pedro Martinez (2-0 5.31) vs. Ubaldo Jimenez (1-7 4.85)
TV: SNY Radio: WFAN
What to watch: The Mets are [...]

Written on June 21, 2008 | Posted in Game Preview | No Comment

Mets Injury News: Alou And Church

Several media outlets have reported on the health of New York Mets outfielders Moises Alou and Ryan Church. New manager Jerry Manuel spoke to the media from Colorado about both [...]

Written on June 21, 2008 | Posted in Injuries | No Comment