September 30, 2008
The Mets put out a press release that John Maine underwent successful shoulder surgery to remove a lesion from the back of his right shoulder. Maine is expected to make a full recovery and be ready in time for spring training.
Great news for the Mets here. Maine is one of the most valuable players the [...]
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September 29, 2008
Mets GM Omar Minaya joins WFAN’s Mike Francesa to talk about the bitter disappointment of losing a shot at the playoffs in the last game of the season for the second year in a row. He discusses moves that he might have made at the trade deadline to shore up this team. And he talks [...]
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September 29, 2008
The word is there could be an announcement as early as Tuesday that Jerry Manuel will be signed to a contract to continue as the Mets manager. I have no problem with that. He had a .591 winning percentage over 93 games this season, a sizable sample. Over a full season that translates to 96 [...]
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September 29, 2008
The Mets season ended meekly yesterday and making that ending especially bitter is the end of Shea Stadium. Soon to become a parking lot for the flashy new Citi Field, Shea’s run of 45 years is over.
The Mets did a nice job of inviting back 45 players that impacted the franchise after the last game [...]
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September 28, 2008
It’s hard to believe that this team couldn’t generate any juice from Johan Santana’s performance yesterday. But the Mets just couldn’t get any offense going after scoring two runs in the sixth inning.
Oliver Perez did a decent job giving up only two runs over 5.1 innings. The killer was Scott Schoenweiss and Luis Ayala giving [...]
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September 28, 2008
The Post’s Steve Serby has a great Q&A with Johan Santana today. It’s perfect timing for this interview with Santana after his incredible effort yesterday to propel the Mets back into a tie for the NL Wild Card lead with the Brewers. The Shea crowd was thunderously supporting Santana and his interview with Serby shows [...]
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