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Analysis: Brett Myers Situation From Phillies Perspective

While the Mets were busy ripping the ball all over Busch Stadium last night, I was looking toward the Mets next series in Philly. I wanted to find out what’s [...]

Written on July 2, 2008 | Posted in General, Pitching | No Comment

Phillies Demote Brett Myers

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Myers is 3-9 with a 5.84 ERA in 17 starts this season. Myers was optioned so he didn’t have to go through waivers, which he would never make [...]

Written on July 1, 2008 | Posted in General, Pitching | 1 Comment

NL East News: Phillies In Atlanta Video

The Philadelphia Phillies are in Atlanta for a three game series against the Braves starting tonight. The ideal scenario for the Mets is for the Braves to win at least [...]

Written on July 1, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comment

Jose Reyes Has Another Tantrum

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Jose Reyes threw his glove on the ground in disgust yesterday after making another throwing error. It was his eleventh error of the season. The on-field displays of [...]

Written on June 30, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comment

Umpire Suspended For Actions Regarding Mets

Brian Runge has been suspended for one game by Major League Baseball for his actions on Tuesday night at Shea Stadium. I’m thrilled to see MLB take action like this [...]

Written on June 26, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comment

Mets Employee Jim Plummer Passed Away

New York Mets Director of Corporate Sales Jim Plummer died today at New York Univ. Medical Center. He was 56 years old. He had a liver and kidney transplant last [...]

Written on June 24, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comment

Mets Sign Top Draft Pick Ike Davis

Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated is reporting that the Mets and Ike Davis agreed to a deal giving Davis a signing bonus in the range of $1.5 million. A physical [...]

Written on June 24, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comment

David Wright Will Sit Tomorrow

Jerry Manuel said in his post game comments that David Wright appeared to be fatigued tonight. He had one error in the game, and was charged with a second before [...]

Written on June 23, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comment

Link: The Hall Nearly Devoid Of Latin Players

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I was shocked to read the Baseball Analysts post today that there’s only one player born in the Dominican Republic in the Hall of Fame, Juan Marichal and [...]

Written on June 23, 2008 | Posted in General | 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