February 28, 2010
We’re going to start seeing and reading a lot of season previews over the next couple of weeks. Here’s the first from ESPN’s Buster Olney. It’s a good, in-depth video with cuts from Jason Bay and discussion of Jose Reyes and Oliver Perez.
The bottom line is that the Mets are expected to contend in 2010.
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January 14, 2010
By now you’ve likely heard the news that Carlos Beltran had knee surgery without the Mets permission. The surgery was performed by Beltran’s doctor in Colorado. His contract requires that the Mets provide written permission to have elective surgery from the reports that I’ve heard. At issue is whether the knee surgery was medically necessary [...]
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January 13, 2010
Several of the Mets were in town today for an event at Citi Field. David Wright made his way into the studio with Mike Francesa on WFAN. As you would expect, a lot of the interview is about the dismal 2009 season that the team had as a whole. But he also goes into [...]
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January 5, 2010
Today was the dog and pony show that the Mets held for Jason Bay at Citi Field. The 31 year-old will be entering his eighth big league season. His career 162 game average slash line is .280/ .376/ .519. The Mets will be the fourth team that he’s played for after San Diego, Pittsburgh, [...]
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August 29, 2009
The big news over the last couple of days is the bombshell that Fred Wilpon lost so much money in the Bernie Madoff scandal that he’ll be forced to sell the team. The story originated from author Erin Arvedlund, who’s writing a book about the Ponzi scheme called “Too Good To Be True”. In an [...]
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August 25, 2009
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Here’s the conference call with reporters to address the surgery that Johan Santana will have. Omar Minaya also gets into the Billy Wagner trade to the Red Sox, J.J. Putz‘ next rehab appearance being delayed, and Oliver Perez coming back to New York to have his knee examined.
As usual, Minaya [...]
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August 16, 2009
Here’s the post-game audio from the Giants 5-4 win in 10 innings which David Wright was hit in the head by a pitch from Matt Cain.
Jerry Manuel audio
Johan Santana audio
Matt Cain audio
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August 14, 2009
The Mets got a great start from Bobby Parnell as they beat the Giants 3-0. Here are the post-game interviews from Parnell and Mets manager Jerry Manuel.
Bobby Parnell audio
Jerry Manuel audio
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