September 22, 2008
It’s become almost impossible for me to watch the Mets now. And this should be the most exciting time of the season. We’re right in the playoff hunt and there’s only one week left in the regular season. The Phillies and Brewers have had their own problems at various times this season. The Mets are [...]
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August 4, 2008
The Mets had a rough road trip and the two main weaknesses of the team were exposed, the corner outfielders and the bullpen. The two positional weaknesses should be looked at independently.
Sure, the losses of Moises Alou and Angel Pagan for the season and Ryan Church for an unknown period of time have hurt the [...]
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July 17, 2008
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The Mets go into the traditional second half of the season tonight with a nine game winning streak, confidence, and swagger. The last two weeks have seen Mike Pelfrey dominate all competition like the next coming of Roy Halladay. His recent performances have symbolized the Mets turnaround from the most [...]
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July 13, 2008
Mets outfielder Ryan Church got some good news after visiting the Cleveland Clinic this week for examinations. He’s on the disabled list again after suffering headaches and dizziness. There’s been some question as to whether the symptoms are due to post concussion syndrome or migraines.
The doctors at the Cleveland Clinic determined that migraines are [...]
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July 11, 2008
Before yesterday afternoon, I thought that the Mets would hold tight until after the All-Star break to see if Moises Alou could make it back onto the active roster. Well, we got the news today that Alou is likely gone for the season with a torn hamstring.
Ryan Church is on the disabled list for the [...]
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July 10, 2008
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Omar Minaya announced after the completion of the Giants game that Moises Alou has a torn hamstring suffered in a Double-A rehab game last night. He’s likely finished for the 2008 season. He injured the hamstring while diving for a ball in left field.
The Mets will absolutely have to look [...]
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July 6, 2008
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As the Mets prepare to face the Phillies today at 1:35pm, there are several stories circulating the newswire:
Mets manager Jerry Manuel told the press that he’s thinking of moving Carlos Beltran to second in the batting order so he sees more fastballs. I’m in complete agreement. Even moving him to third would be [...]
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July 2, 2008
There are several Mets related news items today coming off the rare offensive outburst in St. Louis last night. Tony Armas sure wasn’t fooling many Cardinals and doesn’t have the velocity to instill much confidence in the Mets’ fan base that he can capture a permanent spot in the Mets rotation. But he did a [...]
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