Twelve years ago Sandy Alomar Jr. began a run of AL All-Star domination. Jon Paul Morosi wonders if the NL's young guns can end it.
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Via Mets Fever
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July 08, 2009
I've been tempering my hope for Carlos Delgado's return because of what I've seen from Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod is younger and much more athletic and it took him a month a playing before he got his swing back.If Delgado gets back by August 1st and A-Rod is the model case, then we won't see an effective Delgado until Sept. Still it does give hope that he's hitting...
Via Faith and Fear
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July 06, 2009
There're just so many summers, babe. And just so many springs.
Don Henley's lyrics came to me early in the 1993 season. Too early. 1993 wasn't, sadly, the last worthless season that we'd have to spend, but damn if it wasn't over fast. The Mets were 12-25 after 37 games, 15 behind the 1st place Phillies, with the Wild Card a year from existence. The season loomed...
Via The Big Lead
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July 07, 2009
Life Coach?: Most of the “sightings” in gossip columns are plants from publicists. This has to be the strangest athlete-related one we’ve come across: “DISABLED Mets slugger Carlos Delgado lunching with his ‘life coach,’ Jim Fannin, at Patsy’s, where they bumped into veteran MLB umpire Joe West.” What’s one of the most successful...
Via Post-Gazette
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July 08, 2009
Oliver Perez was activated from the disabled list Wednesday by the struggling New York Mets to start against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Via SoCal Sports Hub
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July 09, 2009
Man, that was a disappointing GIDP, with runners on first and second, one out, and Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez flailing around like a fish on land after giving up a homerun to Manny Ramirez. GIDP, game over, and the hapless Mets stumble into a w...
Via NJ.com
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July 08, 2009
William Perlman/The Star-LedgerMets left fielder Gary Sheffield eludes the tag at home from Dodgers catcher Russell Martin to add to the team's run tally in the third inning. NEW YORK -- For the Mets, runs and wins have lately seemed...
Via LA Times
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July 07, 2009
Text messages from press row . . .
Many of the New York Mets fans who came to needle Manny Ramirez at Citi Field on Tuesday night passed through a grand entryway honoring Jackie Robinson . . . .
Via Arizona Diamondbacks
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July 08, 2009
NEW YORK — Fans at Citi Field booed the free-falling New York Mets even more loudly than they jeered Manny Ramirez — before he got ejected.
Via NY Daily News
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July 07, 2009
Fans at Citi Field booed the free-falling New York Mets even more loudly than they jeered Manny Ramirez - before he got ejected. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat what's left of the Mets 8-0 Tuesday night.
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