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Could It Be the End of an Era On SNY?

Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News is reporting that there is some speculation going around that the SNY announce trio may not be back in full next season. Raissman, who always does a stellar job covering the network, reveals that there are some rumblings going around that Keith...
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A Blast From The Mets Past Could Help The Team In 2010

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Flash back to August 21st, 2005. It was a hot late-summer afternoon at Shea Stadium where the Mets were hosting the Washington Nationals. By the fifth inning, the Mets found themselves trailing 7-0. All appeared to be lost until a rookie came to the plate by the name of Mike Jacobs...
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The National League East: Final Weekend

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The MLB regular season comes to a grinding halt this Sunday after 162 grueling games and some will say that in the NL East everything has gone according to plan.The Phillies have clinched their third straight division crown. The Nats have put together two back to back 100 game season...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/10...
 

At An Organizational Crossroad, How Do The Mets Improve For 2010?

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As we approach the final four games of the 2009 regular season, any hope of spinning a positive ending to an otherwise dreadful season is pretty much lost. Despite the writing being on the wall since mid-Summer that the Mets would not be involved in post season play for the third straight...
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Chris Carter To The Mets... Not So Fast

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The word around baseball is that Chris Carter, whom the Mets were allegedly going to receive as the player-to-be-named-later in the Billy Wagner trade has been designated for assignment. This is significant because if you can recall, Carter was previously placed on waivers over the...
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How The Internet Has Changed The Game Of Baseball

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Over the past two decades or so, the Internet has revolutionized the way people live their lives. People are able to reconnect with those old high school buddies from thirty years ago, while browsing their favorite stores all from the palm of their hand simultaneously. More specifically...
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Omar: History is a Great Teacher: Resign Dalgado

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Does the name Pedro Martinez ring a bell Omar? It should. You were smart enough to bring him to New York and it was a brilliant move because it started a whirlwind movement by Latin players who wanted to come to New York to be in his presence. Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Johan...
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Daniel in the Lions Den

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With this season finally drawing to a close, I have spent most of the past six to eight weeks listening to Mets fans and those who cover the Mets in the media trash over and over and over again the Mets first baseman, Daniel Murphy.To me it's just unbelievable what extremes these...
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The Case To Bring Back Carlos Delgado

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At the start of the season it appeared that 2009 would most definitely be Carlos Delgado’s last season in the Big Apple. Well as we wrap of the final month of the season, Delgado appears to be as good as gone, especially after missing a majority of the season after undergoing hip...
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Should The “Fab Three” Stay Or Should They Go?

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This season the Mets have seen many new additions to their big league roster in order to compensate for their injured stars. Some of these roles have been occupied by career minor leaguers, while others have been filled by seasoned veterans, who have shuttled between teams throughout...
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Video: Mets Fan loses fight to Phillies Fan in stands....

We can't even win in the stands...
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Down The Stretch They Come

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If anyone on April 1st would have said to me that on September 1st that the Phillies would be leading the NL East by 7 or more games, I would have said, "Wow, I knew they were going to be good but ahead by 7, No way".If on April 1st someone said to me the Braves and Marlins...
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Mets inside the numbers

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Oliver Perez is the latest Mets pitcher to go down. Jason McCallum of ESPN Research compiled numbers bearing out the crazy injury situation the Mets have had this year: They've lost 18 All-Star appearances to the DL, in addition to 1,066 HR, 4,091 RBIs and a combined 2009 salary...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/08...
 

Video: Triple play to end the game vs Phillies!

The Mets have been through everything this year, but this tops the cake.. A Triple Play to end a game against the Phils!
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Wright will be back sooner than later

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New York Mets star 3B David Wright is recovering nicely and should return from the disabled list as soon as he's eligible, reports the Newark Star-Ledger.   Wright was hit in the head with a Matt Cain fastball last weekend and has not played since. The all-star is hitting...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/08...
 

Josh Thole heads the list of minor leaguers to get called up...

Prospect catcher Josh Thole, reliever Eddie Kunz and first baseman/outfielder Nick Evans are expected to highlight the call-ups when rosters expand in September, the Daily News has learned. Thole, 22, upped his average to .332 with a three-hit game for Double-A Binghamton on Friday...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/08...
 

ESPN : Minaya, Manuel safe with Mets

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New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya won't lose his job as a result of the team's lackluster season, owner Fred Wilpon told the New York Post. Agreeing to answer one question from the newspaper, Wilpon addressed Minaya's future with the team. "Am I going...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/08...
 

Mets and BoSox Trade in works???

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New York Mets reliever Billy Wagner has been claimed by the Boston Red Sox, SI.com has learned. The Mets now have until Tuesday afternoon to work out a deal with the Red Sox, who apparently are willing to assume the $2.7 million remaining on Wagner's contract this season. ...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/08...
 

The Mets Continue Down the Road of Stupidity

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I don't believe for one second that those fans on the BR who read my work would argue with anyone about how passionate I am about this team. It's no secret that I'm not a youngster like my three favorite proteges Mike Kent, Nick Adamo, and Nick Carlo but each one of them...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/08...
 

News and Notes: Livan Out, Wagner In

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As many of you have already heard, the Mets have outright released Livan Hernandez and have activated reliever Billy Wagner  off the DL. In a season of so much doom and gloom, it would be nice to see Billy have a couple quality outings, as he clearly has worked very hard to get...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/08...
 

Sheffield might be on another team soon?

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New York Mets slugger Gary Sheffield(notes) apparently thinks he's a goner (and soon) from the Mets roster, according to the New York Post. Sheffield apparently is thinking the Mets are going to just put him on waivers and let him go before season's end. The team actually...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/08...
 

Billy Wagner going on waivers??

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The New York Mets would apparently love to unload closer Billy Wagner(notes), according to ESPN. The team has reportedly put him on waivers just before he is set to return from a long stay on the disabled list. And he is apparently ready to waive his no-trade clause. Anybody who...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/08...
 

Injuries continue as David Wright gets hit in head, has concussion!

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All Star pitchers Matt Cain (SF) and Johan Santana (NY) were locked in a pitcher's duel at Citi Field until the fourth inning, when things turned ugly. Matt Cain nailed Met's 3B David Wright in the head with a 94 mph fastball. Cain, obviously unsettled by the event, crouched...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/08...
 

Omar Minaya: I Told You So

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Of course, one game does not make a season but one must wonder why after the struggles the Mets pitching staff have had this year why Omar Minaya, supposedly a close personal friend of Pedro Martinez, didn't sign the oft injured pitcher both before or even after the season started...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/08...
 

The Time To Trade Wagner Is Now

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Every day that goes by that the Mets hang onto Billy Wagner, is a decline in the return on what they could get for him via a trade. Let’s face it the Mets are out of it and the club is primarily looking forward to next season to try to right the wrongs they have written in the past...
>> www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/08...
 
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