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Please Check Out Mike's Mets
January 05, 2009 by
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I am no longer posting on this site. All of my posts can now be found on mikesmets.com
Great Mets' Trades of The Past - Hernandez for Allen and Ownbey
May 13, 2008 by
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As it becomes apparent that the Mets, as currently constituted, will not run away with the NL East this year, Mets' fans are all anxiously anticipating this year's upcoming deals feeling certain that Omar Minaya will plunge into the trade market. Of course, Mets history has...
Amateur Draft Hits And Misses - Part 3
April 20, 2008 by
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1996 - Robert Stratton. A big, strong powerful hitter who spent lots of years in the minors hitting the long ball and doing little else. Surprisingly, never earned a big league shot. Eric Milton and Gil Meche were taken several picks later. 1997 - Geoff Goetz. Sixth pick. Mediocre minor le...
Your Source For Historical Mets Posts
April 19, 2008 by
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Surprisingly (to me anyway), since I stopped adding new posts, my daily traffic has remained about the same. So, for those of you still looking for my posts on the early-day Mets, I have streamlined the site to include all of those along with what I consider some of my better entries...
Great Mets' Trades of The Past - Hernandez for Allen and Ownbey
April 19, 2008 by
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As it becomes apparent that the Mets, as currently constituted, will not run away with the NL East this year, Mets' fans are all anxiously anticipating this year's upcoming deals feeling certain that Omar Minaya will plunge into the trade market. Of course, Mets history has...
Amateur Draft Hits And Misses - Part 2
April 10, 2008 by
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Continuing my look at Mets' #1 selections year-by-year : 1980 - Darryl Strawberry. #1 pick in draft. Apparently, there was some thought given to taking Darnell Coles or Billy Beane, but in the end, the Mets went with the consensus and selected Strawberry, and it turned out to be the right ...
My Reaction To The Milledge Trade
March 10, 2008 by
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When I first heard about this deal, I was disgusted. I liked Lastings Milledge from the time he first appeared in a major league game for the Mets and felt he brought enthusiasm and excitement to the team. I saw him taking over rightfield fulltime in 2008 and becoming one of the team...
Old Time Mets - John Stephenson
March 02, 2008 by
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If Johnny Stephenson is remembered at all by fans of the early Mets, it's as the last out of Jim Bunning's perfect game. He was so overmatched in striking out, the Mets might as well have plucked a fan out of the stands at random and asked him to get a hit off Bunning. At the...
Old Time Mets - Jim Hickman
March 01, 2008 by
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If Marv Throneberry symbolized the bumbling incompetence of the early Mets, Rod Kanehl the everyman quality, Ed Kranepool the hope for the future, and Roger Craig the frustration, nobody symbolized all of these qualities wrapped into one player the way Jim Hickman did.If Al Jackson...
The 25th Man
February 21, 2008 by
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The Mets figure to carry 12 pitchers, so with a regular at each position, that leaves 5 reserve spots on the team. Backup catcher Ramon Castro and outfielder Endy Chavez are certain to make the team. It's also extremely likely that veteran utility men Damion Easley (righthanded...
The Last Post
February 21, 2008 by
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After 3 years and 105 posts, I have decided that this will be my last. To my small group of regular readers, I thank you for your support. I just didn't feel that a Blog that still draws an average of about 20 hits per day, and less than one feedback comment a month was worth keeping...
Post Mortem
February 20, 2008 by
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Completing one of the worst late-season collapses in baseball history, one day after temporarily exciting the fans with one of the best games you will ever see any team play, the Mets responded with a truly awful game that was over almost as soon as it began.Tom Glavine has been called...
One More Piece Needed To Complete The Puzzle ?
February 15, 2008 by
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Johan Santana is here, and Omar Minaya has declared that he now has the team that will go to spring training. OK, except I think the Mets may need one more player, at least to give them some options about how they want to structure the bench. Right now, the bench is almost certain...
I Have A Feeling It's Going To Be A Rough Off-Season
February 11, 2008 by
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Okay. So, the Mets need 2 catchers, a second baseman, a starting left fielder, a lefthanded hitting outfielder in reserve, at least one starting pitcher maybe 2, at least 2 relief pitchers, and a couple of bench players and pinch-hitters. Some or most of these can be solved by re-signing...
Constructing The 2008 Mets - The Conservative Approach
February 09, 2008 by
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How aggressive will Omar Minaya be in trying to assemble the 2008 team ? Will he really go after big-name players in trades and big-money free agents ? Will he put all his best prospects on the table to get some proven talent ? Or will he take a more conservative approach ?The ultra...
A Change of Plans
February 09, 2008 by
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It was my intention to begin a series of posts detailing the Mets' needs for 2008 and some proposed solutions i.e. trades and free agent signings, but after reading a lot of other bloggers' (as well as paid sportswriters') suggestions, I decided it would be a waste of time...
The Johan Santana Saga
February 04, 2008 by
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After their devastating collapse in 2007, it was apparent that the Mets needed to do something big to get an ace pitcher to lead the rotation. It soon became known that one of the best, Minnesota's Johan Santana, would be on the trading block because he was entering the final year...
Congratulations, Omar
February 01, 2008 by
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Well, Omar Minaya waited out the Twins and got the prize he's been after all along, Johan Santana. The offer on the table for weeks turned out to be the one that was accepted without including Fernando Martinez, Ryan Church, Aaron Heilman, Jorge Sosa, or for that matter anyone...
Trades From The Past - Bernard Gilkey
January 31, 2008 by
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When discussing the outstanding trades the Mets have made over the years, the acquisition of Bernard Gilkey from the Cardinals is usually forgotten. In part, this could be because Gilkey really had only one good year for the Mets - although it was a terrific one, and also because even...
Mets Trades Of The Past - The Tom Seaver Trade
January 30, 2008 by
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So much has been written about the 1977 trade that sent Tom Seaver, perhaps baseball's best pitcher at the time, to the Cincinnati Reds, that even those Mets fans who are too young to remember it have almost certainly read about it. No doubt, as history has told us, a clash between...
Mets-Twins Deal Seems A Natural
January 30, 2008 by
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Now that the Yorvit Torrealba negotiations have fallen through and Luis Castillo appears signed, it's time for the Mets to turn their attention to pitching and catching. A while back, we heard that the Twins were interested in Carlos Gomez, which probably led to some thinking that...
You Gotta Have A Catcher - Part 1
January 28, 2008 by
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With both Paul LoDuca and Ramon Castro eligible for free agency, the Mets clearly have a void to fill at catcher. Whether they choose to re-sign either or both, go after another free agent, or make a trade, catcher is one position where the Mets can't stand pat. With no young catcher...
Winter Meetings Preview - Part 1
January 28, 2008 by
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Omar Minaya will be heading to the Winter Meetings with the primary mission of upgrading the starting pitching. Although the bullpen, a lefty-hitting outfielder and possibly a righthanded bat for the bench and occasional duty at first base remain among the possible upgrades that Minaya...
Winter Meetings Preview - Part 3
January 27, 2008 by
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The latest series of rumors indicate that the Mets have almost no shot at Johan Santana without giving up Jose Reyes. Unless they get another team involved that could bring them back a quality shortstop, this makes a Santana deal extremely unlikely for the Mets.Apparently, Omar Minaya...
Mets Trades Of The Past - Dumping The Heroes of '69
January 26, 2008 by
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The 1969 Miracle Mets inspired dozens of books and for those of us who were Mets fans then, they represented an iconic team that will live in our memory forever. What made them so special was that pitching aside, they were primarily a very ordinary team of journeymen, disappointments...
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