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Despite struggles, Bay sees brighter days ahead
There are two strikes on Jason Bay, but he is still alive. It is one of many Citi Field nights, and Bay looks at the pitcher, taps the plate with his bat, and thinks: Slider in the dirt.
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1 day ago
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Picard goes after Met owners in court again
The trustee for the Bernie Madoff estate reprised his case against the owners of the Mets in papers filed in Manhattan federal court late Thursday
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2 days ago
Alderson, Mets find it’s cheap to tweet
Two tweets in, and he was already wisecracking. Mets general manager Sandy Alderson joined Twitter Thursday as @MetsGM, and immediately flashed the dry humor that has long been a part of his public persona.
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2 days ago
Mets go to Texas to fill radio void
Josh Lewin, exiled from the Texas Rangers TV booth after the 2010 season, is headed for Mets radio and WFAN.
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3 days ago
Pelfrey out to revive sinker
Mike Pelfrey estimates that he has already thrown 1,000 sinkers over the winter during workouts at Wichita State, his alma mater.
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3 days ago
Wilpon finds a new BFF in Frank McCourt
Ever so gradually, Frank McCourt has gone from the most villified owner in baseball to everyone’s guardian angel; from Bud Selig’s worst nightmare to the commissioner’s fondest dream.
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8 days ago
Dolan and friends better get to the point
Maybe things turn out differently for the Knicks if only James Dolan had invited one of LeBron James’ confidants to sit with him before LeBron became a free agent. Seeing Maverick Carter, LeBron’s BFF, seated next to Dolan, the Madison Square Garden chairman, at Thursday’s loss to the Chicago Bulls doesn’t do the Knicks, their fans or Mike D’Antoni any good now. Unless...
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8 days ago
Carter attends PBAU baseball opening day
Baseball Hall of Famer and New York Mets great Gary Carter, battling brain cancer for the past nine months, attended a Palm Beach Atlantic University baseball game Thursday night, the Palm Beach Post reports.
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9 days ago
Murphy, Mets will embrace underdog role
Daniel Murphy is an optimist and his Mets teammate R.A. Dickey is a realist. While Murphy talked positively about moves the Mets made this season, a few feet away, Dickey was talking about the moves other NL East teams made.
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11 days ago
Mets' Dickey reaches new heights
FILMMAKER, AUTHOR and mountain climber. In the past year, R.A. Dickey has done it all, and that includes pitching for the Mets.
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13 days ago
Lefty bats top Mets' wish list
According to two team insiders, the Mets are looking for a veteran lefthanded bat for the bench, and the team is shopping in the aisle that includes Rick Ankiel, Kosuke Fukudome, Raul Ibanez and Johnny Damon.
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14 days ago
Madoff trustee eyes 83M ‘profit’ from Met owners
THE TRUSTEE overseeing the liquidation of Bernie Madoff’s estate has asked a federal judge to order the owners of the Mets to turn over more than $83 million in allegedly fictitious profits they withdrew from their accounts in the two years before Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme collapsed.
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15 days ago
Maine agrees to minor-league deal with BoSox
Former Met John Maine has agreed to a minor-league contract with the Red Sox, according to a report in the Fredericksburg (Va.) Freelance-Star.
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16 days ago
Mets: No dirt on us
After U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff dismissed most of the counts in Irving Picard's $1 billion lawsuit against the owners of the Mets, the trustee of the Bernie Madoff liquidation embarked on an aggressive campaign to did up dirt.
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16 days ago
Franco heading into Mets' Hall of Fame
The Mets on Thursday announced the selection of reliever John Franco as the 26th member of the team's Hall of Fame. Franco will be inducted on June 3, before a Sunday afternoon game at Citi Field.
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17 days ago
Seaver's next miracle
You have to forgive Tom Seaver for feeling as if he’s just gone to the Hall of Fame all over again, once again with a higher percentage of votes than any of his peers.
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17 days ago
Jones re-signs with Yankees
The Yankees on Wednesday made official the signing of Andruw Jones to a one-year contract. The 16-year veteran will serve as a pinch-hitter and part-time designated hitter.
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18 days ago
Cards' Carlos Belts Met fans over 2006 strikeout
There is no need to update Carlos Beltran’s relationship status with the people of New York to “it’s complicated” — that has remained unchanged since 2005.
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18 days ago
Ex-Mets lead prayers for 'The Kid'
The cancer that has thrown Gary Carter into grave condition cast a pall over a celebration Tuesday night. Many former Mets attended the 23rd annual Baseball Assistance Team dinner at the New York Marriott Marquis Tuesday night in Midtown, as the franchise was honored for its 50th anniversary.
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18 days ago
Reyes hears cheers in NYC, maybe for last time
BY KRISTIE ACKERT NEW YORK DAILY NEWS HE IS NO longer a Met, but Jose Reyes was still a Mets fan favorite at the at the Baseball Writers of America New York chapter awards dinner Saturday night.
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21 days ago
Kid's cancer fight takes turn for the worse
Gary Carter's fight with brain cancer has turned from brave to extremely grave. On Thursday, Carter's family received a phone call from the doctors at Duke University who have been treating the Mets Hall of Fame catcher informing them that the most recent MRI revealed “several new spots/tumors on his brain.”
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24 days ago
Alderson part world-wide draft focus group
Major League Baseball's International Talent Committee, which is discussing the possibility of a worldwide draft and includes Mets general manager Sandy Alderson, met for the first time on Jan. 9, a person familiar with the schedule told the Daily News on Wednesday.
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25 days ago
Judge strikes down appeal of Madoff suit
The trustee recovering money for the victims of the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi scheme struck out again Tuesday against the owners of the Mets.
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25 days ago
Mets sign Pelfrey, see payroll shrink
The Mets avoided salary arbitration with four players on Tuesday by agreeing to one-year contracts with pitchers Mike Pelfrey, Manny Acosta and Ramon Ramirez and outfielder Andres Torres.
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25 days ago
Exhausted Dickey gets to top of Mt. Kilimanjaro
Ten days after departing his Nashville home, Mets' knuckleballer R.A. Dickey and his fellow hikers reached the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, some 19,340 feet above the African continent.
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28 days ago
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