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  • amd_manuel-speaks

    A Lineup Shakeup and Today’s Latest

    Tonight’s lineup is an interesting little number spun by Jerry Manuel, who may be a game or two away from losing his job (more on that later): 1. Jose Reyes SS 2. Luis Castillo 2B 3. Angel Pagan CF 4. David Wright 3B 5. Carlos...

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  • Jose

    The Mets need to remain calm

    It has been a rough go of it of late. And that happens in baseball. No one could anticipate that after getting Carlos Beltran back, the Mets wouldn’t score a run for 24 innings. But every team has peaks and troughs in its baseball season....

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  • myangel

    A plug on today’s game, and an assessment of Angel Pagan

    Good 3-0 win today, with Johan going 7 strong (5/3 K:BB ratio) and putting the Mets on his back. 3 runs-an Alex Cora RBI single, an Ike Davis homer, and a Josh Thole RBI single-were enough to get the job done. I didn’t watch any...

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  • Johan Santana

    Now THAT was gangsta.

    Yeah, I counted Johan Santana out. He hadn’t had his usual stuff all year in his first 16 starts, and I didn’t care what his numbers said. We could all see it, and all the metrics told us he had gotten incredibly lucky. He also...

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    Home Cookin’: Mets win, 4-3

    The Mets overcame an early 3-0 deficit, which was the result of some bad defense on the Mets’ part. In the second inning, Angel Pagan played a deep fly ball at the wall in center into a triple, a ball he probably should have caught....

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  • Red Sox Mets Baseball

    Declining Peripherals and the Mets’ Star Pitchers, part one: Francisco Rodriguez

    In the one-plus and two-plus years we have had them, Francisco Rodriguez and Johan Santana have been good, but in multiple senses not themselves. Mostly in the case of K-Rod, many Mets fans have complained that “he stinks” and that Rodriguez is not living up...

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