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Mets/Verizon Wireless Kids Clinic – August 4

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Paul Festa

The Mets and Verizon are holding a kid’s clinic on August 4 at Citi Field. Here are the details:

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Mets to Host Breast Cancer Awareness Night

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Paul Festa

Folks, as hard as it is to believe, there’s more to life than baseball.  And the New York Mets organization recognizes that. This Wednesday, September 19th, the Mets will host Breast Cancer Awareness night at Citi Field. The first 10,000 … Continue reading →

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Mike Piazza Bobblehead

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Paul Festa

Here’s a symbol from some better times (1998-2000, at least).  It’s the bobblehead version of Mike Piazza that the Mets will be giving away this Saturday, when they play the Astros at 1:10 PM.

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Rusty Staub Talks to Bloggers

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Paul Festa

In honor of his bobblehead day on May 26th, the Mets Media Relations department was kind enough to hold a conference call between the great Rusty Staub and several Mets bloggers.  Rusty was very nice and accomodating.  A range of … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading: Faith and Fear in Flushing

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Joe Janish

In my last post I mentioned “cabin fever” getting the best of me. Trying to write about the Mets during a winter of inaction led me to do some reading. For the past few weeks I’ve been re-reading favorites from … Continue reading →

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Note to Insiders Only

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Joe Janish

If you are a loyal reader of MetsToday, please read on. Otherwise, please skip to the Game 88 recap.

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Jeff Pearlman on Wally Backman and the ’86 Mets

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Joe Janish

It’s time for another installment of “Playing for Peanuts,” starring current Brooklyn Cyclones manager Wally Backman. Of course, “Playing for Peanuts” is a TV show about Wally’s team in 2007 – the South Georgia Peanuts. It’s a quirky, crazy story … Continue reading →

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Read This Book

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Joe Janish

Let’s get down to brass tacks (and not of the Bronx type): for the past few months, the content on MetsToday has not been nearly as prolific as you remember. The reason for the relative lack of frequency in posts … Continue reading →

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