Monthly Archives: June 2008

Mets Game 69: Win Over Angels

Mets 9 Angels 6 It would appear that Willie Randolph has his job for another day. Perhaps his coaching staff will remain intact for at least another 24 hours as well. However, the game was not won without dramatics. For … Continue reading

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Inherited Runners

A comment by loyal reader Micalpalyn motivated me to post the following stats. This is a list of the main Mets relievers, the number of games they’ve appeared in, the number of runners they’ve inherited (IR), the number of those … Continue reading

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Mets Game 68: Win Over Rangers

Mets 4 Rangers 2 After nearly coming from behind to beat the Rangers in the first game of the day, the Mets rode their momentum to take the “rubber match” and win the series. Pedro Martinez pitched very well, going … Continue reading

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Mets Game 67: Loss to Rangers

Rangers 8 Mets 7 It was a tough loss, but a good loss. Unlike the Mets of April and May, these Mets did not give up after they were down by six, but continued fighting and very nearly came out … Continue reading

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Why I’m Rooting for Randolph

Think about it — why are you a Mets fan? Is it because you demand perfection? Because you expect your team to finish in first place and go deep into the postseason every year? Of course not — there’s already … Continue reading

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Mets Get a Gamer

After Friday night’s game, Omar Minaya announced that the Mets acquired Trot Nixon, who had been playing for the Diamondbacks’ AAA Tucson team. For Tucson, Nixon was batting .309 with 15 doubles, 10 homers, 31 RBI, and a .437 OBP … Continue reading

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Mets Game 66: Win Over Rangers

Mets 7 Rangers 1 Against the best offensive team in MLB, Oliver Perez was terrific. The over-aggressive Rangers batters swung early and swung often, and Ollie gave them a steady diet of sliders out of the strike zone to induce … Continue reading

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Seven Steps to Salvage the Season

The Mets were 36-24 on June 9th 2007. From that point to the end of the regular season, the Mets went 52-50. Thus far this season, they are 31-34. So, over the last 167 games, the team is 83-84. Last … Continue reading

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