Jose Reyes Running Toward Historic Season

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Roland Agni

A few Mets-related links from around the information superhighway …

Jose Reyes is on pace to have a truly historic year — one that would finish with at least 50 doubles and 25 triples. How many times has that happened before? Never. Whether he can keep it up remains to be seen, but playing half his games at Citi Field makes it plausible.

Former Mets clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels is expected to be arrested soon. Didn’t that already happen? Guess not.

Josh Thole may have trouble giving signs to Mike Pelfrey, but not to his deaf dog (which is pretty damn cool). Makes you wonder who REALLY has the communication problem, eh?

Though, Josh hasn’t been so happy communicating on Twitter, so he’s given it up. Can’t really blame him, considering all the “colorful” tweets sent his way.

Eric Simon asks the question nearly every Mets fan has been asking for years: why must bad hitters bat second? (Though, it would be easy enough to have good hitters in the two-hole, if the Mets would simply find a good-hitting second baseman … ha!)

Finally, Jeff Francoeur makes some suggestions for altering the Citi Field dimensions.

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Mets Game 36: Win Over Rockies

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Joe Janish

Mets 4 Rockies 3

It’s nice to once in a while be on the winning end of a one-run game. Continue reading →

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Tonight’s Mets Lineup vs. Rockies

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Roland Agni

The Mets will send the following lineup to face Rockies righthander Jason Hammel.

Jose Reyes – SS
Daniel Murphy – 2B
David Wright – 3B
Carlos Beltran – RF
Ike Davis – 1B
Jason Bay – LF
Ronny Paulino – C
Jason Pridie – CF
Mike Pelfrey – P

Interesting to see Paulino catching with the righty on the mound.

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Bud Selig Speaks On Mets Finances

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Roland Agni

Remember this quote — it is Bud Selig speaking on ESPN Radio:

“I feel very comfortable that we are going to have a very reasoned economic solution. … We carefully watch [the Mets’] situation, talk to people every day. They are approaching it the way I would approach it, quite frankly. They are looking to add equity and I absolutely have not a scintilla of doubt that that’s going to work out well and we can move on.”

Additionally, Selig insisted that there “isn’t anything” that would cause him to take over the Mets in the same way MLB recently took over the Dodgers’ operations.

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Quick Mets Mad Libs

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Joe Janish

Ready to play “Mets Mad Libs”? OK, but it’s a quickie, so you can play and get right back to work.

“I don’t want *player name* to hit eighth. But unfortunately he’s not giving me much choice. We are getting to the point with him that’s it time for him to fish or cut bait. He’s either going to play his way in or play his way off the team.”

This was a quote from Colorado manager Jim Tracy spoken before Monday night’s ballgame. He was referring to his third baseman Ian Stewart. However, don’t let that get in the way of your fun. Go ahead and fill in the *player name* of your choice, and post in the comments.

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Chris Young May Be Out for Year

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Joe Janish

Chris Young will be on the DL for much more than 15 days.

From The New York Times: Continue reading →

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Mets Game 35: Loss to Rockies

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Joe Janish

Rockies 2 Mets 1

Give the game ball to Chris Iannetta. Continue reading →

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Might Millwood Make Sense for Mets?

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Roland Agni

Kicking the tires on Kevin Millwood seems to be an annual activity for the New York Mets. Though, in previous seasons, he was considered as a pitcher who might be a “final piece” to help the Mets gain a postseason appearance.

This time, the situation is different for the Mets, and Millwood has changed as well since the days he was seen as a puzzle completer. Yet the two remain a match. Continue reading →

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