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Good lord, Javy Báez!

If I didn’t love Javy Baez so much, I would say that this is the perfect encapsulation of what it means to be a Met and the Mets experience (my urge to laugh at the Mets never dies). Read more…

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MLB’s salary floor proposal is already DOA

Competitive imbalance based on team spending has long been an interesting topic in MLB circles. How are teams like the Indians, Orioles, and Pirates supposed to compete with teams spending over $150 million when their owners are usually only willing to spend $60 million? Well, during a Monday meeting discussing the new… Read more…

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Steve Cohen calls out the Mets’ hitters for being ‘unproductive’

Owners… they’re just like the rest of us(? ) Underneath the billions and billions of dollars, they’re just fans like everyone else — prone to disappointment and rage-filled rants on Twitter. Last night, the Mets lost their fifth straight game and fell below. 500 for the first time since May 5 (huh, 5 straight losses, […]

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Apology not accepted, Jack Morris

​​The good thing about Jack Morris finally making the Hall of Fame in 2018 is that it ended, once and for all, one of baseball’s most irritating running arguments: whether Morris belonged in the Hall of Fame. Read more…

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Apology not accepted, Jack Morris [UPDATED]

​​The good thing about Jack Morris finally making the Hall of Fame in 2018 is that it ended, once and for all, one of baseball’s most irritating running arguments: whether Morris belonged in the Hall of Fame. Read more…

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That’s baseball, Suzyn: Saturday night, West Coast, no-no edition

Tyler Gilbert made his major league debut on August 3 against the Giants, mowing ’em down 1-2-3 with a pair of strikeouts in the eighth inning of the Diamondbacks’ 3-1 victory. He then made two other appearances out of the particular bullpen: an extra-inning loss thanks to a Giants ghost runner scoring on August 5, […]

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That’s baseball: Saturday night, West Coast, no-no edition

Tyler Gilbert made his major league debut on August 3 against the Giants, mowing ’em down 1-2-3 with a pair of strikeouts in the eighth inning of the Diamondbacks’ 3-1 victory. He then made two other appearances out of the bullpen: an extra-inning loss thanks to a Giants ghost runner scoring on August 5, and […]