Category: Feature Stories
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How are the Mets trade deadline alternatives faring?
After weeks and weeks of swirling rumors on who the Mets would and should acquire by the July 31st trade deadline, Sandy Alderson and the front office finally got their big bat in Yoenis Cespedes in a trade with the Tigers. Cespedes has been everything the Mets could have hoped for and more in his first month…
Rich MacLeod
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David Wright has written a romantic chapter in the Mets story about 2015
The Mets have been writing themselves quite the script for a Hollywood feature film over the last month, bull charging their way into first place as a run scoring and pitching machine Flushing hasn’t seen in nearly 30 years. But in this particular scene of the film, it wasn’t about a team win, or or…
Michael Baron
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Michael Conforto’s nine lives, and how he’s made the most of them
When the Mets decided to call up top hitting prospect Michael Conforto on July 24th, it was reasonable to think he may have never played another minor league game after that. To this day he still hasn’t, but it’s taken a lot for that to happen. The Mets began upgrading their roster the day they promoted Conforto from…
Rich MacLeod
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The captain – and spiritual leader – is back for the Mets
When franchise third baseman and captain of the team David Wright was originally placed on the disabled list on April 15th with a pulled hamstring, it seemed as if the Mets would only be without their star for a few weeks, maybe a month or so. Once it was revealed that Wright was not only dealing with a…
Rich MacLeod
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Yoenis Cespedes had a night for the ages, which is exactly what he needed
Anything goes at Coors Field, and on Friday of anything Yoenis Cespedes hit from the Rockies pitching staff went very far. Cespedes had his best game as a major leaguer on Friday night, going 5-for-6 with a grand slam, solo and two-run home run, his 34th double of the season and a single with a stolen…
Michael Baron
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