Category: Feature Stories
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The defense continues to serve as the Mets plague
The ups and downs of a baseball season can serve as euphoria one week, and a dose of humility the next. But there is usually at least one constant for every team throughout the ebbs and flows. For the Mets, there are two. One is the offense. While they’ve seen an uptick in home runs in 2015…
Michael Baron
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Matt Harvey could have Tommy John hangover, needs to ‘find the fire’
Matt Harvey was so impossibly good from his debut in Arizona in July, 2012 through August, 2013. There was just one problem – he had an 18 month period when he did not pitch because he needed Tommy John Surgery in August, 2013. Harvey took the mound during spring training and pitched like he hadn’t missed…
Rich MacLeod
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As the Mets face an identity crisis, Michael Cuddyer capped a night of Mets resiliancy
Michael Cuddyer’s story for 2015 has gone seemingly parallel to the Mets story of 2015. Both of them have experienced an identity crisis over the first third of the season. His overall line had been serviceable for the Mets, but nothing that stood out in particular. He was hitting .267/.323/.403 with eight doubles, a triple, six…
Michael Baron
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The meaning of the no-hitter, and what the Giants do that the Mets don’t
In a way, everything about the no-hitter put the Mets in their place, which is clearly separate than that of the Giants. The Mets battered and beaten lineup took the ultimate hit on Tuesday night against the World Champion Giants. They were no-hit by a rookie named Chris Heston making just the 13th start of his young…
Michael Baron
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What the heck happened at Citi Field last night?
As the light of a new day pours into the windows of my apartment, the realization of what happened to the Mets on Tuesday night becomes harder and harder to avoid. Playing in front of their home fans last night, the Mets were no-hit by Giants rookie pitcher Chris Heston–a sentence I still can’t believe…
Rich MacLeod
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