Category: Feature Stories
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Spring Training wins were important to the Mets
Spring Training wins don’t mean anything, right? Don’t tell that to the Mets in 2015. Early on in camp, Terry Collins recognized the importance of proving they could beat the Nationals, simply because they hadn’t for the most part in two years. They had gone 11-27 against Washington since 2013 heading into Monday’s game. They were out-homered 26-7…
Michael Baron
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The Mets and doing the little things to win games
Just seven months ago, it seemed like it was the Mets making the mistakes, failing to execute the little things, and getting pummeled as a result by the division rival Nationals seemingly every time they met. The same can be said about 2013 as well. The Mets had lost 27 of the previous 38 match-ups…
Michael Baron
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The time is now, the Mets are a playoff team
We all remember what happened the last time the Mets played October baseball. Since Carlos Beltran and rest of the ’06 squad walked off the field of Shea Stadium after losing Game 7 of the NLCS that night, a lot has happened. The Mets didn’t make it back the next year, or the year after…
Rich MacLeod
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The Mets can be a playoff team, but there’s one thing holding them back…
As I said this morning, this is a talented group of players who seem to only be getting better, more confident, and more reinforced as time goes on. This is a 95-win pitching staff to me, and if they make the playoffs, they can be extremely dangerous. Their starting rotation is as deep as anyone’s…
Michael Baron
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The hope – and the expectation – that has sprung for eternity with these Mets
“We have high expectations,’’ manager Terry Collins told Kevin Kernan of the New York Post. “A lot of it is because we basically went out and got a No. 1 pitcher — Matt Harvey — even though he’s been ours, we got a No. 1 starting pitcher. They’re hard to find.’’ This is the new…
Michael Baron
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