Category: Michael Baron
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The Mets are faced with a daunting task in Los Angeles, but so are the Dodgers
Indeed, the Mets face a tall task of overcoming the two Dodger aces at the top of the rotation in Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke. For the second time this season, the Mets will face both of them on back-to-back days at Dodger Stadium on Friday and Saturday night. And while the Mets will be throwing out…
Michael Baron
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It’s almost impossible to believe the Mets will play beyond game 162…
For the last seven years anyway, game 162 had simply been accepted as the last day of the year for the Mets. The October darkness in the daylight at Citi Field served as the ominous sign of the long and cold winter without baseball in Queens, and the beginning of a ponderance that maybe, just…
Michael Baron
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The Mets caught the luckiest of breaks through another pitcher’s elbow injury…
It was nearly six months ago to the date the Mets opened their regular season against the Nationals on a sunny afternoon in Washington. It was Bartolo Colon against Max Scherzer, and the game was underway as fans were yelling and screaming about Colon getting the Opening Day honor. But the game went exactly as planned…
Michael Baron
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Matt Harvey has polished a successful comeback season ahead of his greatest competitive challenge
Things haven’t been easy off the field for Matt Harvey in 2015, especially lately as he’s had to deal with constant talk and scrutiny about an innings limit controversy which has surrounded both he and his agent along with the team. But on the field, Harvey has made pitching look pretty easy in his first full year…
Michael Baron
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Noah Syndergaard’s maturity and growth culminated in magnificent fashion on Saturday
If the end of his season was any indication, Noah Syndergaard could have something very special in store when the bell rings on his postseason next weekend. Syndergaard was scintillating for seven innings early Saturday, allowing just two hits in seven innings with a walk and ten strikeouts, allowing only a solo home run to Clint Robinson in…
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