Category: Op-Ed
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Why are we fussing over who writes the Mets lineups?
So much has been made about the Mets lineup on Opening Day, who posted it, and what the reasoning was behind it. It all started when Adam Rubin of ESPN New York tweeted this on Monday about the unusual lineup the Mets posted on Opening Day: No surprise, but heard this lineup configuration is coming from a computer…
Michael Baron
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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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Jeurys Familia’s electricity showed up just at the right time
Jeurys Familia’s electricity – which had so many excited and clamoring for him to eventually transition into the team’s closer – was largely absent during spring training last month. It appeared Familia’s velocity was inconsistent at best, the life on his fastball was nonexistent, and he got battered more often than not to the tune of…
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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