Category: Op-Ed
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The turbulent season for Wilmer Flores ultimately became his greatest lesson
To say Wilmer Flores has had one of the more busy regular seasons of anyone on the Mets – or in baseball for that matter – would be an understatement. The 24-year-old broke camp with the ball club as the starting shortstop amid uncertainty about his defense, whether his offense could carry his defense, and…
Michael Baron
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The tale of three seasons for David Wright ended with the glory he hoped for
Its really been a tale of three seasons for the Mets captain. Per usual, David Wright was an early arrival to Spring Training in Port St. Lucie, working on the field with team personnel from the moment the Super Bowl ended. He spent the next two months there gearing up for what he believed would be a…
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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One year after saying goodbye, Kevin Burkhardt reflects on time with Mets, team’s success since
It was late in September of 2014 when beloved Mets field reporter Kevin Burkhardt walked away after eight seasons holding the mic for SportsNet New York. Now, one year later and thriving with FOX as in-studio host for MLB Whiparound, as well as play-by-play man for the NFL on FOX, Burkhardt sat down with Just Mets…
Rich MacLeod
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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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