Category: Op-Ed
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Bleeding Orange and Blue, David Wright experienced what he was dreaming of
The Mets were well on their way to clinching the National League East on their own terms before Matt Harvey even toed the pitching rubber at Great American Ballpark late Saturday afternoon. And despite the Mets carrying a 7-2 lead into the ninth inning on Saturday, the game couldn’t have had a more fitting ending to…
Michael Baron
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Matt Harvey saved his best day – and best judgment – for when it mattered most
Perhaps there is an I in team after all. On Saturday, Matt Harvey saved his best day – and perhaps his wisest day – for the most important day the Mets have had in nine years. The Mets ace was assigned with hand delivering the promise he made in Spring Training to the team that drafted him…
Michael Baron
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It’s been 9 long years, but the Mets are actually on the verge of a title…
What a long, strange trip it’s been. That old, clichéd saying that most of us can find in our high school yearbooks rings especially true when it comes to this baseball franchise over the last decade. It’s been nine years since the Mets last postseason berth, and boy has a lot gone down since then.…
Rich MacLeod
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The Mets are close to celebrating their best moment in nine years…
The Mets could be hours away from clinching their first Natioanl League Eastern Division Championship in nine years in their 155th game on Saturday. The media has been talking about the team’s highly probably and now all but certain playoff berth for weeks. The fans have been cautiously optimistic for the same period of time.…
Michael Baron
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Lucas Duda is getting hot at the right time – hopefully it lasts…
It’s hard to conclude a player who has 24 home runs has had a quiet, inconsistent season. However, Lucas Duda has defined inconsistency for the Mets in 2015. But thanks to two small spurts of dominance, his numbers closely resemble his production from 2014, if only a slight dropoff from that. But Duda’s 2014 season was…
Michael Baron
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