Category: Op-Ed
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Needing to think outside the box for lefty relief help, the Mets may have a solution
The Mets have been searching for a competent left-handed specialist since the middle of March, but have come up empty in each attempt. But perhaps they’ve had their lefty specialist all along – they just never realized it. Hansel Robles entered the game in relief of Steven Matz in the seventh inning on Friday night. He was…
Michael Baron
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Under the bright spotlight, Steven Matz passed an important test on Friday
Steven Matz said before he took the mound on Friday he remembers many instances when he and his family would watch the Mets and Yankees clash in the Subway Series on TV. But he had never attended a Mets/Yankees game in person. That changed for him on Friday night, but the difference was he wasn’t…
Michael Baron
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The three longest tenured Mets drove their subway car to a win on Friday
In what has been a rarity since July 31, the Mets got some offense from people not named Yoenis Cespedes on Friday night. For it was David Wright, Lucas Duda, and Daniel Murphy who had big nights early for the Mets, while Juan Uribe put the capper of the opener of their three-game subway series against the Yankees on Friday night. Each…
Michael Baron
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Identifying the Mets turning point in 2015…
It’s easy to look back at July 24 being the red letter date for the Mets season in 2015. It was the day the Mets acquired both Kelly Johnson and Juan Uribe from the Braves, while also purchasing Michael Conforto’s contract from Double-A Binghamton. All of these transactions have paid dividends beyond expectation. It’s also easy to…
Michael Baron
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It’s not about taking back New York anymore…
New York, New York. It’s the city that never sleeps. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere as the classic Sinatra tune claims. This city is one collective, living, breathing thing. When it comes to baseball, however, this city is divided. Especially this weekend. But as the Mets and Yankees face…
Rich MacLeod
Just Mets 