Category: Op-Ed
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While losing stinks, the Mets have played their hearts out this weekend
Losses are always frustrating, and most of the time beyond aggravating. It brings out some very insane, irrational thoughts and words from fans and other on-lookers. It’s fair to say people hate losing more than they like winning. It’s certainly easier to feed off of the negative than it is to embrace the positive. That’s just a fact…
Michael Baron
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The Mets broke the rules on Saturday night, and lost because of it
In the midst of a pennant race, if a team does not play by the rules, more often than not that team is going to lose. And on Saturday, the Mets lost, in large measure because they did not play by the rules. With Francisco Cervelli on second base and nobody out, Starlin Marte bounced a ball to Daniel…
Michael Baron
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Bartolo Colon showed on Friday he still has what it takes to win
It hasn’t been a great season for Bartolo Colon by any stretch of the imagination. The one time Opening Day starter for the Mets finds himself as close to being a spare part as he can just 4 1/2 months later. He’s allowed a league-high 162 hits in 141 1/3 innings in 2015, while pitching to…
Michael Baron
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Yoenis Cespedes’ free swinging both helped and hurt the Mets on Friday
It was the best – and worst – of both worlds to having Yoenis Cespedes in the middle of the Mets lineup on Friday night. On the one hand, Cespedes had three hits and fell a triple short of the cycle in the Mets 3-2 loss to the Pirates at Citi Field. He is now hitting .304…
Michael Baron
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Bobby Parnell’s journey hit another snag on Friday, raising fair questions
It’s been a long and winding road for Bobby Parnell, a journey that has lasted over two years. It started with being diagnosed with a herniated disc in his neck after an appearance against the Marlins on July 31, 2013. That injury would require surgery and that game was the last he would pitch until Opening…
Michael Baron
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