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Looking Ahead: May 2008

The next part in the preview series in May 2008. In May the Mets will play:Washington 4 timesAtlanta 3 timesFlorida 3 timesArizona 3 timesLAD 6 timesCinn. 3 timesYankees 3 times Colorado 3 times In the breakdown, the Mets in May … Continue reading

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Get To Know a Prospect: Brant Rustich

Brant Rustich, a 23 year-old rhp prospect, was named at #6 on the November 2007 Baseball America Top 10 Mets Prospect List. He was also named the best fastball in the Mets system. Lets learn a little more about this … Continue reading

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Looking Ahead: April 2008

April was the best month for the Mets by far last year and looking at this year, April will be an important test for the team. I know that April games don't mean anything, but when the division is lost … Continue reading

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2008 Interleague Play

Last year the Mets had arguably the toughest Interleague schedule in the NL East. So lets compare the Interleague games for this upcoming season. Mets:6 vs Yanks3 vs Rangers3 vs Angels3 vs Mariners Phillies:3 vs Blue Jays3 vs Red Sox3 … Continue reading

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Baseball Around the World

            MLB is going global this spring. Baseball announced yesterday that the Padres and the Dodgers will be playing two games in Beijing, China (March 15 and 16). They will be playing in the stadium that will be … Continue reading

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Best Rotation in the NL East

In the week of January 14th, 2008, Sporting News, in their baseball section ranked each leagues starting rotation. Out of the 16, the Braves got ranked 8th, the Mets 9th, the Phillies 10th, Nationals 15th and the Marlins 16th.Needless to … Continue reading

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Numbers Daily: Mets 9th Inning Stats

I haven't done a Numbers Daily in a while (mainly because it generally relates to recently played games) so today I decided to dig up some numbers. Ninth inning drama. Who can win it? Who do you want AB? Thats … Continue reading

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Get To Know a Prospect: Jon Niese

Jon Niese is one of those prospects who does not get his name thrown around a lot. I first heard of him at before the 2007 baseball season from Street and Smith's Baseball (2007). He was listed as number 5 … Continue reading

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Book Review: Believeniks!

Believeniks! 2005: The Year We Wrote a Book About the Mets by Ivan Felt and Harris Conklin is not your average book about the Mets. The book is made up of a series of letters from each of the authors … Continue reading

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Evaluating Street and Smith's Baseball 2007 Predictions

Baseball is almost at that time of year again where everybody starts to make predictions for next year in terms of players and teams. At this point in the year, I am always ready for these predictions because they give … Continue reading

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