Posted on 13 May 2012. Tags: atlanta, atlanta-braves, diego-padres, game, history, miami-marlins, salute-the-most, since-the-1962, subway, team-history, week-on-twitter
The #8000games8000memories hash tag that was briefly trending nationwide this week on Twitter was supposed to be a fun way to salute the most memorable highlights in New York Mets franchise history in the hours leading up to their 8,000th game since the 1962 season. Unfortunately, most of the top memories posted by fans had to do with the fact that the team holds baseball’s longest streak without a no-hitter. With its ace, Johan Santana , on the mound for the May 11 contest against the Miami Marlins , many fans got the feeling in their gut that game No
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Posted on 12 May 2012. Tags: bases, beach, california, career, concessions, hardly-the-sort, kids, marlins, mets, mound, nolasco, season, takes-the-mound
Maybe it’s time for the Marlins to think about “California-izing” their new ballpark when Ricky Nolasco takes the mound. Perhaps stick an In-N-Out Burger in the concessions area
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Posted on 12 May 2012. Tags: daniel-murphy, david-wright, fourth, fourth-straight, loss-despite, mets, ricky-nolasco, runs-on-nine, season, two-run-single
MIAMI, May 12 (UPI) — David Wright went 4-for-6 with a homer and three RBI Saturday, powering the New York Mets past Miami 9-3. Wright’s solo homer in the third put New York ahead for good at 2-1 and he added run-scoring hits in the first and ninth innings, sparking the Mets’ 16-hit attack. Daniel Murphy added three hits and an RBI, and Andres Torres chipped in with a two-run single for the Mets, who won for the sixth time in seven games
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Posted on 12 May 2012. Tags: bases, career, daniel-murphy, fourth, game, hanley-ramirez, hayes-as-torres, logan-morrison, marlins, marlins-notes, miami-marlins, national-league, nolasco, saturday-wright, torres
MIAMI — David Wright had four hits, homered, and drove in three runs, R.A. Dickey pitched six innings, and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 9-3 on Saturday. Wright went 4 for 6, raising his batting average to .402, which leads the National League
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Posted on 12 May 2012. Tags: angeles-dodgers, atlanta-braves, books, detroit-tigers, houston, kansas, louis-cardinals, miami-marlins, network-follow, seattle, toronto
The 2012 MLB regular season is well underway with a full month of baseball already in the books. It is still a long road to October baseball but paths are already starting to take shape and many surprises have already occurred along the way.
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Posted on 12 May 2012. Tags: bullpen, frank-francisco, game, hanley-ramirez, logan-morrison, marlins, mets, miami, mound, network, outstretched, plate
Miami, FL (Sports Network) – Greg Dobbs’ RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Miami Marlins over the New York Mets, 6-5, in the opener of a three-game series. Down 5-4, Giancarlo Stanton started the home ninth with a double to left- center field off Frank Francisco (1-2). Stanton moved to third when Gaby Sanchez flied out and crossed the plate on Emilio Bonifacio’s RBI single to right.
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Posted on 11 May 2012. Tags: accessibility, after-wright, david-wright, johan-santana, mets, santana, venezuela, vitamin-water, years
David Wright ‘s squeaky-clean image and inherent charm helped him land endorsement deals in the past with Vitamin Water, Mission skin care, Wilson and Delta Air Lines , so there’s no doubt he is the most marketable athlete on the New York Mets roster.
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Posted on 07 May 2012. Tags: citizens-bank, collecting-four, daniel-murphy, david-wright, east-instead, hits, hunter-pence, jonathon-niese, loss-at-houston, mets, phillies, ruben-tejada, team, young-award
The New York Mets were expected to be at the bottom of the NL East. Instead, the team in the cellar is the one that’s won it five years running – the Philadelphia Phillies .
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Posted on 06 May 2012. Tags: adam-on-twitter, bullpen, francisco, game, houston, houston-astros, mets, sandy-alderson, saving-the-mets, season, team, yahoo
Frank Francisco saved more than just a game on Sunday, May 6th, he saved the weekend for the New York Mets. On Sunday, Francisco closed out the Mets’ 3-1 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Posted on 06 May 2012. Tags: daniel-murphy, diamondbacks, florida, florida-state, frank-francisco, hits, league-collins, miguel-montero, ninth, struck-out-four, trevor-cahill, york
NEW YORK, N.Y. R.A. Dickey baffled the Diamondbacks with his knuckleball, pitching shutout ball into the ninth inning to lead the New York Mets over Arizona 3-1 Sunday.
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Posted on 06 May 2012. Tags: average-on-apr, baseball-fans, batting-average, foreseeable, helped-the-team, mets, miami-marlins, reyes, ronny-cedeno, tejada
Mark down May 6, 2012, as the date New York Mets fans started to finally miss former shortstop Jose Reyes.
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Posted on 06 May 2012. Tags: daniel-murphy, diamondbacks, down-the-final, frank-francisco, jason-kubel, lead-off-walk, ninth, runs-on-five, series-at-citi, staking-the-new, trevor-cahill
NEW YORK, May 6 (UPI) — Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey yielded only one run over eight innings Sunday, staking the New York Mets to a 3-1 victory Arizona
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Posted on 06 May 2012. Tags: cahill, diamondbacks, dickey, fourth, game, games, gibson, jason-kubel, power, press, time, trevor-cahill, trip, york
by Nick Piecoro – May. 6, 2012 06:49 PM The Republic | azcentral.com NEW YORK — Miguel Montero didn’t think it was just gone
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Posted on 06 May 2012. Tags: apple, bats-as-weapons, chicago, david-wright, event, hulkster, mets, warrior, wright, wwe, zombie, zombie-attack
Will the New York Mets be prepared when brain-eating zombies infest the the Big Apple? Here’s a look at the top five New York Mets most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse : 1) Jon Rauch : Rauch is one scary dude. When brain-eating zombies attack, you have to bet that a 6-foot-11 man with neck tattoos would find a way to get through it unscathed.
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