Brett Myers and Carlos Lee Make Their Mark in the Astros 4-1 Victory over the Mets

By Joe McDonald at 29 August, 2010, 3:44 pm

New York – Righty Brett Myers pitched seven shutout innings to lead the Houston Astros (59-70) to a 4-1 victory over the New York Mets (64-65) in Saturday night baseball at Citi Field. First baseman Carlos Lee was all the offense and defense Houston needed to help the Astros take Game Two on a very [...]

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K-Rod Gets Deserving Boos

By Joe McDonald at 15 August, 2010, 6:01 pm

New York – Top of the ninth Saturday evening and Francisco Rodriguez came out of the pen at Citi Field. It was the more familiar surroundings of the bullpen, not a holding pen at Citi Field where he was retained after his altercation Wednesday evening stemming from an ugly incident with his girlfriend’s father. The [...]

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Second Shutout for Mets Starters leads to 1-0 Victory over Phillies

By Joe McDonald at 14 August, 2010, 4:29 pm

New York – If a doctor were to sit down and write out a prescription for the Mets it would read like this: “A shutout a day will keep the losing streak at bay.”  The New York Mets (58-57) were able to do just that behind a very strong starting performance from knuckleball specialist R. [...]

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Mets bullpen causes another loss and K-Rod arrested for assault after the game

By Joe McDonald at 12 August, 2010, 10:59 am

New York -  As ugly as the New York Mets 6-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies was Wednesday evening at Citi Field, things got worse moments later in the family room when closer Frankie Rodriguez assaulted his father-in-law and was charged with third degree assault. Rodriguez took his anguish out on reporters in the clubhouse [...]

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Mets Open Hall of Fame To New Members

By Joe McDonald at 2 August, 2010, 8:08 pm

Flushing, NY – In a belated attempt to address criticism from fans that the New York Mets have ignored the team’s history since moving into Citi Field in 2009, the Mets inducted four new members on Sunday, August 1.  Frank Cashen,  Dwight Gooden, Davey Johnson and Darryl Strawberry, into its Hall of Fame. The four [...]

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Snakes Continue To Bite Mets

By Joe McDonald at 31 July, 2010, 1:26 pm

New York – Last week at Chase Field in Phoenix Arizona the Diamondbacks handed the New York Mets a three-game sweep. That continued, in what would be a dismal 2-9 west coast trip for New York that had them looking for redemption at Citi Field Friday evening, However, Mike Pelfrey continued to have his first [...]

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Dickey and Davis Lead the Way in 4-0 Victory over Cardinals

By Joe McDonald at 30 July, 2010, 10:39 am

New York – Starting pitcher R.A. Dickey went a season-high eight and one-thirds innings, giving up only four hits to help the New York Mets (52-50) blank the St. Louis Cardinals (56-46) by the score of 4-0 in afternoon baseball at Citi Field on Thursday. Dickey (7-4) was able to stretch his scoreless streak this [...]

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2-9 Trip Leaves Mets on a Road to Nowhere

By Joe McDonald at 26 July, 2010, 4:24 pm

About two months ago, I wrote about the dichotomy that was the New York Mets as Major League Baseball’s winningest team at home while collecting the major’s fewest road victories. Since that time, little has changed. The Mets have remained pretty strong at Citi Field, while cooling off just a bit there, going 11-7 since [...]

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Mancuso: Mets End A Bright First Half

By Joe McDonald at 12 July, 2010, 12:28 pm

Four days from now for the New York Mets to think about what is ahead for the remaining 75 games. At the All-Star break they are 48-40 and four games back of the second place Atlanta Braves in the NL East.  They will take it, so will their fans. An accomplishment because last season at [...]

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