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Keidel: Mets, Yankees Fans Can Rejoice In The Fates Of Their Archrivals
By Jason Keidel » More Columns New York baseball has been predictably linear this year. The Yankees are running nearly wire-to-wire to the American League East crown. All of us had the Mets at around...
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Mets’ Collins: Third-Place Finish? ‘Believe Me,’ That’s Not Our Goal
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Don’t look now, but the Mets are tied with the Phillies for third place. That means New York is right on target for its much-debated end-of-season goal, right? Wrong, according...
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Homers From Baxter, Hairston Not Enough As Mets Drop Series Finale To Phils
PHILADELPHIA (CBSNewYork/AP) — A little pop-up caused a lot of trouble for the New York Mets – and it didn’t work out so well for the Philadelphia Phillies, either. Pitcher Jonathon Niese dropped a...
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Palladino: Oh The Pressure! Yankees, Mets In Different Worlds
By Ernie Palladino » More Ernie Palladino Columns The end of August has brought the Mets and Yankees to two distinct mindsets, and one might well wonder if the Bombers are just a little bit envious of...
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Palladino: A Change Of Mind On Mets Rookie Matt Harvey
By Ernie Palladino » More Ernie Palladino Columns Mark it down. Sept. 4, 2012. The day I changed my mind. It doesn’t happen that often because, well, you know, I know better than they do. But this...
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Coleman: Third Place? Fourth Place? Does It Really Matter, Mets Fans?
By Ed Coleman » More Columns After being declared dead, the Mets have suddenly come to life. The low point came after a four-game sweep at Citi Field by the lowly Colorado Rockies, and then a loss the...
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Hartnett: Mets’ Reported Mega-Offer Is A Dilemma For David Wright
‘Hart of the Order’ By Sean Hartnett » More Columns David Wright is in a very difficult place. There are rare situations when being the face of a franchise isn’t enviable. This is one of them. The...
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Coleman: Is A New Day Dawning For The Mets?
By Ed Coleman » More Columns By any stretch of the imagination, Wednesday was a banner day for Mets fans everywhere. When owner Fred Wilpon announced in Florida that the financial turmoil that had...
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Coleman: Can The Mets’ Offense Get Any Worse?
By Ed Coleman » More Columns When the Mets began their most recent home stand back on April 19 — one which saw them go 3-6, by the way — they were a .500 baseball team averaging a robust six runs per...
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Mets Postponed In Atlanta, Niese Scheduled To Pitch Sunday
ATLANTA (CBSNewYork/AP) — Mets manager Terry Collins and Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez see signs that their teams are both emerging from an offensive slump. Despite having rain postpone Saturday’s...
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Top Pitching Prospect Zack Wheeler Eager, Excited To Make Major-League Debut
ATLANTA (CBSNewYork/AP) — Now that he’s about to make his highly anticipated debut with the New York Mets, Zack Wheeler will rely on some advice he got from a minor league coach. Don’t look up. “I know...
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Schwei: Bad Weekend in D.C., Murphy’s Big Day And More Mets Notes
By John Schweibacher » More Columns The Mets have lost three games in a row for the first time since the middle of June as they head to Miami to take on the Marlins. The last time the Mets were in...
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Report: Barring Disastrous Final Weeks, Collins Likely To Remain Mets’ Manager
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Will Terry Collins return as Mets manager next year? It’s not clear at the moment. The skipper, whose contract will expire at the end of the season, is finishing up his third...
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Charlie Manuel Fired As Phillies Manager; Ryne Sandberg Takes Over
PHILADELPHIA (CBSNewYork/AP) — That’s all she wrote. Charlie Manuel was fired as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, with his team way out of the pennant race and in a tailspin since the...
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Palladino: Mets In Danger Of Becoming Irrelevant — Again
By Ernie Palladino » More Ernie Palladino Columns Before their 6-2 win over the Brewers Tuesday, the Mets were predictably easing on down the road to irrelevancy, a locale they have visited far too...
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Palladino: Believe It Or Not, Mets Still Have Shot In Weak NL East
By Ernie Palladino » More Ernie Palladino Columns Using the Mets in the same sentence as luck might not be the most prudent of structure this year, especially as they appear poised at the precipice of...
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Eddie C’s Mets Notebook: Sandy Alderson Answers Some Pressing Questions
By Ed Coleman » More Columns It wasn’t exactly State of the Mets, but G.M. Sandy Alderson - after a 1-6 road trip and watching his team lose 7 of 8 games - met the media prior to Friday night’s...
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Mets Reliever Torres Frustrated By Long-Ball Woes
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — The game-ending homer Mets reliever Carlos Torres gave up to Washington’s Bryce Harper in the bottom of the 13th inning was the latest example of the righty’s problems. In...
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Montero Gets Ball As Mets Begin Series Against First-Place Nats
The Nationals won't have to face Mets impressive rookie Jacob deGrom on Tuesday night, but they haven't required any such breaks to win in New York recently.
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Palladino: Views From Below Much Different For Yankees, Mets
By Ernie Palladino » More Ernie Palladino Columns Life is all about perspective, and there is nothing that presents more differing viewpoints than the case of the Yanks and Mets. The Yanks went into...
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Collins Says 2nd-Place Mets Not About To Push Panic Button
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Bartolo Colon is finally missing a few spots — and beginning to act his age. Matt Adams hit a long three-run homer, Jason Heyward also connected and the St. Louis Cardinals...
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Palladino: Mets Need To Solve Road Woes Before It’s Too Late
By Ernie Palladino » More Ernie Palladino Columns The Mets can lay the blame anywhere they wish for the issues that had them in second place and one game over .500 Monday. But it all adds up to the...
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Mets’ Collins Takes Blame For Absolutely Brutal Defeat
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York Mets manager Terry Collins said the stakes were high enough Wednesday that he should’ve turned to closer Jeurys Familia before the ninth inning. Instead, with...
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Cespedes, Mets Hammer Marlins 12-1, Take NL East Lead
Yoenis Cespedes hit three doubles and the New York Mets took over first place in the NL East, routing the Miami Marlins 12-1 Monday night.
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Mets’ Collins ‘Concerned’ About Struggling Reliever Bobby Parnell
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Mets fell flat in a flash. Soon after a sudden storm, some sloppy play by the NL East leaders helped propel Pittsburgh to an 8-1 victory Sunday that sealed the Pirates’...
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Syndergaard Still Winless On Road; Mets’ Lead Shrinks To 3.5 Games
BALTIMORE (CBSNewYork/AP) — One streak ended, one streak remained intact. Neither of those developments was good for the New York Mets. Henry Urrutia broke a ninth-inning tie with his first major...
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Keidel: This Isn’t The Time To Rest Matt Harvey
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Rumor is the Mets may ease off the pitching pedal this weekend, and nudge Matt Harvey off the mound before Sunday’s scheduled start in Colorado. But it’s way too early to...
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Keidel: Told You So! Mets Emerging As Kings Of N.Y. Baseball
By Jason Keidel » More Columns As we well know, four months ago I wrote a piece proclaiming the Mets were about to leapfrog the Yanks as New York’s No. 1 baseball club. I was called all manner of...
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Mets Explode In 13th To Cap Come-From-Behind Win Over Phillies
First baseman Daniel Murphy snapped a tie with a two-run double in a four-run 13th inning, lifting the New York Mets to a 9-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.
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Tejada Hits Inside-The-Park Home Run As Mets Beat Phillies 9-4
Ruben Tejada collected two hits, including an inside-the-park home run, and four RBIs on Wednesday night as the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-4 at Citi Field.
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Wright Snaps Tie As Red-Hot Mets Come Back To Beat Marlins
Third baseman David Wright laced a tie-breaking ground-rule RBI double with two outs in the seventh inning as the New York Mets produced another comeback win.
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Marlins Hammer Mets 9-3, Snap Amazins’ 8-Game Winning Streak
Second baseman Dee Gordon had four hits, including a two-run homer in the ninth inning, and right-handed pitcher Tom Koehler wriggled out of numerous jams.
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Mets Drop Second Straight, Blanked By Marlins 6-0
Rookie left-hander Adam Conley allowed three hits over seven shutout innings Wednesday night, when the Miami Marlins hit three solo homers in a 6-0 win over the New York Mets at Citi Field.
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Marlins Beat Nats In D.C.; Mets’ Lead In NL East Back To 8 Games
Justin Bour hit a three-run homer during a four-run fifth inning as Miami beat the Nationals 6-4 on Thursday.
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Mets Inch Closer To NL East Title, Blank Atlanta 4-0
Left-hander Jonathon Niese combined with three relievers on a five-hitter Monday night, when the New York Mets edged closer to the National League East title by beating the Atlanta Braves 4-0 at Citi...
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Freeman Hits 3-Run Shot In The 9th As Braves Beat Mets 6-3
First baseman Freddie Freeman capped a brief but very productive night by hitting a tiebreaking, three-run homer with one out in the ninth inning Wednesday night, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 6-3 win.
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Mets Finish The Job, Clinch First Division Title Since 2006
CINCINNATI (AP) — The New York Mets clinched the NL East title for their first postseason berth since 2006 by beating the Cincinnati Reds 10-2 Saturday behind Lucas Duda’s first career grand slam and...
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Schwei’s Mets Notes: Amazin’s Clinch Sixth National League East Title
By John Schweibacher » More Columns The National League East champion New York Mets will finish out the 2015 regular season this week with their final three road games of the year in Philadelphia,...
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2016 NL East Preview: Can The Mets Be Beaten?
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports Opening Day is right around the corner. As the calendar gets ready to turn to April, we prepare for another spring/summer full of the thrills of the diamond. With spring...
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Mets’ Sluggish Homestand Continues With 10 Inning, 6-5 Loss To Yankees
Starlin Castro's sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning lifted the New York Yankees to a 6-5 win over the New York Mets on Monday night in the first Subway Series game of the season at Citi Field.
View ArticleSchwei: Hits And Walks Highlight Mets’ Trip
By John Schweibacher » More Columns The Mets return home to Citi Field this week to host their NL East rivals, the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. Jose Reyes comes into the series with a 24-game...
View ArticleFor Terry Collins’ Mets, Home Is Where The Heartache Is
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — With its fences brought in, Citi Field was supposed to be an advantage for the Mets this season. And it was — for awhile. But now it seems New York can’t buy a win in...
View ArticleDavid Wright: Decision Over Mets Future Probably Won’t Come Down To Cash
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — We’ve seen it before. For many MLB stars, cash talks. But not for third baseman David Wright, who told the New York Post that the “money issue” probably won’t be “the deciding...
View ArticleCoutinho: Mets Packing It In? That Can’t Be Tolerated
By Rich Coutinho » More Columns We all know the Mets’ season has gone down the chute quicker than a Nolan Ryan fastball. We all know how poorly they’ve played at Citi Field since the All-Star break. We...
View ArticleReport: ‘No Chance’ Free-Falling Mets Will Fire Terry Collins
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Sure, Mets fans may be fretting over the rapid decline of their favorite team. But it doesn’t seem like manager Terry Collins will have to worry about his job status as New York...
View ArticleMets Manager Terry Collins: ‘It Would Be Great For Us To Finish Third’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The Mets have been thoroughly disappointing in the second half of the season — their 46-39 record on July 7 seems like a lifetime ago — but manager Terry Collins insists that...
View ArticleMets Can’t Find Answer To Scherzer, Nationals Remain Unbeaten At Citi
NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer struck out 10 over eight masterful innings to reach double digits for the fifth straight start and limited the Mets to four hits, leading the Washington Nationals over New...
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30 Players: Top Prospects Set To Leave Mark On NL East
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. American League: East |...
View ArticleThe National League Playoff Race Is Perfectly Set Up For Plenty Of Drama
By Matt Citak The 2018 MLB campaign is turning out to be a tale of two seasons. Over in the American League, the closest division race can be found in the AL West, where the Houston Astros hold a 3.5...
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New-Look NL East Suddenly Baseball’s Deepest Division
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) — For years, the NL East has been soft as a bunt single. Not anymore. Even before Bryce Harper decided to stay inside the division, four of the five teams spent...
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