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Jeff Francoeur Is Just What The Mets Needed?
Jeff Francoeur has played all of twelve games with the Mets, posting a modest but encouraging .817 OPS. Too soon to call it a win for the Mets? Too soon to look at his statistics as if they are any way predictive? Too soon to post a sparkly magic pony picture of him rubbing his grissiony chin? None...
An Open Letter To ESPN
To whom it may concern: Please remove Steve Phillips from all of your baseball broadcasts. During Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter, Phillips has been a relatively unspectacular commentator. Allowing Phillips to speak outside of these timed, mostly scripted intervals, however, has proven to be like...
Pressing The Panic Button
You know those Mets fans who post irrationally in forums, calling for Beltran's trade everytime he makes an error? Yea, turns out those people run the Mets: But while Mets people are all understandably thrilled to be in their comfy new confines, a slow start that has revealed weaknesses in the...
Productive Gangsta Outs>Hits
Marty Noble brings out all of our favorite cliches, just in time for the spring! Among the defeats the Mets endured during their September slide last season was one that particularly distressed their manager, because he was certain that it could have been averted had his hitters not adhered to...
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