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Mets Morning News: By executive order, Panic City has been renamed Comeback City

Your Wednesday morning dose of New York Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Meet the Mets

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Travis d'Arnaud celebrated a bases loaded walk with a bat flip that ended up going pretty poorly.

Phillies bench coach Larry Bowa went ballistic after Hansel Robles quick pitched against Darin Ruf and the benches almost cleared. Bowa also very visibly threatened Daniel Murphy.

David Wright likely will get the night off tonight after playing back to back games. Wright greeted the Mets at their hotel in full uniform with some cookies!

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of Dwight Gooden's 20th victory in 1985.

Juan Uribe worked out at first base before the game for the Mets.

The Mets have a pair of Appalachian League All-Stars in catcher Patrick Mazeika and outfielder Kevin Kaczmarski.

This is what it's like to raise a Mets fan. Have you had a similar experience?

Around the NL East

Still a 5.5 game lead for the Mets after the Nationals defeated the Padres. Denard Span is back for the Nats.

The Marlins have beaten the Pirates more than the Mets have beaten the Pirates this year because baseball is weird. Giancarlo Stanton thinks the Marlins a lot further away from competing than Dan Jennings. Uh oh.

Meanwhile, the Braves couldn't beat the Rockies yesterday.

Can the Phillies fix their rotation for 2016? Let's hope not.

Around the Majors

The Red Sox are parting ways with play by play announcer Don Orsillo and fan response was definitely not positive to this news.

Hanley Ramirez is moving to first base next season for the Red Sox.

Grant Brisbee looked at the five biggest regrets of last offseason.

Here's a shocker: Curt Schilling posted something stupid on social media and got reprimanded for it.

This Date In Mets History

The Bobby Valentine era began on this date in 1996!

Yesterday At AA

Curtis Granderson is not afraid to get his uniform dirty.

Should the Mets go back to a four-man bench?

Wilmer Flores has been better than Carlos Gomez since the trade deadline!

Sean Gilmartin was a forgotten hero in Monday's victory.

Who will the Mets get back from the DL before the season ends?

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