Monthly Archives: September 2008

Game Preview: Nationals vs Mets

The Mets will attempt to complete the two game sweep of the Nationals tonight and guarantee a winning season. Tonight will be pitting Mike Pelfrey who has dominated the Nationals this year against Odalis Perez. The overall goal once again … Continue reading

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An Entertaining Game with a Phillies Loss

If you like great pitching, than with the exception of Stokes and Ayala, tonight was not your night. If you like offense, lead changes, a homeruns, then tonight was probably your heaven. All in all tonight was a very entertaining … Continue reading

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Game Preview: Nationals vs Mets

If the ran holds out, the Mets will play the Nationals today and try to increase their division lead and attempt to guarantee a .500 season with a win tonight. Oliver Perez, a free agent at the end of the … Continue reading

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Cliff Floyd the Leader

Cliff Floyd was one of my personal favorites when he was on the Mets, and he really has been a leader this year on the Tampa Bay club. He is one of the few veterans on the club that is … Continue reading

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250,000th Home Run In History

On Sunday, I wrote about how Baseball-Reference.com is doing a count to the 250.000th homer in history. And, like everything in baseball, the actual homerun was going to be complicated. Rain rules in baseball are funny, if a game gets … Continue reading

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With Wagner Out, the Immediate Future, Less Immediate Future

The Mets got bad news today, but news that we were starting to expect. Wagner is out with a torn ligament, and the surgery will knock him out all of next year as well. So that leaves some questions with … Continue reading

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Baseball Thoughts: Orioles Tickets for a Dollar, Fenway Ticket Sales, AL East and NL West

How do you know if your team is struggling to get people in the ball park? Your team opens up a $1 dollar section in the ball park. At Camden Yards, the Upper Deck on the third base side has … Continue reading

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Elimination Update

We are one week into September, and there are a good amount of new members to the eliminated from winning the division and eliminated from winning the wild card club. Last update, Seattle, Washington, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh were all eliminated … Continue reading

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Santana, Delgado Keep the Lead at 2: Game 2

The Mets dropped Friday's game to the Phillies. The Mets dropped Sunday Game 1 to the Phillies. The lead is down to one. If the Phils win, its a sweep, demons of September's past start to get released, and the … Continue reading

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Not the Bullpen's Fault: Game 1

Well, you can't blame the pen for today's loss in the opener, that's for sure. Once again, Pedro had problems figuring out the Phillies, and they were able to put up a 6 spot in 4 innings. At the same … Continue reading

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