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News: Cops Bust Philly Fans

Posted 41 hours ago at MetsBlog.com

NBC news in Philadelphia reports that 91 minors were cited on Tuesday for underage drinking at Citizens Bank Park, while eight people were charged with showing false ID and nine with disorderly conduct. Police also said seven juveniles under 18…

Dollar Dog Night Lives Up to Reputation

Posted 43 hours ago at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae

Apparently the scene wasn’t pretty last night at Citizens Bank Park. Before the game even started, throngs of undercover police were busting underage kids in the parking lot for drinking adult beverages. Tisk, tisk, kiddies. Then, once the game…

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Note: Ron, Keith and Gary Shirts for Charity

Posted 43 hours ago at MetsBlog.com

SNY’s Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling have launched Pitch in for a Good Cause , where fans can purchase custom designed tee shirts with net proceeds from the sales going to the New York sportscasters’ favorite…

Gary, Keith and Ron Have Class — and a Web Site

Posted 37 hours ago at Mike’s Mets

I received a press release today from GaryKeithandRon.com , a new web site from the SNY announcing crew: Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez & Ron Darling Create Website for a Good Cause T-Shirts Being Sold With Net Profits Going to Announcers’…

Woodie Metpecker

Posted 43 hours ago at Mets Walk-Offs And Other Minutiae

I was as surprised as Gary Cohen when Keith Hernandez said on Tuesday night’s broadcast that Woodie Fryman was the most terrifying pitcher he ever faced. Granted, I’m 33, and my only recollection of Fryman is of an old man on a Fleer baseball card,…

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WATN: Nelson Figueroa is the Last Laugh

Posted 44 hours ago at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae

Former Phillies prospect Nelson Figueroa became quite the story for the Mets earlier this season. He got roughed up by the Nats (!) this week and called out the Washington team for cheerleading like schoolgirls. Well, he just got sent down to the…

Figueroa, Mets lose opener vs. Nats

Posted 44 hours ago at MattTracy.com - Mets and Giants news

In a game that was compared to a day in late September of 2007, the Mets fell flat against the Washington Nationals, as they gave up ten runs and lost by six. Nelson Figueroa was the losing pitcher, and it hurt him so badly to the point where he…

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Opinion: The Turning Point

Posted 44 hours ago at MetsBlog.com

When John Maine plunked Felipe Lopez with the first pitch of the game last night (in response to the Nationals’ bush-league cheering of the night before), a message was sent: don’t mess with the Mets. As Regis Courtemanche stated…

John Maine Is Good

Posted 42 hours ago at Mike’s Mets

Game 37: Mets 6 - Nationals 3 It’s clear that John Maine is someone who you really have to see pitch to appreciate. Most die-hard Mets fans who have seen many of Maine’s performances over the last 2+ seasons believe the young right-hander is the…

First Blood - John "Rambo" Maine Shows Heart

Posted 43 hours ago at Mets Merized Online - Get Metsmerized - New York Mets

When I watched John Maine groove that first pitch right at Felipe Lopez, I had to stand up and watch it again as they played it in slow-mo. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing… For the first time since forever it seems, a Met pitcher actually…

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Paul Lo Duca on ‘Softball Girls’, Nelson Figueroa, and Cheating

Posted 46 hours ago at FanHouse - %CategoryName%

Filed under: New York , Washington, DC , Mets , Nationals , NL East , MLB Gossip , PEDs Paul Lo Duca has been on the DL most of the season with a broken wrist, and isn’t going to be back until close to the all-star break. That’s too bad, because it…

Note: Lo Duca on Figueroa, WFAN

Posted 43 hours ago at MetsBlog.com

Paul LoDuca was a surprise caller to WFAN this afternoon, and answered questions about his health, cheering from the dugout, his inclusion in the Mitchell Report, and other topics. Lo Duca, on his team in-dugout cheerleading, and Nelson Figueroa…

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The story of the B-Mets game is the health of Fernando Martinez. After he came up from a steal attempt he limped off the field with a slight pop in his right hamstring.

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Rays Take Three-Of-Four From Yankees

Posted 0 minutes ago at The Game of Baseball

Shawn Riggans smacked a two-run homer and scored twice as the red-hot Rays downed the Yankees, 5-2, in the finale of a four-game set at Tropicana Field. Akinori Iwamura hit a solo shot, and B.J. Upton and Carl Crawford each plated a run for Tampa…

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Newsday: Best: SNY’s Cohen gets to call Mets game from upper deck

Posted 12 minutes ago at BBTF’s Baseball Primer Newsblog

Well it’s about time somebody called the g-d Met game!…I sat in the freezing rain with Belth and Lederer the other night for over an hour and a….ohh, announcing. It was two hours before Thursday’s Nationals- Mets game, and SNY’s play-by-play m

Mets Need To Get Subway Serious Now!

Posted 2 hours ago at Mets Merized Online - Get Metsmerized - New York Mets

The Mets are floundering. They are a team that intimidates nobody. They are laughed at, joked about, pushed around, and chanted at by even the worst teams in the league. How can they possibly believe they can win a division title under these…

Homestand Against NL Dregs Ends Up With Mets Hanging Heads In Shame

Posted 5 hours ago at Archie Bunker’s Army

What a crap home stand. Say whatever you like about this game, the bottom line is the Mets lost three of four AT HOME to the Nats. That’s like erectile dysfunction, not wanking off and certainly not getting laid. If you were going to try and…

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THE NEWBERG REPORT — May 16, 2008

Posted 37 minutes ago at Newberg Report

Some quick hits today. Hank Blalock was scratched last night from the kickoff ofhis rehab assignment with Frisco when his hamstring — partially torn justthree weeks ago — tightened up during pregame warm-ups.   Good.   There’s no…

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Read: Pressure is On Willie

Posted 41 minutes ago at MetsBlog.com

Much of the media attention regarding the Mets’ recent struggles has been directed toward Willie Randolph. In Newsday , Jim Baumbach writes: “Today, for the first time, you can say it for real. Randolph’s job has to be in…

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Hagen: Interleague play has some redeeming value

Posted 57 minutes ago at BBTF’s Baseball Primer Newsblog

So does Pickettywitch…but I ain’t buying a deluxe gatefold sleeve greatest hit package of their crap!Interleague play has arrived once again as the Phillies prepare to play their natural American League rivals. That, of course, would be the…

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About Yesterday …

Posted 73 minutes ago at The LoHud Mets Blog

Sleeping on it hasn’t changed anything. The Mets still lost three of four from Washington, a team they should smoke. They are playing with the same malaise they did last year during their collapse. This is a team that’s playing uninspired baseball….

SNY: Head to Head: Subway Series debate

Posted 24 hours ago at BBTF’s Baseball Primer Newsblog

Oh, shiit, stay out of all NY bars!…The bogus “SUBWAY SERIES© ® ™ £” is back!  Steve Lombardi & Matthew Cerrone take it on.Lombardi: Actually, the Mets other starters will present problems for the Yankees as well. Lefties have only b

Vote: The Subway Series

Posted 43 hours ago at MetsBlog.com

I understand why MLB, the Mets and Yankees continue to push the in-season Subway Series, but, frankly, I’m tired of it. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. …

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