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An Open Letter to Sandy Alderson: It’s Time for Bob Geren, the Perfect Manager
Dear Sandy, All last weekend, Terry Collins flailed and flubbed. His moves appeared questionable, at best, and his explanations unfathomable. Mets fans noticed, and Collins was grilled and roasted....
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The Mets Are a Franchise Heading Nowhere, Full Steam Ahead
Dave Hudgens, former hitting coach. “I am not a hitting coach” – Sandy Alderson, after firing Dave Hudgens As I mentioned yesterday, I went to the game, and sadly the game was just one more example of...
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News and Views: Waiting for Noah, Duda on the Couch, the Hudgens Farewell...
Mike: No matter the severity of his current injury, it now sure seems like a foregone conclusion that we will not see Noah Syndergaard around these parts in 2014. Jimmy: I know you’ve felt from the...
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2 Guys Work Edition: Resume Building, and the Importance of Friends in High...
It’s another Monday, back to work everyone! No, not you J.P., please, I know you are on a limited schedule. But everyone else, let’s go! Even I will chip in and lift a finger, dole out a few takes from...
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2 Guys Talking Mets Prospects Current and Past: Degrom, Matz, Lara,...
Mike: I’m having a hard time reconciling a few things. When Sandy Alderson arrived in October of 2010, one consistent message had been that a major order of business was the need to rebuild a “barren”...
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Don’t Wait Till Next Year
Fans of the old Brooklyn Dodgers, Fred Wilpon’s true love, were known for the saying, “Wait Till Next Year.” In those days, though, they would utter the phrase at the end of the season, until 1955,...
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2 Guys Talking: Scott Kazmir, Zack Wheeler and the Need for Ownership Commitment
Mike: Tonight Scott Kazmir pitches for Oakland and tomorrow the Mets throw Zack Wheeler. Both pitchers are destined to be major figures in Mets history. Kazmir, of course, was once a hotshot Mets...
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2 Guys Mets TGIF Edition: Surviving Death, Dollar Menu Baseball Players,...
Well, we can all relax, the United States has survived the “Group of Death.” So everyone can forget about soccer again, which shouldn’t be too hard, and get back to concentrating on the Mets. Let me...
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A Glimpse at the Lost Decade
It’s July, Mets fans, so you know what that means. The annual narrative shift has begun. Sure, this season might be awful, but the future is so bright you will be blinded. Just you wait! Well, either...
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BREAKING NEWS! Mets Trade Jeff Wilpon for Prospects
NEWSFLASH: In a stunning development, the New York Mets traded Jeff Wilpon, COO of the Mets baseball team and son of principal owner Fred Wilpon , for two young, up-and-coming douchebags. - Commented...
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The 5 Best Things That Sandy Alderson Has Accomplished for the Mets So Far
Jimmy: Okay, Mike. Maybe this is too broad a category, but let’s look at the “5 Best Things That Sandy Alderson Has Done for the Mets So Far.” I don’t think there’s been a total of 5 transactions, so...
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The New Mets Tradition: Doggedly Bad Dog Days in August
Starting on Friday, I got out of town for a long weekend, returning Monday afternoon. My basic plan included checking out on the Mets. After three dreadful games against the Nationals I figured I would...
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2 Guys Talking: Can Winning Baseball and Terry Collins Co-Exist?
Mike: A few weeks back, for no good reason that I can think of, various sources around the Mets indicated that Terry Collins will return again in 2015. What am I missing here? What has transpired...
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The Lucas Duda Story: Don’t Give Credit Where it is Not Due
I want to start today’s post pointing out that I did not think Lucas Duda had this level of play in him. If you go through our archives I liked Duda, and liked his bat, but I didn’t love it. It turns...
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Remembering the Good Times With Sandy Alderson
The long weekend continues, and while Jimmy and I continue to get a little R&R, the Mets big quest for 90 wins dissipated. Sandy Alderson has tried to backtrack and spin away from the 90 win thing...
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The Plan
As another dreary September unfolds one race to watch right now is that the Mets still have a chance to set a record for lowest full season paid attendance in the history of Citi Field this year....
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In Terry Collins, Sandy Alderson Has Exactly the Kind of Manager He Wants — A...
The Houston Astros made news by firing their manager, Bo Porter, calling for a “new direction in our clubhouse.” It was an item that might have surprised some observers, since the Astros are on the...
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The Wilpon Family Holds the New York Mets Hostage
Since Bernie Madoff drained the Wilpon family of their ability to properly fund the operation of the team, the New York Mets have limped along, with no end in sight to their issues. Despite this, the...
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Help Wanted
So there was some more Wilpon news this week, as Leigh Castergine has filed suit against the Mets, claiming that she was harassed by Jeff Wilpon. The details of her claim can be found...
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