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5 hrs ago | Rising Apple

Terry Collins Looking to Give David Wright a Rest

If you're Terry Collins, it's been very tough to sit David Wright this season; in fact, the third baseman has only missed four games so far in 2012, and three were because of his fractured left pinkie, and the other one was in Toronto because of flu-like symptoms.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, David Wright, Ike Davis, Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee

Fri May 25, 2012

Major League Baseball

Stellar Gee cruises as Mets step up with bats

Redemption struck three times on Friday for a team that sorely needed it. The Mets, one of just two big league teams with a winning record despite being outscored by the opposition, saw three of their slumping hitters break out with a big hit en route to a 6-1 win over the Padres.

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Related Topix: Sports, Ike Davis, Baseball Players, Mike Baxter, Lucas Duda, Anthony Bass, Dillon Gee

Amazin' Avenue

New York Mets Game 46 Preview: A Daniel Murphy Rant

Scouting Report: Loves to come inside and does so well...throws a fastball, slider, cutter, changeup...loves the slider and will throw it with equal frequency against both lefty and righty batters...not actually a fish... 7.79 K/9, 2.36 BB/9, 56.5% GB...hey those looks like the stats of a good pitcher! What gives? Dillon's been unlucky with his ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sports, Ike Davis

Amazin' Avenue

Daniel Murphy and Empty Batting Averages

I think we can all agree by now that Daniel Murphy can hit. He's put up a .293 average over 1320 MLB plate appearances, which is good for 34th among all MLB players over the past four seasons.

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Related Topix: Sports

Thu May 24, 2012

Rising Apple

Series Preview: Padres @ Mets

The Mets arrive home for a long home stand that coincides with Memorial Day weekend, and welcome in the San Diego Padres for their first head-t0-head match-up in 2012 at Citi Field.

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Related Topix: Sports, National League, Major League Baseball, National League East, National League West, Baseball Players, Ruben Tejada, Anthony Bass, San Diego Padres

Wed May 23, 2012

FiveThirtyEight

Opinionator: Taking One for the Team. Or Not.

Baseball evokes the image of a father having that catch with his son. The grass is green, spring is in the air.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, David Wright, Rickie Weeks, Opinion

CBS Local

Coutinho: Admit It Mets Fans -This Team Is Fun To Watch

Ronny Cedeno #13 of the New York Mets celebrates his eighth inning three run homwe run against the Cincinnati Reds with teammates at Citi Field on May 17, 2012 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

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Related Topix: Sports, Ike Davis, Baseball Players, Ronny Cedeno, David Wright, Johan Santana, Jose Reyes

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Jonathon Niese leads Mets over Pirates 3-1

New York Mets pitcher Jonathon Niese throws in the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

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Related Topix: Sports, Jonathon Niese, Baseball Players, Jeff Locke, Lucas Duda, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates

Tue May 22, 2012

Metsblog.com

Final Score: Mets 3 Pirates 2

Brian Erni: A Dickey was on point tonight. He threw 67 of his 88 pitches for strikes, and the 11 strikeouts were a career high.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Mike Baxter, Neil Walker, Andrew McCutchen, Pedro Alvarez, Tim Byrdak

BleacherReport

10 Reasons Why Daniel Murphy Will One Day Win the National League Batting Title

In reality, Murphy has proven to be much more valuable than foreseen. It's not out of the realm of possibility for Murphy to win a batting title in the near future.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, National League, Baseball Players, Jose Reyes

New York Daily News

Ike takes seat, then K's twice

Mets' Johan Santana and Nationals' Stephen Strasburg prepare to duel, Ike Davis makes scheduled visit to doctor for Valley Fever P ITTSBURGH - Ike Davis sat close to Terry Collins ' desk in the manager's office Monday at PNC Park, the two men alone, talking about 15 minutes before the Mets took batting practice.

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Related Topix: Sports, Ike Davis, Baseball Players, Mike Baxter, Josh Thole, Johan Santana, Stephen Strasburg

Sun May 20, 2012

FOX16

Mets down Blue Jays to avoid sweep

David Wright hit a two-run double, Mike Baxter fell a home run shy of the cycle and the New York Mets survived a late Toronto rally to beat the Blue Jays, 6-5, in the finale of a three-game interleague series at Rogers Centre.

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Related Topix: Sports, Ike Davis, Henderson Alvarez, Baseball Players, David Wright, Mike Baxter, Major League Baseball, New York Mets

Sat May 19, 2012

Bluebird Banter

Shutout for Brandon Morrow: Blue Jays Beat Mets

Terrific game for Brandon Morrow . 9 innings, 3 hits, 1 walk, 8 strikeouts. He was great today.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Brandon Morrow, Henderson Alvarez, Mike Baxter, Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion

New York Post

Johnson bails out Mets in blowout

On a night Jon Niese couldn't go an inning without allowing at least one home run, the Mets' catcher pitched a perfect eighth in a 14-5 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

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Related Topix: Sports, Ike Davis, Baseball Players, Ruben Tejada, Josh Thole, Todd Zeile, Mike Nickeas

Fri May 18, 2012

In Lou We Trust

Mets-Blue Jays Final Score: Toronto Beats New York 14-5 In Interleague Opener

The New York Mets opened their three game interleague series against the Toronto Blue Jays with a 14-5 loss, with starting pitcher Jonathon Niese lasting only three innings.

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Related Topix: Sports, Jonathon Niese, Baseball Players, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, Manny Acosta, Ricky Romero, Scott Hairston

Metsblog.com

Vinny's suggested Op-Eds and NYC backpages for May 18

Daniel Murphy is not only hitting well he's playing a solid second base, Sean Brennan says in this report for the Daily News.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Opinion

Thu May 17, 2012

BleacherReport

David Wright Trade Rumors: Why He May Be Dealt During the Offseason

Ken Rosenthal of Foxsports.com recently wrote a piece on the possibility of the New York Mets trading their star slugger David Wright in the offseason.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, David Wright, Ike Davis, Lucas Duda, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Jose Reyes

Amazin' Avenue

Mets 9, Reds 4: Mets Chap Chapman

Going into the seventh down a run with the prospect of facing Aroldis Chapman and Sean Marshall , pessimism was warranted.

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Related Topix: Sports, Lucas Duda, Baseball Players, Aroldis Chapman, David Wright, Jay Bruce

HeraldNet

Batista pitches 7 shutout innings, Mets beat Brewers

"I like the challenge," Francisco said Monday night after saving a 3-1 victory for Miguel Batista and the surprising Mets against the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Related Topix: Sports, Ike Davis, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, Mike Pelfrey, Yovani Gallardo, David Wright

Wed May 16, 2012

Major League Baseball

Murphy teams with Arsenio at Fan Cave

While his home ballpark was being announced downtown Wednesday as the site of the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy was visiting the MLB Fan Cave and being asked what it might mean to play in this summer's event in Kansas City.

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Related Topix: Sports, National League, Major League Baseball, National League East, Baseball Players

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