More then likely Billy Wagner won't return in 2009 which is the last guaranteed year of his contract with the Mets. Wagner does have an option for 2010 but he told Scott Schoneweis today during a visit that he's been told it won't be picked up. Wagner has said he plans to comeback in 2010 but only   more...
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[From the JSF Vault...] It's often said throughout baseball circles that it takes a certain type of personality to be a closer. "Normal" players might not be able to handle the pressure associated with being entrusted to lock down the most difficult three outs of the game, so those players   more...
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[From the JSF Vault...] It's often said throughout baseball circles that it takes a certain type of personality to be a closer. "Normal" players might not be able to handle the pressure associated with being entrusted to lock down the most difficult three outs of the game, so those players   more...
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Note from the Author: I am still working 18-hour days toward a major, rapidly-approaching deadline, and despite the sheer amount of things the Mets have given us to talk about of late, it has been hard to get to talk to you. Given today's date, however, I felt it was only right that we share [...]
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The Mets closer threw pain-free from the mound for the second time and is hoping for a return on Tuesday. Billy Wagner will have a rehab outing in single A Brooklyn over the weekend and barring a set-back could be with the club for their two game series against the I'm-enjoying-being-a-spoiler   more...
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Jonathon Niese, who made his major-league debut for the Mets on Tuesday night, was born on October 27, 1986 - the day on which the Mets won Game 7 against the Red Sox.Only two other players in MLB history debuted for a team that won the World Series on the day they were born: Steve Kline (Yankees)   more...
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