Left hander Cole Hamels allowed a pair of home runs in a 6-3 loss to St. Louis on Friday night. The staff "ace" fell to 9-7 on the season, while his ERA rose to 3.37.Normally, I don't like to take win/loss record into account when measuring the success or failure of a pitcher, but in the case of   more...
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The Phils have an off day after dropping back into a first place tie with the Mets, but there is still a ton of news and information to pass along:*Manuel upset Charlie Manuel is upset with the hitters after not coming through with more offense to support Cole Hamel's good outing yesterday. He was   more...
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Oft-injured Pedro Martinez is up to his old tricks again, forcing the New York Mets to make changes to their upcoming rotation. The 36-year old pitcher received a cortisone injection in his right hip to help with the pain in his groin. The good news is his shoulder pain wasn't anything to worry   more...
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Last night, the Phillies outsmarted the Mets and scored six runs in the top of the ninth inning against the New York Mets bullpen, which squandered an eight-inning, two-run performance from Johan Santana.Phillies fans know what that looks like. Twice this season, the Phillies were shut out despite   more...
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Joe Blanton makes his pitching debut for the Phillies and gave up 2 HR's early and the Mets controlled the game. Down 5-2 heading to the 9th the Phillies looked dead. Yeah right! A six run inning put the Phillies up 8-5. J-Roll coming up clutch with a 2-run double to put the Phillies up and   more...

The Sopranos Movie Auditions start every game day at Shea Stadium . . .forgetaboutit
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With Chien-Ming Wang out until September, do you think the Yankees will go out and trade some players for a big-time starter like C.C Sabathia, or will they possibly bring someone up from the Minors, not including Kei Igawa?
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The Mets held a team meeting Friday, which is not unusual. What was unusual was how long they took to hash out whatever it was they hashed out. Sometimes team talk for five minutes, or 10 minutes, or 15. Sometimes they'll meet for a few minutes, but keep the doors closed to reporters for awhile,   more...
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There is a new look to the Closer Report this week with expanded coverage of bullpen situations around baseball and rankings for the top fantasy closers and middle relievers. This week AccuScore analyst looks at the All-Star relievers, and has a problem with the selection of one player in   more...
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Free Agent pitcher Freddy Garcia is almost ready to start working out for Major League Baseball teams. Garcia had surgery back on August 30th to repair his throwing shoulder. Starting Thursday, he'll be officially working off a mound, so soon to follow comes team work outs. Lets take a look at what   more...
Original Story: http://mysportsrumors.com/blog/2008/05/1....

Yesterday the biggest news in baseball was CC Sabathia (he's since dropped the ".." in his name), being dealt to the Milwaukee Brewers for four prospects. Today's big news was Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin being dealt to the Chicago Cubs for Matt Murton and three prospects. With the trading   more...
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The talk around New York for the last few weeks has been should the Mets get rid of Willie Randolph. Mets fans have been calling for him to go because of the bad start and his embarrassing remarks calling the New York media at least slightly racist.
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Which manager should be fired now? It's no secret that managing a baseball team can be one of the most stressful positions in professional sports. Why? Because you have absolutely no control over what is happening on the field.
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The Mets are allowing over 5 runs a game since Willie Randolph and Rick Peterson were fired.
Original Story: http://www.mrflushing.com/2008/07/you-ca....

With all the money the Mets are spending on free agent acquisitions, are they really getting what they've paid for?
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