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Alright, the Tom Seaver Fan Club now has it's own URL. If you want the latest news on the Mets as well as a indepth look at the 20th anniversary of the New York Mets, be sure to check out the Tom Seaver Fan Club athttp://www.tomseaverfan.comMy new RSS feed ishttp://www.tomseaverfan.com/?feed=rss2Also, be sure to check out these great blogsTigerblogReds Cutting EdgeBlack Sox BlogBaseball's

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This is old news, but the Mets signed backup catcher Ramon Castro to a one year contract. Castro looked pretty good in an extended stint last year when Mike Piazza went down. He hit only .244 but he had eight homeruns and he was pretty good behind the plate (three fielding runs above average).Castro will be backing up the newly acquired Paul Lo Duca.That leaves Chris Woodward and Victor

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The Mets came to terms with their first round draft pick last week. Mike Pelfrey signed a four year deal, which includes a $3.5 million signing bonus. If he makes the big league squad, higher salaries will kick in, but no details were provided.Pelfrey is a highly touted prospect. If you preordered John Sickel's Baseball Prospect Book, he sent you a list of the top 50 pitching prospects (as

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ESPN.com has posted projected starting lineups for all of the teams. While none of this is really a surprise, the Mets lineup is looking good. Here's what I expect the batting order to look like1) Jose Reyes SS2) Kaz Matsui 2b3) Carlos Beltran CF4) Carlos Delgado 1b5) Cliff Floyd LF6) David Wright 3b7) Paul Lo Duca C8) Victor Diaz/Xavier Nady RFIt would still be nice if the Mets

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The Mets signed Bret Boone to a minor league contract today. After a career year in 2001 and a great season in 2003, Boone has been on the decline and hit rock bottom last year. The Mariners released him and while he was picked up by the Twins, he didn't last too long there either. It'll be interesting to see if the 36 year old four time gold glove second baseman has anything left in the tank.

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It's hard to call any season that Tom Seaver has an off season, especially one in which he wins 21 games, but 1972 might have been it. Seaver put up some decent numbers, like the 21 wins and the 249 strikeouts in 262 innings, but he also allowed 10.20 baserunners per nine innings and he lost 12 games. On a support neutral basis, Tom Seaver would have been an unimpressive (for him) 18-15.The Mets

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The Mets inked former A's (and most recently, the Red Sox) reliever, Chad Bradford. to a one year deal for more then $1 million (financial terms haven't yet been disclosed). Bradford has a pretty unique delivery (submarine style) and his claim to fame is having an extensive write up in the book, Money Ball.Bradford was shut down early in 2005 with back problems and he ended up logging only 23 1/3

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I'm a little late with this news, but the Mets signed Endy Chavez to a one year deal. Not sure why we did this, other then to have a warm body with major league experience to back up Carlos Beltran. Chavez has a career .659 OPS and he's a pretty average fielder. Not sure if this is the precursor to another move or what, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how Chavez will fit in. At best

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With great players, it's tough to seperate the great years from the career years because there's so many seasons that standout. 1971 is one of those seasons. Tom Seaver set career bests in strikeouts (289), complete games (21), ERA (1.76), strikeouts per nine innings (9.08), and strikeout to walk ratio (4.74). His strikeout and ERA total led the league, and his 20 wins was second to Fergunson

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The Mets signed veteran first baseman Julio Franco to a two year $2.2 million contract. This gives the Mets a couple of things at a fair price. We get some insurance at first base, and we get a solid right handed pinch hitter. In addition, you get a veteran prescence in the dug out that'll basically give Willie Randolph a second bench coach.The Mets also signed Jose Valentin to a one year,

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After three trades and a big free agent pickup, the Mets were pretty quiet at the winter meetings. They didn't land Manny Ramirez, although he's still in Boston. And I wouldn't mind them going after Miguel Tejada if talks about Ramirez break down.Regardles, the Mets are way better then they were heading into last year. What I'm also hoping is that the pickup of Carlos Delgado takes some of the

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It looks like Rafael Furcal is headed to the Dodgers, so once again one of the Mets primary competitors has a hole to fill. You've got the Phillies losing Jim Thome and Billy Wagner (to us), Furcal leaving the Braves, Esteban Loiaza leaving the Nationals and everyone leaving the Marlins (once again to us). In the meantime, we signed the best reliever available and we shored up one of our biggest

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According to Lee Sinin's Around the Majors, the Mets are close to making a deal with the Marlins for Paul Lo Duca, and they have outstanding offers to both Ramon Hernandez and Benji Molina. Tonight, I'm going to take a look and see which of three I'd rather have if given the choice.

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Tom Verducci has a great column about the Mets early spending spree in the free agent and trade markets. While many feel, including myself, that the Mets were spending their way to a division title because of their new regional sports network, it's a lot more complicated then that. In some ways, it's the tail wagging the dog because they want a great product so they can present on their sports

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Alright, another early Christmas present. It looks like the Mets upped their offer both by giving him a fourth year and putting him over the $10 million a year mark. Four years for around $43 is a lot to pay someone to come out of the pen, but Wagner's been one of the best relievers in the game over the last ten years. 840 strikeouts in 630 1/3 innings says it all and he has a 0.99 career WHIP

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We're about a week removed from the Carlos Delgado trade, and it looks like the Mets are continuing to push forward in their pursuit of their first World Series in 20 years. They're still a player in the Manny Ramirez sweepstakes, they have a huge three year, $30 million dollar deal on the table to Billy Wagner and now they're turning their sites on a replacement for Mike Piazza.And they're

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I wouldn't qualify the Cameron/Nady deal as a blockbuster. The Mets getting Carlos Delgado from the Marlins definitely would qualify though. This is huge and while the Mets are giving up Mike Jacobs (and Yusmeiro Petit), they're adding one of the best slugging first base men in the league. The Mets also walk with $7 million (eventually, when the money is going to be paid is still an issue

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Mike Cameron passed his physical and now he'll be roaming PETCO's center field. The big part of this deal is that the Padres took responsibility for all of Cameron's salary next year ($7 million). The Mets get Xavier Nady, who I think for now can be penciled in as the Met's starting first basemen. If we nab Carlos Delgado, I can say him moving over to right field to take over for Cameron.Not a

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Buster Olney apparantly broke a story saying that the Mets and Padres have agreed on a deal. Mike Cameron for Xavier Nady. The big part of the deal has the Padres picking up the entire $7 million that Cameron has coming to him next season. In exchange, we get a fair first baseman.I was a big fan of Cameron coming to New York, but that was before the Mets signed Carlos Beltran. Nady, while he

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I read over at the Hardball Times that the Mets have made contact with Paul Konerko. First base has been a sink hole for the Mets, and if while I think Konerko will end up back in Chicago, you have to give the front office some credit for their efforts. And based on this column, it looks like the Mets are going to be aggresive in the free agent market. Not too surprising, since the Mets have

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Omar Minaya made a trip to see Billy Wagner on Friday. One of the Mets biggest problems last year was a reliable bullpen, and inking Wagner to a deal would go a long way towards shoring that up. Wagner's one of the hardest throwers ever, and he's held batters to a career .183 batting average against in 630 1/3 innings. He has 840 strikeouts versus only 217 walks.The Mets also have to make a

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Now we need a catcher. Ramon Castro makes an excellent backup, but I don't know if I like the idea of him being the full time backstop. There's a quality free agent in Ramon Hernandez who will be available, and while he's coming off an injury filled 2005 season, he might be our best bet at replacing Piazza.Piazza hasn't had a top notch season since 2002, and while he's still a better hitter then

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Things are winding down and the season is almost over. The White Sox are one win away from taking their first World Series since 1917. Some of the individual games have been great to watch, but there hasn't been much drama in many of the series. The Yankees/Angels went to five games, but other then that, the next closest series might have been the Astros/Cardinals which went to six games. If the

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Alright, I took my little break and I'm done brooding on the Mets. So far, the two playoff series, while they're still early, are shaping up to be good ones. It's kind of hard not to root for the White Sox or the Astros. Both have their own stories, and if they square off, we'll see either a first every Astros World Series or the first World Series in 88 years for White Sox fans. In the

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Nothing like a nice little run to end the season. While we lost the final game of the season to the Rockies, we took two of three to finish the season with 83 wins, tied for third place. This was supposed to be a team that would be contending for the championship, so third place doesn't cut it.What makes it even worse is, we were a game better then the Padres, and they're in.So while I'm happy

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Thanks to a glitch, I lost my entire post that I had just spent time on. Looks like my blogging is going the way the Mets season did a couple of weeks ago.My post in a nutshell, Mets took two of three against Phillies, costing them the wildcard. We'll be tied for third when we're done beating up on the Rockies.Playoffs starting soon, something to get excited about. I just have to pick a team

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I'm not sure what's worse, having this late season surge when things obviously don't matter, or if we'd played this way earlier in the month only to see the bottom fall out at the end. Either way, the Mets have put together an impressive run. They've won seven of their last nine games, they're once again above .500 (barely), and they actually have a chance to pass the Marlins and finish in third

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It's nice to see that the Met's aren't going down without a fight. After their horrible run, they've now won their last two series. Heck, even Baseball Prospectus is giving them a very small chance at making the playoffs (right around a .001 percent chance).All three games were one run games, and they beat the Marlins twice, hindering their chances of making the postseason. The Mets got off on

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I guess I should be happy that the Mets FINALLY pulled together a series win. It's been a couple of weeks, and frankly, it's been tough coming back here and writing about the Mets' woes. I've been doing this now for most of the season (mid-May), and I'm not quite sure how the great Mets' blogs do it. But I've committed myself to plugging away, and even though the Mets are now done, I plan on

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The last few weeks have been rough. The Mets were so close, yet they've fallen so far. At this point, the Mets are in danger of slipping past the Reds who were one of the worst teams in the first half of the season.Monday was more of the same. The Nationals jumped out to a quick 3-1 lead and the Mets just couldn't get the bats going. In total, the Mets managed five hits, and one of the runs

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Well, there reaches in a point in a season where you go from believing the team has a shot to knowing they're done. The Mets are done.Prior to winning today, they had lost ten of eleven and it was only recently that they fell out of the race. Mostly because it was such a tight race and no team seemed like it was going to break from the pack. The losing caught up with them though and they now

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It's almost sad when you're excited about losing a series 2-1. That's how I felt as I watched last night's Mets game, although the Mets couldn't even manage that. I no longer live in the area so seeing the Mets on ESPN or WTBS is a treat. Of course it's only a treat when your team doesn't lay an egg.And that's exactly what they did, and with it, their playoff hopes pretty much went out the

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The Mets have lost three straight series, and two of those were against teams that were ahead of us in those Wild Card standings. The only good thing is, we didn't get swept in either series, and by pulling out those single wins against the Phillies and the Marlins, the Mets have been able to just hold on to a chance at the Wild Card.Friday, the Mets ran into Dontrelle Willis. They only managed

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Things started out so good. Some good relief pitching and a big three run homer by Ramon Castro put the Mets a mere half game back of the Phillies. You know things are bad when your worst pitching outing is the one in which Pedro pitches.Yesterday's game started off innocently enough. The Mets gave Pedro Martinez a two run cushion on a Cliff Floyd RBI single and a Ramon Castro solo homer. Then in

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Tom Seaver followed up his first Cy Young with what appeared to be a slightly disappointing campaign. At least using some of the traditional measures, he won eighteen games, but he lost twelve. His ERA jumped over half a point to a still respectable 2.82 and his WHIP inched up slightly from 1.039 to 1.077. Using some of the more modern statistics though, Seaver actually had a slightly better, or

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Mike Piazza might be on the disabled list, but his backup, Ramon Castro, has made the most of his time as the starting catcher. Down 4-3, Castro hit a huge three run shot in the bottom of the eighth to push the Mets over the Phillies. Also give some credit to the bullpen. They pitched four shutout innings after the Phillies roughed up Seo.With the win, four teams stand in a virtual tie with 62

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The bad news is, the Mets scored a grand total of three runs this weekend. The good news is, we actually walked away with one win. At this stage of the season, every game counts. When you play the mediocre teams like the Giants, you have to come out of that series with at least two of three. Granted, the Mets are missing two of their better hitters, but they have the talent to win.On Friday,

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Not a bad start to the Mets big road trip. Four games in Phoenix, and four wins. It doesn't get much better then that. They got some great pitching and some timely hitting in this seriesTom Glavine evened his record to 10-10 in the Monday game. He yielded only five hits through eight innings of work and he struck out five. On offense, Jose Reyes and Victor Diaz both hit solo shots and Cliff Floyd

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Talk about a roller coaster weekend. Friday we had a classic pitchers dual. Jae Seo was once again nearly unhittable as he threw eight shutout innings and gave up only four hits. All that, and he didn't have a lead until the seventh inning when Victor Diaz drove home Ramon Castro for the only run of the game. Mike Piazza was still absent after fracturing his hand. Jose Reyes went four for four

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The Mets keep hanging in there. This week they took two of three from Pittsburgh, with the one loss coming against the undefeated Zach Duke. We also saw the return of Carlos Beltran, but now Mike Piazza is possibly on the shelf after leaving Tuesday's games with a broken hand.Kris Benson started the series off on a great note. He went seven innings and gave up only seven hits and two runs to

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At this point in the season, every game counts. That's why today's almost no-hitter turning into a loss was very tough to take. As it stands, we're still there for the Wild Card, but we need to win these games.In case you missed it, Pedro Martinez was five outs away from a no-hitter. Not only did he give up a hit to Antonio Perez, but the next hitter, Jayson Werth, took Pedro yard for the game

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I just saw the highlights on CNBC. Very nasty collision, and I hope both of our guys are okay. The Mets lost the game and the series last night. I'll report on this later today.

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It was a nice run, but Jose Reyes' 20 game hitting streak ended yesterday. During the stretch, he went 34 for 91 (.374) and he raised his batting average from .261 to a much more respectable .280. He scored 16 runs and stole 11 bases.Hopefully he can start up another one tonight. The Mets need to win.

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It's amazing how one weekend can change your perception. I was very close to giving up on the Mets, but they're in the process of finishing a sweep of the Cubs as we speak. It's a special treat because I no longer live in the New York area and I'm getting a chance to watch my team.Friday we saw the return of Nomar Garciaparra to the Cubs lineup. Fortunately for the Mets, he went 0 for 4. Tom

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The Mets fell back to .500 today with a loss to the Brewers. Things are not looking good, but lets first take a look at what transpired this week.While it wasn't pretty, things got off on a good note Tuesday in the series opener. The Mets were down by three runs when they had a nice three run rally in the seventh to tie it. Roberto Hernandez tried to give the game away in the ninth by giving up a

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Exactly 20 years ago to the day, Tom Seaver won his 300th win while playing for the Chicago White Sox. Seaver won the game at Yankees Stadium against the Yankees.

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Unless you count signing Wil Cordero big news, the Mets did little at the trading deadline. Which is probably fine, because they now have a very tough road to making the playoffs. After losing two of three to the Rockies earlier in the week, the Mets needed to bounce back to stop some of the other teams in the mix from passing them.They did the exact opposite. They lost the first three games

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I hate these kind of series. The Mets were rolling and they went to Colorado, home of the worst team in the National League. And they lost not just one game, but two games and the series.Monday, Tom Glavine was tagged for five runs (four earned) and eight hits through six innings as he slipped below .500 (7-8) on the season. The Mets only gave him three runs on six hits though. Jose Reyes had

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While Friday's game was a tough one, it was nice to see the Mets take care of business at home against a struggling team. With the emergence of Kris Benson, it's not having a one-two punch where you know more times then not you're going to walk away with two wins.And Benson really got it done yesterday. Eight shutout innings in which he only gave up four hits and a walk is about as good as you

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The Mets roughed up the Padres in the opening series of the week. Riding a Sunday win over the Braves, the Mets got a solid start from Kris Benson to keep the Mets in the game until Chris Woodward hit a two run walk off homer in the eleventh. Credit the bullpen in this one as well because they went four innings and only gave up one hit. Brandon Looper walked away with the win after pitching a

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Leave it to Pedro Martinez. The Mets needed a win yesterday to salvage a split with the Atlanta Braves, and like he's done all year, he's delivered. Pedro's line included six shutout innings, two hits and five strikeouts. Three different relievers pitched the final three innings, and with only 61 pitches, Pedro earned his eleventh win.Mike Cameron had a pretty big day. He's been in an

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Hand it to the Braves pitching. When you can only manage one run over two games, it's not going to lead too many games as the Mets couldn't build on their win just after the All Star Break.To make it even worse, our pitching has been awesome. We lost Friday night by a score of 2-1, and then today we lost 3-0. One of Tom Glavine's best starts of the season went to waste, as did Victor

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The boredom of the this year's All Star Break has come and gone and now it's time to get back to work. The Mets have a huge series against the Braves the rest of this week (which is also huge because I can see the games on TBS) and once again they really need to win three of four to make some gains in the division.And so far, David Wright is trying to do it all by himself. The Mets trail 3-2,

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Leave it up to the ace. I guess this is why we pay him the big bucks. Pedro ended a two game mini-skid with a strong seven innings outing. He yielded only a single run on five hits, and he struck out nine. Roberto Hernandez and Brandon Looper both struck out two batters in their respective innings.Jose Reyes had a big game as he went four for five. He scored twice and stole his 26th base of

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This was a big series. Coming off of two losses to the Marlins last weekend, the Mets needed to do something to justify staying in the NL East race. And they came through in grand fashion. I already took a look at their first win, so let's take a look at the rest of the series.Game two in the series was a tough loss just because Pedro was on the mound. If there was one game I would have expected

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After dropping two straight to the Marlins, the Mets bounced back and beat the first place Nationals at RFK. There's no doubt this is a huge series, and anything short of a split will be a disappointment. While I'd like to hold out for a sweep, I'd definitely take three of four and they're on their way with a come from behind win this afternoon.Jose Reyes responded postively after being dropped

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Have a great holiday weekend everyone. I'll be back on Monday, so I'll be looking back at a Marlins sweep.

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When Pedro Martinez takes the mound, you expect the Mets to win. This afternoon, he went six innings and did just that as he earned his ninth win of the season. He gave up two runs on five hits and two walks.Jose Reyes drove in two runs with a triple in the fourth. It was ninth triple of the season, which leads the National League. And with ten walks, he's once again close to having the same

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A strong outing by Victor Zambrano and some good hitting by Mike Piazza pushed the Mets over the Phillies in last nights' game and got them closer to pulling themselves out of the basement in the NL East standings. The Mets' hitting stars, Mike Cameron, Carlos Beltran and Mike Piazza all had two hits, and Piazza drove in three runs.Victor Zambrano had a strong outing as he went five innings. He

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I like to call this "The Year." The Mets won 100 games and the World Series in their first ever winning season. They wouldn't win it all again for seventeen more years, but as anyone can testify, having those one year wonder teams is almost as good as a dynasty. A championship is a championship.This was also "the year" for Terrific Tom Seaver. He won the first of three Cy Young Awards, finished

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Anytime you can go on the road and sweep a three game series, it's definitely a good thing. When you go into Yankee Stadium to play the Yankees and you walk away with a sweep, it's even better. Right now, it's the bottom of the fourth, and the Mets are up 1-0. Ramon Castro scored on a Jose Reyes groundout.On Friday, Pedro did his thing and of course the Mets won. Eight innings, six hits and two

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Another solid game by Jose Reyes and some timely pitching by Kaz Ishii helped the Mets take the series against the Phillies. Reyes had three singles and he stole three bases. No other Met had more then one hit, but Doug Mientkiewicz drove in two runs, one of which was one a solo shot in the seventh that ended up being the difference in the game.Kaz Ishii won his second game, and this was probably

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A big four run second inning put the Mets in front for good. Carlos Beltran went two for five. He drove in two and he scored a run. Jose Reyes also had a big game. He tripled for the eighth time this season as he went three for five with a stolen base and two runs. Once again, Reyes has just as many triples as he does walks (8).Kris Benson took advantage of the nice cushion the Mets offense

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18 years ago, one of the greatest pitcher called it quits as on June 22, 1987, Tom Seaver officially retired. If you want to get a glimpse of how good Tom was, be sure to check out the year by year retrospective I've started. You can check out his 1967 and 1968 seasons by following the links below. 1969, the first year he won the Cy Young, will be completed in the next couple of days.1967 Tom

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This was a pretty tough series to swallow. I know it's never easy when you travel to the West Coast, but the Mariners haven't done much this year, and to be swept by them goes to show you the up and down season the Mets have had.Yesterday it was Pedro that lost a tight game. This afternoon, Tom Glavine was hit pretty hard. He gave up six runs and he didn't even escape the third inning.Still

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well, the Mets avoided a sweep and they also ended their three game skid with a monster seven run fifth inning. Carlos Beltran had the big blast with a three run shot. Mike Piazza homered in the seventh and Brian Daubach made his 2005 debut by going 0 for 1 with three walks and two runs scored.Kris Benson threw six quality innings. He gave up three runs on seven hits. Oddly enough, his stat

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Since the Mets weren't playing, I was all set to do another Tom Seaver Retrospective. I got part of the way through, and realized it wouldn't be worth finishing because Retrosheet is down.Sorry folks.

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Pedro Martinez was less then perfect, and the Mets offense only gave him three runs to work with. He threw six innings, walked four, and he gave up three runs on six hits in the no decision. To make matters worse, the winning run was scored on David Wright's throwing error in the ninth, giving the loss to Brandon Looper.The Nationals won their tenth in a row, so the Mets dropped to five games

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The Mets and Angels went into extra innings yesterday, but the hometeam came out on top in one of the most exciting Mets games of the season. In the bottom of the ninth, the Mets were down 2-1 when Marlon Anderson had a pinch hit game tying inside the park homer to put the game into extra innings. The Angels looked to set to win it when they scored a run in the tenth on a Darin Erstad RBI

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This one was tough. We had the hammer, but we couldn't use it to walk away with a win. And a solid start by Tom Glavine (his third straight good start) went to waste. Heath Bell gave up four hits and three runs in the eleventh to earn his third loss of the season.David Wright hit his tenth homer of the season, and he drove in two. Carlos Beltran had three hits but he made his second error of

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It was the year of the pitcher, and Tom Seaver progressed nicely in his second year for the Mets. He threw in 26 2/3 more innings then he did the year before, yet he gave up the same amount of hits and gave up 30 less walks to improve his WHIP to a very impressive 0.980 (second best in the NL to Cy Young winner Bob Gibson). He also gave up four fewer homers and struck out 35 more batters.Seaver

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Pedro Martinez has had an incredible season so far for the Mets, and tonight's outing was no exception. He took a no-hitter into the seventh innings, and he ended up holding the Astros to one hit. He walked one, and one of the of the two hits was a solo homer by Chris Burke. He struck out twelve Astros.The Mets could have turned this one into a route, but they stranded ten runners. They got

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There's only one other division right now that has a race seperating the first and second place teams by 1 1/2 games. As it stands, the first and fifth place teams in the NL East are seperated by a game and a half. The last place Marlins (I like saying that) trail the first place Nationals. The Mets are tied with Philly at a game back, and the Braves stand half a game back.The Mets did what

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Since the Mets are rained out, let's take a look down on the farm. Also be sure to check out my latest Tom Seaver Retrospective. Note that everything is through June 1, which is what's been updated on Minor League Baseball.com.The Tides have gone into a bit of a slump the last week. They've lost their last three games, and four out of their last five. Their 29-27 still puts them in first

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Man is it nice having a starting pitcher like Pedro Martinez. Yeah, he'll drop a game every now and then, but those are the exceptions, not the rule. He improved to 6-1 and struck out nine through either innings. He only gave up five hits and he did it all while throwing just 101 pitches.Carlos Beltran hit his seventh homer of the season and Kaz Matsui drove in two runs. Tomorrow's matchup is

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First off, what about Victor Zambrano. Three walks through eight innings means he's going to have one his best outings. Brandon Looper made things interesting by giving up three hits in the ninth, but they escaped the game with a one run win. Jose Reyes had a big game, getting three hits for the second straight game, while stealing three bases. Mike Cameron singled to extend his hitting

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I thought we'd be done with the shutouts for a while. Arizona starter Brad Halsey made the Mets looked silly yesterday, as he gave up six hits through seven innings. We couldn't even get a hit against the pen. And this was a team that lost 111 games last year.Kris Benson wasn't sharp at all as he went six and gave up four runs on eight hits. He did strike out seven. Even worse was how

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One of the greatest pitchers ever has now started his own weblog. You can check it out here.

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If there was one game that I thought the Mets would surely lose, it was yesterdays. Ishii vs. Willis wasn't a matchup I was looking forward to, but the Mets and Ishii came through to win their fourth straight. Today would have been the second most likely game for them to lose, and they did, running into a good outing by Josh Beckett and a timely homerun by Carlos Delgado.Mike Cameron got a hit,

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It only too the teams 2:22 to fly through this win. Both teams had five hits, but the Mets were the team to put a runner across the plate as they edged the Marlins 1-0. Mike Cameron and Cliff Floyd hit back to back doubles to score their single run. In sort of an odd twist, four of the Mets five hits were doubles.Pedro Martinez was awesome as usual. Eight innings, five hits, no runs and ten

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This was a big game against a pitcher we should have beat. The bats and Kris Benson really came through as the Mets hammered the now tied for the division leaders. The two hot bats had big games, with Cameron going three for five with two doubles and three RBIs. David Wright was two for four with two RBIs, and Jose Reyes tripled twice and drove in three.Jose Reyes has more triples (7) then

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The Mets haven't scored a run since Monday when they lost the series opener to the Braves. They need to change that, or they could find themselves in a hole that they'll find extremely difficult to get out of. The five game deficit they face isn't insurmountable, but the fact that they have three teams ahead of them makes each game pretty important. The Mets have a huge four game series down in

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The Mets are three innings away from being swept by the Braves and losing their fourth straight. If the Phillies beat the Marlins, it will be little consolation. One the one hand we won't lose a game to first place but on the other hand, we will get closer to dropping into the cellar.To say this upcoming series with the Marlins is huge would be a major understatement. Anything less then a

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This is a pretty big series, and the Mets did not get off to a good start. Kaz Ishii gave up seven runs in four innings without a single strikeout. The big blast was a three run homer by Marcus Giles in the fourth.Mike Cameron remained red hot as he went three for four and nailed his fifth homer of the season. He's also been able to roam his old stomping ground as Carlos Beltran is still

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Signed as an amateur free agent in 1966, Tom Seaver didn't waste much time making an impact on the National League. While he'd leave the game without getting a decision, the Mets won their second game of the season 3-2. He'd have to wait a week later to earn his first career victory, and on April 20, Seaver held the Cubs to a single run.He'd finish the season with a 16-13 record which doesn't

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Binghamton's three game winning streak was snapped yesterday with a loss to the Altoona Curve. The loss put the Mets a single game below .500, and they trail the first place Portland Sea Dogs by 3 1/2 games in a tight Northern Division race that where first and last are seperate by only 6 1/2 games. The Mets will have a chance to shave that lead as they're playing Portland as I write this. They

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It's tough losing when Pedro takes the mound. He pitched very well (seven innings, one run, four hits) but the pen let this one slide away in the eighth. Despite the bumped and swollen elbow, Derek Jeter was used as a pinch runner.Cliff Floyd hit his twelth homer of the season and the Mets scattered eight hits against Carl Pavano and the Yankees bullpen. Both Carlos Beltran and Kaz Matsui

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It's been an up and down week for the Norfolk Tides. After losing two straight to the Indianpolis Indians, they won four in a row against the Richmond Braves, only to get hammered yesterday by the Pawtucket Red Sox. Norfolk stands in first and has a nice four game cushion in the International League South.Veteran Brian Daubach, who only three years ago hit 20 homers for the Boston Red Sox, has

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It's always nice to see your team get a win against one of the best starters to ever take the mound. The Mets got on the board early with a two run single by Jose Reyes and never looked back. Reyes ended up having a huge game, going three for four with a triple and four RBIs.Kris Benson held the Yankees in check by pitching six shutout innings. He even plunked Derek Jeter in the elbow that

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Victor Zambrano was his typical self. He threw 5 1/3 innings, and gave up more walks (6) then hits (4). He did keep the ball down (no homers and 6/6 ground ball to fly ball ratio) and kept the Mets in the game. It was the pen that failed them. Roberto Hernandez had thrown pretty well this season, but gave three hits, a walk and two runs while getting only two outs.Mike Cameron hit in his

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Welcome to my blog. Here I'll analyze the Mets, and throw in a little bit of history. I hope you'll come back often. Tom Seaver is my favorite Met of all time, hence the name.Over time, I'll cover the 2005 Mets, along with doing some historic player retrospectives. I'll start with Tom Seaver of course. In addition, I've been having some serious discussions with some other team specific sites

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