Slumping Mets fall 1-0 to Nationals (AP)
sports.yahoo.com 9/17/2008 — Needing wins in a tense pennant race, the free-falling New York Mets can't find a way to beat the lowly Washington Nationals. Sounds the same as last September. Odalis Perez shut down the slumping Mets and scored the only run of the game, ...
5 Ways the Wall Street Fiasco Impacts Sports
sportscracklepop.com 9/17/2008 — 1. Manchester United will have to find a new sponsor, now that AIG is being propped up buy the US government.
2. With 20,000+ people getting laid off on Wall Street, the corporate boxes at Madison Square Garden might not be as full as usual.
3. ...
Mets' Failure Is a Team Effort
observer.com 9/18/2008 — The great parlor game of New York’s 2008 season has been seeing whether a team can overcome criminally negligent pitching out of the bullpen and win a division title. But as the Mets showed Tuesday night in a 1-0 loss, and over their last five games, ...
Mets vs. Nationals - Recap - September 17, 2008
sports.espn.go.com 9/18/2008 — Beltran hits two of team's four homers as Mets stay close to Phils WASHINGTON -- Over and over and over again, New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel left the dugout, made the slow trek to the mound and took the ball from his pitcher. By the time the game ...
Homers trump 'pen woes in Mets' win —
Major League Baseball News 9/18/2008
With Brandon Knight gaining his first big league victory, Carlos Beltran hitting two home runs, Jose Reyes and Carlos Delgado hitting one each and the bullpen providing unwanted drama, the Mets won for the first time in four games, 9-7, over the Nats ...
