Lastings Milledge - July 2007 |
newsday.com - 7/12/2007
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newsday.com —
The Mets are expected to remove Julio Franco
from their roster today to make room for Lastings...
Milledge, Newsday has learned. An announcement will be made before today's game. It's not clear whether Franco, who turns 48 next month, will retire, or ...
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Mets part ways with Franco
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lonestarmets.com - 7/15/2007
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lonestarmets.com —
Less than 24 hours after Lastings Milledge’s arrival
to Shea Stadium, the outspoken young outfielder was in...
the midst of yet another controversy: “Sock-Gate.” Sources close to the team have refused to comment, deferring all inquiries to Public Relations Director Jay Horowitz’s office; Horowitz was not available for comment at the time of the story. Though the Mets front office remains quiet, not a
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Lone Star Mets » Milledge in Hot Water with Teammates
nyjerplease.blogharbor.com - 7/31/2007
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Winners: 1. Boston Redsox: The Red Sox added
Eric Gagne to an already established bullpen. With Jon...
Papelbon closing and Hideki Okajima having a fantastic rookie year, games are just about over after the 6th inning. For this reason alone, the Yankees are losers, which makes most of America winners. They got rid of Joel Piniero too, so that's an addition by subtraction in itself. 2. ...
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Trade Deadline's Winners And Losers
newyork.mets.mlb.com - 7/12/2007
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NEW YORK -- The impatience -- and relative
lack of productivity -- of Mets hitters seemingly led...
to impatience with hitting coach Rick Down. New York has dismissed Down and added Rickey Henderson to the coaching staff, though Henderson's role has not ...
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Henderson joins Mets coaching staff
nypost.com - 7/12/2007
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July 12, 2007 -- Lastings Milledge is expected
to be promoted today and return to the Mets...
for the first time in three months. Milledge, who had three at-bats with the Mets in April before being demoted, has been playing minor-league rehab games, coming back from a sprained ligament in his right foot. The 22-yearold outfielder could become the everyday left fielder for now, with ...
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MILLEDGE IS SLATED FOR MAJOR RETURN
nyjerplease.blogharbor.com - 7/6/2007
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Mike Piazza's days in Oakland may be limited.
The Mariners, Twins and Angels all have problems at...
the DH position and are likely players in the Piazza sweepstakes. It will never happen, but my hometown Mets should go after Piazza and get rid of Julio Franco. Piazza would take over his role as right-handed PH and never see time out in the field. Except Piazza is loved and will actually get a hit on
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MLB Trade Rumors: July 6th
newyork.mets.mlb.com - 7/12/2007
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NEW YORK -- For weeks, Julio Franco had
spoken privately of the need to find work elsewhere...
and the need to get enough at-bats to allow him to continue his career and reach his objective of playing at age 50. He was convinced remaining in what he ...
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Mets designate Franco for assignment
nyjerplease.blogharbor.com - 7/13/2007
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nyjerplease.blogharbor.com —
The New York Mets are going younger. No,
I'm not talking about the recent addition of 41-year-old...
Sandy Alomar Jr., a move that prompted most baseball observers to say, "Holy crap, I thought that guy retired five years ago." Nope, Julio Franco has been designated for assignment . Tiring of the fact that Franco was in danger of having his age be a higher number than his batting average, the ...
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Hasta La Vista, Julio
insider.espn.go.com - 7/30/2007
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MARKET REPORT The Gagne sweepstakes was down to
the Red Sox and Brewers by Tuesday afternoon. The...
Yankees and Mets signaled that by turning their attention to other deals, according to executives from multiple teams. So that left one team (Boston) ...
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Stark Market (Tuesday, July 31) - MLB
blog.nj.com - 7/29/2007
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blog.nj.com —
It's about 48 hours until the trading deadline
passes, so here's a rundown of Mets rumors. If...
trades don't go down, we may have our own General Manager to blame says Will Carroll : One front office executive noted his frustration. "Everyone's locked ...
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The Silly Season - NJ.com: Always Amazin'
amazinavenue.com - 7/12/2007
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amazinavenue.com —
According to Newsday via MetsBlog , Rick Down
has been fired as hitting coach of the Mets,...
replaced by Rickey "Rickey" Henderson. Henderson has a myriad of personality disorders, but his approach at the plate was rivaled by few. He has been given much ...
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Down Out, Rickey In as Hitting Coach
globalnym.blogspot.com - 7/12/2007
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Now that the all star game is over,
the Mets can settle into playing everyday again after...
their layoff. With the season more than half over, here begins the stretch run towards the playoffs. That first step in the stretch run is the trading deadline where teams can wheel and deal in attempts to make their team better, without having players pass through the waiver wire. Mets fans can remember ...
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Trade deadline begins stretch run for mets
nydailynews.com - 7/13/2007
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nydailynews.com —
Julio Franco has held the title of the
oldest player in the majors for a while, but...
he's no longer in the big leagues after the Mets designated him for assignment yesterday to clear a roster spot for Lastings Milledge. Franco, who will turn 49 next ...
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Franco is cut, but won't quit
cantstopthebleeding.com - 7/25/2007
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cantstopthebleeding.com —
Since posting an actual clip from the Mets’
8-4 win over the Pirates will undoubtedly result in...
harsh action from MLB Advanced Media, you’ll have to settle for the above bit of trickeration instead. Perhaps preempting a future ...
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John Maine - Only 752 HR’s Behind The Sultan Of Surly
mlbtraderumors.com - 7/29/2007
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mlbtraderumors.com —
Ryan McConnell of the New Jersey Star-Ledger posted
a run-down of Mets' rumors, mostly old hat by...
now. Items of note: The Mets are being asked too much for both Chad Cordero and Octavio Dotel , causing them to take another look at Eric Gagne ...
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Mets and Devil Rays
gothambaseballmagazine.com - 7/31/2007
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Mets are talking to Texas, but are asking
about Brad Wilkerson (a former Omar Minaya fave) not...
reliever Eric Gagne. Texas officials, though, don ' t mind leaking the Mets ' " interest " as it ' s driving up the already ridiculous asking price. A scout ...
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Milledge on the move? Griffey on the radar? This and that.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 7/31/2007
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The Mets and Diamondbacks are bidding for Nationals
closer Chad Cordero , whose name keeps popping up...
in trade talks as the 4 p.m. EDT nonwaiver deadline approaches. The Mets offered fine pitching prospect Phil Humber for Cordero but have been firm to ...
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Mets, D'backs in hunt for Cordero
metsblog.com - 7/2/2007
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metsblog.com —
In his recent chat at ESPN.com , Buster
Olney was asked by a reader if he, as...
Omar Minaya, would accept Nationals RHP Chad Cordero in exchange for OF Lastings Milledge , in which Olney responded… “Absolutely not. There are serious ...
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Note: Olney on Chad Cordero, and Mets
recordonline.com - 7/2/2007
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recordonline.com —
I have a gut feeling ... That Willie
Randolph thinks Carlos Beltran, both mentally and physically, is...
a major-league softie. That once Guillermo Mota proves he's for real, Aaron Heilman is on the verge of being history here, hitting the trading block ...
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recordonline.com - Rickey not ready for token farewell
metsblog.com - 7/11/2007
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In this special midseason edition of Blogger Beat,
we check in with John Delcos, who covers the...
Mets for the Journal News . John was nice enough to answer a few quick questions about the state of our beloved orange 'n' blue. All last season, we heard ...
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Blogger Beat: John Delcos
