metstoday.com - 10/24/2009
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Through the first two months of the 2009 season, Johan Santana was — hands-down — the best pitcher on the planet. In fact, his first ten starts were the stuff of legend, and one of the most auspicious beginnings to a season for any pitcher in modern MLB history (all the more ...
hardballtimes.com - 10/21/2009
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hardballtimes.com —
Continuing with my look at impact prospects for
the 2010 season today we will take a look...
at Cleveland Indians catcher Carlos Santana . Santana came to the Indians organization in 2008 as part of a deal that sent Casey Blake to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The departure of Victor Martinez all but ...
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2010 impact rookies: Carlos Santana
faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 10/23/2009
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Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade
End , a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York...
Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin' or not, here it ...
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'79 or '93: ¿Cuál es Mas Mal?
metsmerizedonline.com - 10/27/2009
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metsmerizedonline.com —
As we all know by now Citi Field
is a pitchers park. It has a big outfield...
and 16 foot fences on the outfield walls. The Wilpons decided when building a new ball park for the Mets to play in that they wanted a pitchers park for the Mets. I’m sure if you ask David Wright he will tell ...
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If Citi Field Is A Pitchers Park Why Aren’t Mets Going ...
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I’m Reading: about Wang, Pedro, Santana’s Down Year, Photos
MetsBlog.com —
Mike Silva from New York Baseball Digest wonders if the Mets would be interested in signing Chien Ming Wang.
Meanwhile, Danny over at Metsmerized Online loved Pedro as a Met, but feels that he owes the Mets for the two last years of his contract.
Joe Janish, from Mets Today, continues his analysis of 2009 with a look at Johan Santana and his down year.
Finally, don’t forget to look out for my Mets Photo of the Day on Twitter every afternoon at 1:35 pm, highlighting moments from 2009 and other ...
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