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Now Leaving Comeback City
Faith and Fear in Flushing —
According to the gentleman sitting behind me way up high in Section 3 of the Upper Deck Saturday night...
• The Mets were headed to "Comeback City".
• There was still "plenty of time left".
• Every ball should have been thrown "to second!" even if the play was at another base.
• CLAP!
This dude — nowhere near qualifying for the League of Extraordinary Morons, mind you — did like his clapping. The Mets left little to applaud, but he did like to urge them on.
When John Maine gathered two strikes: CLAP! CLAP! ...
THT Daily:THT Daily: Redemption
The Hardball Times —
... Count on Marcum being back in September, but until then journeyman John Parrish will fill his spot in the rotation. Yesterday’s Results American League NYA 5 BAL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 11 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 5 CHA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 4 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 7 MIN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 5 SEA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 8 TEX 7 (Recap and Boxscore) National League HOU 8 NYN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 9 LAN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 9 WAS 2 (Recap and ...
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Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 8/24/2008
Lance Berkman hit a three-run homer, Brandon Backe brought his best stuff to the mound and the Houston Astros roughed up John Maine early in their 8-3 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday night. Berkman finished with three hits and drove ...
