nydailynews.com - 8/25/2008
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The Mets have managed to survive. But the reality is, after Sunday's grim news about John Maine and the failure of the bullpen, there are more adjustments to be made, and a ways to go before they'll know whether they finally got it all right.
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Baseball Today: Monday, August 25
Projo Sox Blog —
... MAN THE LIFEBOATS: Bill Madden of the New York Daily News says "The Good Ship Met" is beginning to spring leaks at the most inopportune time. Yahoo! Sports' Gordon Edes says the Mets ...
If John Maine goes down look for Jon Niese to fill his spot
24 Hours From Suicide...A Day In The Life of a Met Fan —
If John Maine needs to be shut down due to the pain that the bone spur he has in shoulder,look for Jon Niese to come up in a pressure situation heading into the September pennant race. It's not a good time for this to be happening but not much you can do it about it. You can read about in Bill Madden's piece over at the Daily news. Read it here
ToTO: How do we love Joe Maddon? Let us count the ways ...
Big League Stew —
... franchise record. In honor of that accomplishment, our man Chalk has enlisted the help of Rays Nation to compile 206 reasons to love the man. Reason No. 18: "He says the two coolest things he has ever seen are the roof of the Sistine Chapel and a Rolling Stones concert." [Bugs & Cranks] 2. From a different Madden (Bill) comes the post-John Maine diagnosis that the Mets' ship is starting to spring major leaks. [NY Daily News] 3. Turns out there's a reason why Bobby ...
Recipe for disaster......the pen
Mets Fever —
... With such a grim outlook it's understandable how the Star Ledger, Daily News and Lo Hud Journal all have stories about this years pen being reminiscent of last years collapse.... ...
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