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amazinavenue.com - 11/7/2008

The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #34 Bobby Bonilla

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In the seven years from 1984 through 1990, the Mets had an incredible run of success during which they averaged better than 95 wins per season. Manager Davey Johnson had been dispatched a quarter of the way through the 1990 season, and his replacement, Bud Harrelson, was similarly replaced ...

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lohud.com - 11/6/2008

Mets, Yankees might compete for Lowe's services | lohud.com | The Journal News

— lohud.com — DANA POINT, Calif. - It has been years since the Mets and Yankees competed avidly for the... same free agent. The Mets made an offer to Mike Mussina after the 2000 season, but he had little desire to play in the National League or for Bobby Valentine. ... (more) Mets, Yankees might compete for Lowe's services | ...

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baseballhandyman.com - 11/7/2008

New York Mets Top 15 Prospects for 2009

— baseballhandyman.com — The Mets are in a period of transition from the look of their minor league organization. After... a handful of arguably disastrous drafts, the Mets have been busy signing top international talent and have focused on drafting top college talent in the hope of providing a quick organizational. (more) New York Mets Top 15 Prospects for 2009

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theropolitans.com - 11/5/2008

This Year in Baseball Awards: What Mets are up for the vote?

— theropolitans.com — If you're unfamiliar with the This Year in Baseball Awards , they are a fan-selected group of... players, separated into their respective categories. A few Mets are up for the awards in different categories, here's how the shake out: Hitter : Carlos Delgado. Delgado had a miserable first half of ... (more) This Year in Baseball Awards: What Mets are up for the vote?

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Amazin’ Avenue: Simon: The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #34 Bobby Bonilla
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — Amazin’ Avenue: Simon: The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #34 Bobby Bonilla I’ll show you the Bonilla right here, Klap! There were a lot of reasons for the failures of those early nineties Mets teams, but Bobby Bonilla wasn’t one of them. He wasn’t the perennial MVP candidate the Mets hoped they were getting when they opened the vault to bring him to Shea, but they really should have known that all along. His numbers weren’t those of a terrific hitter. A very good hitter, sure, but his production at the plate paled in comparison to those of his former Pittsburgh teammate Barry Bonds. ...

Links: Doc, Holt, and Bobby Bo
MetsBlog.com — ... Stashin at Gotham Baseball says that Brad Holt may be another Joba Chamberlain type player. At NY Mets Report, John Delcos asks his readers the popular question, “What to do with Heilman?”. For those of you who have been wondering what former Mets OF Darryl Hamilton has been up to, check out this article at the New York Times to find out more about baseball’s senior specialist for on-field operations. Lastly, Eric Simon at Amazin’ Avenue continues his list of all-time Mets: “#34 ...

In Defense of an Old Friend
New York Mets Fan Blog — ... ...would you take him? Because you did once. His name is Bobby Bonilla. And those stats are from his first Mets tenure, 1992-1995. Eric Simon at Amazin' Avenue placed Bobby Bo at #34 of the Top 50 Mets of All Time . Simon defends bringing Bonilla back from the blacklist, saying: The Mets thought they were getting more than just a ballplayer in Bonilla, and perhaps that's where the biggest evaluative failure lies. Bonilla was being paid like an outstanding hitter even though everyone knew -- even at the time -- that he was merely a very good hitter whose personality was ...

Amazin' Avenue Must Smoke Crack: Bonilla A Great?
The Mets Police — This must be blogger-bait....write something dopey to get people to react and link.  Well Amazin' Avenue, it has worked.   I take your bait and link to the idiocy that is Bonilla One Of Top 50 Mets Of All Time. ...