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What are the Mets thinking with?
I can't imagine that it's been fun being a Mess Mets fan over the past couple of years.  The Mets, who until they win three World Series titles in a row, will forever carry the tag of choke artists (even well after all the members of the current team have retired), and that has to ...
Will Madoff Scandal Hurt The New York Mets? (Update)  - Sports Biz with Darren Rovell
Will Madoff Scandal Hurt The New York Mets? (Update) - Sports Biz with Darren Rovell
cnbc.com — The real estate investment firm Sterling Equities, co-founded by New York Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, had money invested with Bernard Madoff’s firm, CNBC has confirmed. “Among our various investments, we have accounts managed by Madoff ... (more) Will Madoff Scandal Hurt The New York Mets? (Update) - ...
Are The Mets Truly ‘Choke Artists’?
Are The Mets Truly ‘Choke Artists’?
totalprosports.com — Total Pro Sports - In an article released earlier this week, Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies and MVP of this years World Series was on a New York radio station responding to various questions. When asked about his division rival the New York Mets, Hamels referred to the New York Mets ... (more) Are The Mets Truly ‘Choke Artists’?
Mets eyeing Cora
Mets eyeing Cora
blogs.weei.com — LAS VEGAS — While exiting the Bellagio Hotel, and Baseball Winter Meetings, came across one final nugget … With the Twins’ re-signing of Nick Punto, the Mets are targeting Alex Cora to replace Damian Easley as a middle infielder. ... (more) Mets eyeing Cora
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Statistically Speaking: What are the Mets thinking with?
BBTF's Baseball Primer NewsblogStatistically Speaking: What are the Mets thinking with? “The paths of experimentation twist and turn through mountains of miscalculations and often lose themselves in error and darkness!”...from the metsmirizing, ...

SS : Mets Listened To Their Sickly Stomachs
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... An MLB worst 29 blown saves in 2008 loom as a large factor in the Mets’ September 2008 collapse, but as Statistically Speaking’s Pizza Cutter reminds, “they managed to get along for more than a month and made up some serious ground without Billy Wagner.” Calling this week’s acquisitions of Francisco Rodriguez and J.J. Putz, “making decisions based on the psychological wounds of last season”, Sir Cutter warns, “it feels good, but not everything that feels good is good for you.” (link swiped from Repoz and ...

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