nydailynews.com - 6/11/2008
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So the Mets finished the evening losers of five straight, looking at first place through the idiot's end of a telescope. Where are they headed? Nowhere, sideways, a ballpark behind their ballpark.
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I Talk Prospects to Ignore the Pain
the metropolitans —
... It seems the Mets had a closed door meeting which is nice that something is going on outside of the eye of the media, but we also have not heard about many of these and one has to wonder if they have not been happening, why not? ...
F.U. to Mets: Beat Brandon Webb
Faith and Fear in Flushing —
... 1 earned run.
Brandon Webb's earned run average in those four Shea outings: 0.31
This year overall, Webb is 11-2, toting a 2.58 ERA and wielding a WHIP of barely more than 1.
Alou isn't available (the sun shifted imperceptibly this afternoon, requiring Moises to undergo an MRI). Chris Aguila is apparently up, Abraham Nuñez undeniably down. The Mets are riding 'round in a hole in the ground.
Want us to believe you're worth believing in tomorrow? Beat Brandon Webb or at least his team tonight.
Cordially, ...
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Five runs came in early for the Mets last night. But five losses came later. The Mets' skid has hit five again, as they flushed an early four-run lead at Shea Stadium by allowing the Diamondbacks to score the night's final eight runs. The Mets went...
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Things do not get any easier for the Mets tonight. In order to break their five-game losing streak, which was extended last night in a 9-5 loss to the Diamondbacks, the Mets are going to have to do it against Arizona's ace Brandon Webb (7:10, SNY...
