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QUICK TAKES: The 2012 MLB Winter Meetings
Jimmy: * Adam Rubin reports that the order of the team priorities at this year’s Winter Meetings — besides an upper-floor room with a jacuzzi! — is outfield, then catcher, with bullpen taking a back...
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The Big Trade: Two Guys Talk It Over
Jimmy: At this writing, the details of the trade are still not fully clear — and God is in the details, as the expression goes. However, I am thrilled by this trade. How can we not be, Mike? After all,...
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Two Guys Talking Trade Rumors: Upton, Kubel
Jimmy: This morning my daughter was watching that show, “Dual Survival.” And it got me thinking about us, good buddy. You know the show? There’s one guy who walks around barefoot and is really into...
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2 Guys Talking: Is “The Bourn Affair” a Result of Misreading the Marketplace?
Jimmy: Well, Mike, I can’t shake the feeling that the Mets new interest in Michael Bourn is the result of Sandy Alderson missing the mark in a couple of different ways. I don’t think Bourn was an...
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The 2013 Baseball Prospectus Just Arrived: What’s It Say About the Mets?
Jimmy: I have a long, sordid history with Baseball Prospectus. It’s like the old college girlfriend I lusted after, learned from, then discovered she was a little batshit crazy, so ditched, but kept...
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Our Mets: Well-Armed and (maybe) on the Verge of Something Great
There are many great annual rituals involved with being a baseball fan. One has already passed, the first game of Spring Training. It is not marketed or attended anywhere near the level of Opening Day....
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Two Guys Talking: TINSTAAPP!
Jimmy: I want to begin this conversation by establishing two reference points. Last week Peter Gammons tweeted a quote from that preeminently quotable source, the unnamed GM: “Putting all your hopes in...
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The Nolan Ryan Trade, Part II: What Future Superstar Will the Mets Be Trading...
It is widely held that the Nolan Ryan trade of December 10, 1971, was one of the worst in Mets team history. Many fans today, some too young to have seen Ryan pitch for the Mets (or sit idly with his...
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SANDY SETS HIGH PRICE: Decides Against Moving Byrd, Adding Talent to Farm
Mike: Well, here we are on August 1st and the Mets made no real moves. Some people will say the real deadline is August 31st but in this case I don’t see it that way. Most of the players we could have...
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NEWS & VIEWS: Tejeda, Travis Takes a Beating, Reverse Standings, and Talking...
A fitting end to a sad season for the Mets shortstop. Jimmy: Tough way for Ruben to end a miserable season. That’s what I call a bad break. Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Get it? Sometimes these jokes write themselves....
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