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Jul 7, 20264 min
Pitching Duel Turns Into Extra-Inning Slugfest; Mets Outlast the Braves in Instant Classic
Mets 7 Braves 6, 10 Innings (Truist Park, Cobb County, GA) Mets record: 37-53 Mets streak: Won 2 WP -Brooks Raley (3-3) LP - Owen Murphy (0-1) SV - Luke Weaver (1) Seat on the Korner: Juan Soto We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main...

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Jun 24, 20262 min
Time Traveler Tuesdays : An Ace, a Turncoat, and a Hall of Fame closer: The Mets Pitchers of the 2000s Provided a Lot of Drama and Huge Moments
The Mets spent much of the 2000s searching for certainty on the mound. They found it in different forms: Johan Santana’s ace-level brilliance, Billy Wagner’s late-inning force, and Tom Glavine’s veteran steadiness. All three are legendary in their own ways. One was the peak. One was the power arm at the back of the bullpen. One was the innings-eater whose numbers were strong, even if his legacy in New York remains complicated. Santana was the best Mets pitcher of the 2000s by pure statistical...

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Jun 16, 20264 min
Time Traveler Tuesdays : Strikeouts, Failure, and Then Excellence. These are the Best Mets Pitchers of the 1990s
In Mets history, the 1990s can feel like a few different decades in one. The early 1990s were highly anticipated seasons, but then they crashed in a nose-dive into the ground. By 1999, Shea Stadium finally sounded dangerous again. In between came losing streaks, roster churn, deadline deals, false starts, bad summers, and one eternal Queens truth: when the Mets had something to believe in, it usually began with a pitcher standing alone on the mound. David Cone, John Franco, and Al Leiter were...

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