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Fifth career start in leadoff spot for Daniel Murphy. Other four times came in 2009. #mets #cubs
11 minutes ago
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Sunday #Mets vs. #Cubs: Murphy - 2B Turner - 1B Wright - 3B Byrd - RF Duda - LF Recker - C Tejada - SS Lagares - CF Gee - RHP
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You generally try to sell high, not low.//RT @thatspanishboul: Do you think we can get anything out of Ike Davis during the trade deadline?
16 minutes ago
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- AdamRubinESPN Adam Rubin
After today, next 10 #Mets games are against #Reds (26-17), #Braves (24-18) and #Yanks (27-16). Two first-place teams and second-place team.
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- jcrasnick Jerry Crasnick
#Redsox reliever Jose De La Torre crafted a nice family feel-good story last week against the #rays. De La Torre'... http://t.co/O2deUlx55l
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- AdamRubinESPN Adam Rubin
You're thinking about Super 2 with respect to Zack Wheeler. That explanation is here: http://t.co/IpVgSkK4JK #mets
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- AdamRubinESPN Adam Rubin
Extra-year control passed in April.//RT @Lou_Guida: When will @Wheelerpro45 be eligible to come up and #Mets have control for extra yr?
23 minutes ago
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TC said rotation straight thru even w/ Thurs. day off. So Tuesday probably/RT @twersk77: would put him in line to pitch vs yanks week after?
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- JimBowdenESPNxm JIM BOWDEN
Coming up on the FRONT OFFICE.Marlins Dan Jennings and Dr. James Andrews we'll talk pitch counts, plasma injections and medical improvements
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- AdamRubinESPN Adam Rubin
Wednesday vs. Mat Latos/Reds at Citi Field. // RT @twersk77: when's the next expected Matt Harvey start?
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- Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
Good morning, folks-- today's column is posted. About the extremely thin starting pitching market that is developing, links, notes
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- ESPNNYYankees wallace matthews
Today's lineup: granderson 8 cano 4 wells 7 Hafner dh Overbay 3 nix 5 Suzuki 9 brignac 6 Romine 2 Sabathia lhp
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- Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
Hopefully Seton Hall does some serious internal assessment after this Star-Ledger column is widely read. http://t.co/WC2fhoLQDO
about an hour ago
- Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
- Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
Early # concerning for Grilli, Melancon, as they were for Venters/O'Flaherty in '11: Racking up April/May appearances http://t.co/ch95XmXBSH
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- AdamRubinESPN Adam Rubin
Mentioned before: Detracts from Jay Horwitz tweeting. Win-win./RT @kaye31d: Shouldn't Mets worry about winning instead of meaningless stats?
about an hour ago
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Mets have successfully appealed 1 scoring decision. David Wright gets hit, not a fielder's choice, for his 9th-inning AB at St. Louis Thurs.
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First Pitch: Hal calls tickets 'affordable' http://t.co/cvPOepU61k
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Morning briefing: Gee gets Wrigley call http://t.co/MDo61MTRCv #NYM #Mets
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- Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
Today is the birthday of Brandon Inge, Turk Wendell and Ed Whitson. http://t.co/Jy11p8bRlX
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- c_singleton Chris Singleton
Insightful article about the current relationship between at least a sector of the #LGBT community and #chickfila http://t.co/c3T62Hx1ru
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