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Dr. James Andrews told us on the Front Office that in his professional opinion 120 should be the pitch limit for starting pitchers #PHealth
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Lineups: Kinsler to DL, Garcia gets start http://t.co/kzMf55k1ru
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Murph may remain cast as leading man http://t.co/NGnF9cBoHJ #NYM #Mets
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Which LA team is more fixable? And how good are the Indians? @Ken_Rosenthal joins us at 7:05 ET to discuss as we lead up to DET/TEX
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Official: Oblique strain announced for Andrew Brown in Las Vegas game at Omaha. Obviously he was working at 1B for reason. Bad timing. #mets
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Btw- Alex Gordon is really good! #justsaying
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After Sunday's game, Terry Collins sounded inclined to leave Daniel Murphy as the leadoff hitter. #mets
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Delayed now cuz cabin is too hot! Gotta cool it off. This just in- it sometimes gets hot in PHX in May. #smh
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Rapid Reaction: Mets 4, Cubs 3 http://t.co/h6UoDQXltS #NYM #Mets
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Ron Washington says he notices that on days like today, when the wind gusts toward RF, RHed hitters will make more of an effort to hit to RF
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- AdamRubinESPN Adam Rubin
Can't confirm yet, but presume genuine. Would be horrible timing: RT @mattclausen: StormChaser's radio reported he left with Oblique injury
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We're starting an in-game twitter segment on Sun. Night Baseball with questions/answers on http://t.co/xQBkN1ek9Q gamecast. Questions?
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RT @PSBLynn: Montero's Las Vegas start looking like a spot start situation. #BMets expect to have him back in their rotation.
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I'm told there's no apparent DL candidate with #Mets, so stay tuned on Andrew Brown departure from AAA game.
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Rapid Reaction: #Mets 4, #Cubs 3: http://t.co/FsbpQTnNxE
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Rafael Montero promoted to Las Vegas, for what that's worth.
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Bobby Parnell on, bidding for his sixth save. #Mets 4, #Cubs 3, mid-9.
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If ever a middle reliever merited a win, it will be today with Scott Rice. Retires all six batters he faced. #Mets 4, #Cubs 3, end 8.
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#USAir rears its ugly head again. Hopefully American can fix them.
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If Mets starting pitcher goes on DL, Brown comes up, Montero eventually fills spot w/ roster move for position player later, I'm retiring.
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