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Take yourself back to that fateful Thursday October night in 2006 when Flushing was the center of the baseball world, Shea Stadium was filled to capacity and the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals battled in the seventh and final game of the National League Championship Series.
We know about the Endy Chavez catch, the Yadier Molina home run and the Carlos Beltran strike out. We even remember Willie Randolph ...
Could Oliver Perez of the Mets Be the Next Sandy Koufax?
Posted: 11th March 2010 by jimmy walters in MLB
Two weeks ago, Hall of Fame great Sandy Koufax worked with a few of the Mets' pitchers.
Koufax, a longtime friend of Mets owner Fred Wilpon, often makes this annual trip to Port St. Lucie to pass on his wisdom.
This year, it felt as if this visit by Koufax was the only hope Oliver Perez had left.
Perez, coming off a disastrous, injury-plagued year, is healthy and confident. Mets ownership is counting ...
As news of Jose Reyes thyroid issue hit the press this morning, the prognosis was the Mets shortstop would miss 2-8 weeks. Fans who lived and died with this team over the past year knew it was going to be at least two months before Reyes played again.
As this bad news scattered through the news wires and twitter, you could hear the harmonious shrieks of “what is going on?”
The ...