Just-Anotherness Takes a Holiday
The fans who wait for their team to come off the road while the year is still young are rewarded for their patience with two Openers.
Today
Wed, Apr 16
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Fuck, Whack, Repeat
“FUCK!” I screeched when Francisco Lindor rolled over one to second in the seventh inning, and if I do say so myself, I was in midseason form.
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Tue, Apr 15
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Let’s Go to the Videotape
If 11 o’clock newscasts were what they used to be, the Minnesota Twins could have filled half of Warner Wolf’s Plays of the Month via their unintentional antics at frigid Target Field on Monday night.
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Mon, Apr 14
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Railway Companion
I turned on the Mets game a couple of minutes after my Metro-North train starting trundling south out of Waterbury, Conn.
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Sun, Apr 13
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When the Offense Passes You Over
No doubt as the Mets’ traveling party gathered for its team Seder on Saturday evening in Sacramento, one of the elder statesmen at the table — my guess is bench coach John Gibbons — noted that the 3-1 score by which the club lost in the afternoon was the first 3-1 loss the Mets had [.
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Sat, Apr 12
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In Which Your Recapper Admits He’s Only Human
Mets 3, A’s 1, game called after four and a half innings because your recapper was weary and collapsed into his bed.
Thu, Apr 10
Wed, Apr 9
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Daytime Believer
A day after Monday night’s freeze-fest, the Mets played a game that had been moved to Tuesday daylight hours and yet somehow took place in even less pleasant conditions.
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