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Mets-Rockies postponed again
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The Mets' game against the Colorado Rockies scheduled for Wednesday at Coors Field has been postponed because of snow.
The teams will play just a single game Thursday at 3:10 p.m. to wrap up the series. No additional information has been released on when the game will be made up.
Jonathon Niese will get the start for the Mets in Thursday's game.
The Mets lost both games of a doubleheader...
Read more »'Sweet Caroline' at Yankee Stadium a nice moment
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When the first strains of "Sweet Caroline" began to build during the third inning Tuesday night, the scattered crowd at Yankee Stadium seemed a bit disoriented at first. Many were probably unaware that team executives, as part of that evening's tribute to the mourning city of Boston, had decided to play the Fenway Park eighth-inning singalong anthem.
For those of us that have heard...
Read more »Jeff Francoeur has a ridiculous arm and makes ridiculous plays with it
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Jeff Francoeur may be a one tool player. But that one tool is darn fun to watch.
Perhaps the only non-pitcher to stick around baseball because he has a great arm, Francoeur has made a living out of highlight-reel throws from the outfield.
But this one is just sick.
Watch as Francoeur doesn't even get a great plant and yet still nails a runner at home plate -- on the fly:
Your...
Read more »Mets-Rockies begin play after massive effort to clear field of snow
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DENVER -- A network of heating coils wind beneath the playing surface here at Coors Field. Installed in 1995, they were designed to guard the Rockies against snow outs. But when the city was bombarded by a massive storm on Monday night, the heated coils melted only 2 inches of snow.
The rest had to be cleared away only through a massive effort before Tuesday's Mets-Rockies doubleheader, which...
Read more »Fantasy baseball closer updates
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Let the closer carousels begin.
Greg Holland is still the Royals’ closer — for now. But so far he only has two saves while Kelvin Herrera and Aaron Crow have combined for three. Holland did record the save in his last outing on April 9, but it was far from easy. It took 27 pitches, and he allowed a hit and two walks before closing out the game.
Herrera, on the other hand, has been lights...
Read more »Mets-Rockies snow game faces delay
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DENVER -- Give the Rockies credit. They're persistent.
With about 90 minutes left until Tuesday afternoon's scheduled 1:10 (MT) first pitch against the Mets, much of the snow that once blanketed Coors Field has been removed. At one point, even Mets general manager Sandy Alderson helped shovel snow.
Snow remains piled up on the track in the infield while parts of right field still look...
Read more »Video: Rockies scramble to clear snow from field
DENVER -- From team owner/chairman and chief executive officer Richard Monfort, to the team's mascot Dinger, dozens of Rockies employees picked up shovels to assist in the massive effort to clear the field for Tuesday's scheduled doubleheader against the Mets.
As workers used snowblowers to clear seats of snow, others scrambled to move about five inches of powder off the field, all as icicles...
Read more »Mets game against Rockies postponed; will play doubleheader Tuesday
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The Mets' game against the Rockies scheduled for Monday at Coors Field in Colorado has been postponed because of snow.
The teams will square off in a split doubleheader Tuesday to begin their four-game series. The first game will start at 3:10 p.m., and the second game will start at 8:40 p.m.
The Mets arrived in Denver following their snow-shortened series with the Minnesota Twins. The...
Read more »Curtis Granderson: I'm here today because of Jackie Robinson
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Curtis Granderson can easily tick off the far-off locales he’s visited as an ambassador for Major League Baseball: Korea, South Africa, Japan, Switzerland, Taiwan, Italy.
And he can just as easily point out each country’s common reaction to the interlocking white “NY” logo on his cap.
“Parts of these places don’t really realize how big baseball is,” Granderson said. “But the first thing...
Read more »Curtis Granderson visits Abraham Lincoln High School
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Curtis Granderson spoke to students at Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn on Monday morning, emphasing Jackie Robinson's importance to baseball and his enduring legacy in improving race relations in society.
Granderson spoke on Jackie Robinson Day and treated the students to a showing of the new Robinson biopic, "42."
Yankees GM Brian Cashman and catcher Francisco Cervelli...
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