John Buck
ATLANTA, GA - JUNE 18: Bobby Parnell #39 and John Buck #44 of the New York Mets celebrate after the game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on June 18, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. Game 1 of a day-night doubleheader.
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We hit a lot of balls hard. They just happened to go right at people
His stuff has been the same, but he’s improved since spring training because he trusts it more, and he came to realize how much more he could do
He’s been successful in different roles ... That’s why we’ve used him way behind or way ahead or shutdown innings or those long situations or those one-out situations against lefties. I think he gives a good weapon for Terry.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Time will tell if Alderson can right the ship
chance to ask questions of a Mets panel that included Sandy Alderson. After all of the softballs lobbed at Matt Harvey and John Buck, one frustrated fan shoved the conversation in a different direction.Taking the microphone, he spoke to Alderson: "I'm told Read more »
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Bobby Parnell fails in 9th as Mets lose to Nationals
so quickly for Bobby Parnell.A line drive off the fence in right-center. A high fastball that escaped from the mitt of catcher John Buck. A game-tying single. Another liner up the alley. All of it set up for the deciding blow, a sacrifice fly by Steve Lombardozzi Read more »
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Matt Harvey shows he's human . . . and unlucky
a career-high 10 hits and lasted a season-low five innings, didn't have bad stuff on Sunday, according to his catcher, John Buck."He had unfortunate stuff," Buck said. "They hit a bunch of bleeders."That's about the only way the veteran could make sense of Read more »
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John Buck sees shades of Zack Greinke in Matt Harvey
Buck has seen all this Matt Harvey mania before, only then the phenom went by a different name: Zack Greinke.It took Greinke, the No. 14 prospect in MLB before the 2004 season, a little longer to establish himself as one of the games best. He suffered from Read more »
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Subway Series set to be serious mismatch
a home-and-home battle with two each at Citi Field and Yankee Stadium, running consecutively. Catcher: Chris Stewart vs. John Buck What's harder to believe? Stewart holding down the starting job for the first-place Yankees or Buck slugging like Mike Piazza Read more »
Around the web
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Harvey leads Mets to 4-3 win over Braves
Harvey pitched six hitless innings, John Buck homered and the New York Mets held off another Atlanta comeback, beating the Braves 4-3 Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader. Harvey (6-1) didn't allow a hit until Jason Heyward's fluke infield single leading from The Seattle Times Read more »
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Father's Day Postscript: The Best Rally We Never Saw
homer, which beat the Chicago Cubs, 4-3. Nor did we see Marlon Byrd’s solo shot to start the inning, Lucas Duda’s walk, John Buck’s single and Omar Quintanilla’s sacrifice bunt. All we saw were eight innings of some of the worst baseball the Mets have played from The New York Times Read more »
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Recap: Atlanta vs. NY Mets
through the opposing lineups once the tarps were pulled off until New York finally broke through in the seventh inning. John Buck opened the seventh with a base hit that was deflected by Braves second baseman Dan Uggla. Buck moved to second on Omar Quintanilla's from Miami Herald Read more »
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6/17 Some Marmol numbers
entered in the ninth. But Marmol gave up a solo home run to Marlon Byrd, then walked Lucas Duda and served up a single to John Buck. Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who was batting .103, then hit a three-run homer for the walkoff win. “All the other innings, he’s done a from Muskat Ramblings Read more »
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though that was the perfect spot for our theoretical power-hitter to content himself with 90 feet worth of offense. But when John Buck got a hit, as he largely hasn’t since Tax Day, I began to think the Mets might at least provide some extra baseball for the from Faith And Fear In Flushing Read more »
