Aug 9, 2010: Monday Mets Links

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Published Aug. 9, 2010 at 9:04 a.m.

NorthJersey.com – Bob Klapisch wants Wally Backman to replace Jerry Manuel… immediately. Mets Gazette – Torre, Melvin or Backman? I’m always amazed how many Mets fans think Joe Torre is a competent manager. The Yankees don’t miss him and his mismanagement of his bullpen and rotation is positively Manuel-esque. The Daily Stache – Kevin Kearns [ ... ] ...

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Madden: Joe may not have horses to win West

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Published April 27, 2010 at 6:26 a.m.
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If nothing else, Monday's rainout provided Joe Torre a welcome reprieve to talk about more pleasant topics than his starting rotation or his error-prone infield. Topics like his thoroughbred, Home Boy Chris, who will be running in Saturday's Kentucky Derby and his Core Four Yankees ...

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First-place Mets sweep away L.A.

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Published April 28, 2010 at 3:07 p.m.
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With their first three games against the Phillies this season slated to kick off Friday at Citizens Bank Park, the NL East-leading Mets completed their second consecutive series sweep with a 7-3 victory over Joe Torre and the Dodgers ...

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Torre looks ahead to Derby as Dodgers rained out (AP)

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Published April 26, 2010 at 9:41 p.m.

Joe Torre sat in the third-base dugout at Citi Field watching the rain fall. As much as he was looking forward to another three-game series in New York, he was thinking ahead to the Kentucky Derby this weekend. Someone asked him about Homeboykris, suggesting he was a 50-1 choice. "My horse? 72-1," Torre quickly corrected, reminding everyone that odds on Homeboykris had risen from 40-1 in ...

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Dugout to Derby: Torre’s Interest in Racing Grows

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Published April 27, 2010 at 11:46 a.m.
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Dodgers Manager Joe Torre, reintroduced to horse racing by Don Zimmer years ago, is a co-owner of Homeboykris, a long shot in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby ...

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Dodgers' Entire Coaching Staff to Return Next Year

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Published Nov. 10, 2009 at 10:10 a.m.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Joe Torre's entire coaching staff will be back with the Los Angeles Dodgers next season ...

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'79 or '93: ¿Cuál es Mas Mal?

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Published Oct. 23, 2009 at 2:28 a.m.

Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End , a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin' or not, here it comes ... Let others, for now, stew over what would be the worst World Series outcome possible. A Phillie repeat? A Yankee return? One is a kick in the head. The other is a kick in the groin. The key

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Putting the 'die' in Yadier

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Published Oct. 11, 2009 at 11:34 a.m.

I didn't think I had much of a rooting interest in the Dodgers-Cardinals NLDS until I noticed a fan at Busch Stadium in a MOLINA 4 All-Star jersey. I still didn't think I would glean a lot of satisfaction from this Division Series until Yadier Molina attempted to cross from second to third on a one-out ground ball clearly in front of him and was tagged out with ease ... "HA!" I said ... "HA!" I said yet again. That kills the Cardinals. That kills Yadier Molina ... You can't kill Yadier Molina

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Who We Are ... the Faith and Fear Demographics

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Published Oct. 10, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.

Before we get into some numbers ... my goodness do I hate the Yankees ... Sure, I'd made the usual jokes about how my answer to the question of a Phillies-Yankees World Series would be to root for plague. But seeing them tonight before the baying hordes in Leni Riefenstahl Park, all the jokes fell away. I would be rooting hard for the Phillies. Of course I would be. Not because Pedro might be there, or because I don't despise the Phillies with the proper intensity, or because it's the National

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Now About That Franchise Hit Record...

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Published Sept. 9, 2009 at 8:32 a.m.

There's a lot of talk going around about all-time franchise records for hits. I assume this has something to do with the eternal appreciation fans and media have for true legends of the game. Given that the subject is in the air, I thought it would be fun (my kind of fun, at any rate) to explore how the vaunted Met record for most hits in a career came to be ... The first Met to hold the all-time franchise record for hits was Gus Bell. He produced the first Met hit ever, a one-out single to

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