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[SNY.tv: Metsblog] - Note: Keith on SNY today at 5 pm, talking Murphy

Matthew Cerrone — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:29:23 GMT

... while working out with Daniel Murphy .” Hernandez will also appear on SNY’s Mets Hot Stove this Thursday, which airs at 7 pm. …i’m hoping to get video of kei ...

[Newsday] - Mex tutors Murph

Neil Best — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:26:24 GMT

... nnon has reported, 11-time Gold Glover Keith Hernandez has been tutoring the Mets' Daniel Murphy at first base in Florida this winter. Hernandez will discuss ...

[New York Magazine] - Mets to Make It Slightly Easier to Hit Home Runs at Citi Field

Joe DeLessio — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:25 GMT

... paper sounds like welcome news for Mets' hitters. They can claim that by removing the second level of padding, they' ...

[New York Post] - Mets' Pelfrey drops weight, not expectations

MIKE PUMA — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:07:01 GMT

... s not disappointed with the team’s offseason, despite cries he heard for the Mets to upgrade their rotation. If the season started today, the rotation would l ...

[New Jersey Online] - NY Mets lowering height of center field wall at Citi Field

Brian Costa/The Star-Ledger — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:40:55 GMT

... likely to have much impact on the number of home runs hit at the ballpark. A Mets spokesman said the area of the wall being lowered spans only the width of th ...

[MLB: Mets] - Mets to lower center-field wall at Citi

Alden Gonzalez — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:36:53 GMT

... er alleys and 330 feet down the right-field line -- will not be altered. The Mets hit the fewest homers in the Major Leagues last season with 95. The ballpark ...

[NY Daily News] - Mets' Citi Field to become more homer-friendly next season; center-field wall gets chopped to 8 feet

ADAM RUBIN, DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:44:20 GMT

... g for hitters, it didn't scare away free agent Jason Bay , at least when the Mets offered the most money - a four-year, $66 million contract. And it wasn't as ...

[FanGraphs] - Fastball Losses

Matthew Carruth — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:17:44 GMT

... ht be starting to worry about the future ceiling of Joba Chamberlain and the Mets, well, the Mets should have been worried about Oliver Perez long before they ...

[NY Times] - Baseball Roundup: Aparicio Lets Number Be Unretired So Vizquel Can Pay Tribute

BEN SHPIGEL — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:38:42 GMT

... ssional scout by the Mets, who also brought back Mookie Wilson as their minor league outfield and base ...

[North Jersey] - Mets bring back Mookie Wilson, add Bob Melvin as scout

STEVE POPPER — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:56:30 GMT

... reached Monday night. The Mets added another tie to their last championship team as Mookie Wilson returned ...

[SNY.tv: Video] - The WheelHouse: Should the Mets keep F-Mart?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:51:00 GMT

... The Wheelhouse discusses what the Mets should do with outfielder Fernando Martinez. ...

[Newsday] - Wilson, star on '86 Mets, rejoins club

DAVID LENNON david.lennon@newsday.com — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:52:53 GMT

... for full access Not a Newsday or Optimum Online ® subscriber? Click here The Mets' offseason efforts to resurrect some magic from the 1986 team continued Mond ...

[MLB: Mets] - Mookie Wilson Returns to Mets as Minor League Outfield and Base Running Coordinator

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:07:18 GMT

... he Arizona Diamondbacks from 2005 to May 8, 2009. Last year, Conti, a former Mets bullpen coach, was the team's Rehabilitation Pitching Coordinator, while Ful ...

[SNY.tv: Metsblog] - Images: Citi Field, Bullpen and HOF Construction

Matthew Cerrone — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:54:51 GMT

... S Radio took pictures of Citi Field from the Chopper 880. … this is what the Mets bullpen felt like in September 2008, as well … ouch … actually, i think the ...

[TCPalm.com] - 1986 Mets to play ball at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie

staff report — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:40:49 GMT

... t for the fifth annual Treasure Coast Hospice v. St. Lucie Mets Charity Softball Game. Gates open at 4 p.m. with Mets players conducting the ...