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New York Mets in the News
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RIGHTY IS SNEEZING AT $12M PER YEAR
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The Mets are playing Lowe ball, but their target isn't biting. According to a baseball source, Derek Lowe is hardly overwhelmed by the three-year offer of about $36 million the Mets have extended him, potentially sending the sides toward a...
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REPORT: METS OFFER LOWE $36M
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The Mets are moving along negotiations with Derek Lowe, reportedly with a three-year offer in the $36 million range for the free-agent pitcher. That isn't nearly in line with the four-or five-year deal at around $15 million per season that Lowe's...
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METS NIX ANDRUW
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There's probably a better chance of Cleon Jones playing for the Mets next season than Andruw Jones. Although an ESPN report last night indicated the Mets and Dodgers were in trade discussions that could potentially make Jones the Mets' new right...
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AMAZIN'S WAITING FOR LOWER PRICE ON LOWE
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The Mets want to go Lowe without going too high on the price. A team official said yesterday that discussions are ongoing to bring free-agent pitcher Derek Lowe to the Mets, but reports in recent days suggesting a deal was almost done are untrue...
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MANUEL DOES SOME HOLIDAY CHEERLEADING
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JERRY Manuel has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. His 85-year-old mother Mildred, hospitalized for six weeks with congestive heart failure, is back home again. "It's a tremendous blessing for us to have her home and have her part of...
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METS NEED TO GET IN THE GAME
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THE first reaction, all across baseball, is sure to be loud cries of outrage, followed by grand charges of gluttony, followed by a sea of rolled eyes and a battalion of wrung hands and a chorus of addled angst. Nothing gets the blood boiling in...
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METS MIGHT BE HIGH ON LOWE
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Scott Boras may not be finished doing business in the Big Apple this winter. The super agent already has Mark Teixeira ticketed for the Yankees, and last night a baseball source indicated Mets GM Omar Minaya is having discussions with Boras about...
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TODAY'S TEN: TOP METS OF 2008
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Another year, another colossal meltdown for the Mets. Well, maybe not colossal, but the 2008 Amazin's failed to make the playoffs - again - and to make matters worse, division rival Philiadelphia is now World Series champion. Though there was a...
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PUTZ SATISFIED WITH AMAZIN' NEW ROLE
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A shutdown closer for much of his career in Seattle, J.J. Putz did his best to shut down any potential controversy yesterday. In his first comments since the Mets acquired him in a three-team, 12-player deal last week, Putz proclaimed himself...
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PUTZ CLOSES THOUGHTS OF METS' CONTROVERSY
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A shutdown closer for much of his career in Seattle, J.J. Putz did his best to shut down any potential controversy today. In his first public comments since the Mets acquired him in a three-team, 12-player trade last week, Putz proclaimed himself...
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