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At one time Bobby Valentine was one of the brightest up and coming stars in the game of baseball. Injuries hampered those expectations and a new career in coaching and managing began. Valentine had great success as manager with the Texas Rangers for seven years, then with the New York Mets leading an unlikely group to the 2000 World Series against the cross-town rival New York Yankees. Now he is involved in a new kind of race and the final game is played on election day.

What can you really say about 10 pitches in a meaningless game at the end of September between two teams that have long been out of the playoff picture? Actually, it was more captivating than I thought it would be. It had been two years since, Noah Syndergaard had thrown a pitch in a Major League, regular season game. The six foot six inch, strapping right hander, with flowing blonde hair and a Marvel Comic Book character nickname, was full of promise and had enormous expectations.

Ever since 2001, September 11th has meant a bit extra in the baseball world. The ceremony Saturday was powerful and moving, and here are photos that moved me.

Yesterday was Howie Rose's final game of the season behind the microphone before surgery, and Mets' fans showed their admiration in a major way.

Javier Baez and maybe some other New York Mets have decided to take on the fans. According to an article in the New York Daily News by Deesha Thosar, Mr. Baez feels justified in taking on the New York Mets fans, “When we don’t get success, we’re going to get booed,” Baez said. “So they’re going to get booed when we get success.” Hmmm, game on.

The New York Mets completed a 7 game road trip by losing to the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 on Sunday. In case you missed it, the loss was just a sour cherry on a terrible cake. Former Met Zach Wheeler put all of the nails in the Amazin's coffin completing the 3 game sweep with a 2 hit shutout. Philadelphia not only took over first place from the Mets, it looked like they knocked over their books and took New York's lunch money. The Mets finished the road trip 1-6 and are now in third place, after starting Friday in first. Bad news? Yes. End of the season? Not so fast...

Professional sports broadcasters travel the world, and eat cuisine from different cities on a daily basis. Enter: New York Mets' play-by-play man, Gary Cohen.

One could try to pick a "turning point" in last night's crazy game between the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds but it wouldn't be easy. Right from the start, the Mets scored 3 runs in the top of the first off of Reds starter Vladimir Gutierrez. Great start right? Well, New York's starter, journeyman Jerad Eickoff, decided to give the runs all back to Cincinnati, plus one, in the bottom of the first and so the game went from there.

The New York Mets fell out of the starting gate, to use a horse racing term, to start the second half. After watching Edwin Diaz melt down last Sunday, Met fans got treated to an encore Saturday night against the very same, last place Pittsburgh Pirates. The first place Mets limped into Sunday afternoon. The Bucs could smell sweep.

You can tell it in his voice. Frank Viola is proud to have been selected to three MLB All-Star Games. Thirty years ago, Viola, along with teammate Howard Johnson, represented the New York Mets as part of the National League squad in Toronto. This was the Long Islander's third time being selected for the Midsummer Classic.