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18 results for "game time"
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Live In-Game Chat: Mets at Braves
Mark SimonJoin us around game time to chat about the Mets -- live -- as tonight's action unfolds. Mets at Braves Live Chat...
Blog | August 03, 2010 -
Salvador Perez: The new Vlad Guerrero?
Mark SimonSalvador Perez had 18 hits against pitches out of the strike zone last season. Click here to create your own Perezheat maps "The first time I laid eyes on Sal, it took me about two days to realize he was special. I've been in this game a long time....
Blog | February 29, 2012 -
Crazy '86: 10 things about Buckner's boot
Mark SimonToday is the anniversary of one of the most memorable moments in baseball history: Mookie Wilson's ground ball through Bill Buckner's legs to cap an amazing rally in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. This moment has been replayed so many times, wi...
Blog | October 25, 2011 -
W2W4: Mariners at Yankees (Tuesday)
Mark SimonCC Sabathia Stat To Watch The Yankees have scored and scored often the last six times CC Sabathia has pitched against the Mariners, outscoring them 50-6 in that span. Only one of those six games was decided by fewer than six runs. Most recently, Sab...
Blog | July 26, 2011 -
W2W4: Mariners at Yankees (Monday)
Mark SimonStat of the Day Courtesy of the brilliant statkeepers at the Elias Sports Bureau: The Yankees will be playing a team with a losing streak of at least 15 games for the first time since September 7, 1926 against the Red Sox, who entered with a 16-game...
Blog | July 25, 2011 -
W2W4: David Wright's 'opposite' prowess
Mark SimonDavid Wright Stat To Watch You may have seen the stat about how David Wright's first game back marked the first time he'd had two opposite-field hits in a game since last June against the Marlins. Wright noted that may have been because he was la...
Blog | July 23, 2011 -
Comerica trends troublesome to Yankees
Mark SimonComerica Park is not always a friendly place for the Yankees. The Yankees, who start a series there at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN tonight, are 21-22 all-time at Comerica Park. They hit .195 in four games there last season, losing three of them, though they...
Blog | May 02, 2011 -
A history of the Little League HR for Mets
Mark SimonDavid Wright came close to scoring on a four-base error in spring training. Jason Bay, in his first game of the season, was able to do what Wright could not, something that has happened four times in Mets history. Thanks to the Elias Sports Bureau...
Blog | April 21, 2011 -
Teixeira's mark among the clutch
Mark SimonIn the annals of Yankees clutch postseason home runs, Mark Teixeira's game-winner against the Twins doesn't come close to ranking near the top of the list, but it's still pretty significant nonetheless. This was the second time that Teixeira hit a...
Blog | October 07, 2010 -
Jeter knows how to get things started
Mark SimonSimon Bruty/Getty Images Derek Jeter has rounded the bases five times in postseason series openers. This trip tied Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS against the Orioles. If there's one thing among many Derek Jeter knows how to do best in October, it's to g...
Blog | October 04, 2010 -
Jeter's double (play) trouble
Mark SimonIt feels like you've seen that situation before so many times -- ninth inning, close game, and the Captain, Derek Jeter, at the plate, in position to impact a soon-to-be-victory in a signficant manner. But Monday night, that was not to be. Jeter d...
Blog | August 17, 2010 -
Remember where this "rivalry" stands
Mark SimonAmid all the excitement down in Texas, we remind you that combining regular season and postseason, the Yankees have beaten the Rangers exactly 100 times, losing on just 54 occasions, since 1995. Here are a few of the highlights: 1996 ALDS Games 2,...
Blog | August 11, 2010 -
Yanks-Red Sox Sunday Night Moments
Mark SimonBy my calculations, with the help of Retrosheet, today's clash marks the 27th time that the Yankees and Red Sox have played a Sunday night game, since the inception of ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball series in 1990. We sifted thru the box scores of t...
Blog | August 08, 2010 -
These Mets were chipper vs Braves
Mark SimonAP Photos Tommie Agee, Mike Piazza and Carlos Beltran are a few of the Amazin's who've aced Atlanta. Could Jeff Francoeur someday make the all-time list of Braves-killers in Mets history? Maybe the home run to win Tuesday's game (the first-ever ...
Blog | August 04, 2010 -
Five things to know on Santana's feat
Mark SimonThe last time that Johan Santana pitched a shutout (September 27, 2008 against the Marlins), the circumstances were a little more arduous. For one thing, the Mets were down a game in the standings with two to play. And for another, he was pitchin...
Blog | July 07, 2010 -
10 things to know: Niese's one-hitter
Mark SimonA major cap-tip to Baseball-Reference.com for its assistance in this compilation. 1- Jonathon Niese's one-hitter marked the 23rd time a Mets pitcher has thrown a regular season complete game one-hitter of nine innings or more. The Mets also had on...
Blog | June 10, 2010