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UNBELIEVABLE: 3 | History Defined

The Mets deserved to lose after Buck Showalter’s cowardly move

This was such a lame thing to do.

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Showalter Explains Why He Asked Umpires to Check Musgrove’s Ear

The Mets manager controversially asked umpires to check the Padres’ All-Star starter during Game 3 of their NL wild-card series Sunday night.

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Padres’ Musgrove Rips Mets for ‘Desperate’ Move in Game 3

The Padres pitcher was checked in the sixth inning for foreign substances at the request of Mets manager Buck Showalter and was not happy about it.

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Umpire Conducts Bizarre Ear Check of Padres Pitcher During Game 3

The Mets asked the umps to check Joe Musgrove in the midst of a hot showing at Citi Field.

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Sports World Reacts to Umpire’s Bizarre Ear Check of Padres Pitcher

With Joe Musgrove dealing for the Padres, Mets manager Buck Showalter asked umpires to check the pitcher for foreign substances behind his ear.

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Manny Machado had the cheekiest reaction after Joe Musgrove’s ear was checked for illegal substances

Just Manny Machado things!

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Buck Showalter was so worried about Joe Musgrove’s glossy ears that he had the umps check

The Mets really thought he was cheating.

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A Near Perfect Day of Baseball Games

For baseball fans without any vested interests in the eight teams playing this weekend, yesterday was just about the perfect day of games. The four games delivered just the right combination of tension and action—the formula for any good baseball game—by showcasing the variety of genres only our ...

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Bill Madden: Braves have the edge on the Mets, now and into the winter

NEW YORK — Hard as it must be for the Citi Field faithful to accept the fact the Mets won 101 games, the second-most wins in their history, and still wound up as a wild card, there is this dose of hard reality: The Braves were simply a better team.

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Musgrove pitches Padres past Mets, into NLDS vs. Dodgers

NEW YORK — There was more champagne. There will be more baseball.

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A Series of Unfortunate Decisions

The Cardinals absolutely crumbled in the ninth inning yesterday. There’s no other way to explain how they went from up two with two outs to go for a win, to down four and having to bat in the bottom of the ninth. Closer Ryan Helsley, who was called upon to…

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Mets Only Have Themselves to Blame for Starting Pitching Debacle

New York tried to get cute with its first three starters. Now, it’s one loss away from a more than promising season ending in heartbreak.

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Bryce Miller: Showalter's history with Manny Machado, Bob Melvin spice up wild-card opener

Buck Showalter thinks the mission involved the short-season Aberdeen IronBirds. He sent former Orioles star and coach Brady Anderson on a stealthy operation to see teenager Manny Machado do a few laps with the under-the-radar farm club.

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Buck Showalter, Mets face new challenge in wild-card series

NEW YORK — Buck Showalter has managed in a myriad of situations throughout his 21-year major league managerial career. When the Mets skipper takes the field Friday night in the NL wild-card series, he’ll look over in the dugout and see an opposing manager that he once managed (Bob Melvin)…

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Mets beat Nationals in doubleheader opener, but Atlanta claims division with win in Miami

NEW YORK — The Mets left Georgia last weekend knowing full well they lost the opportunity to control their own fate, so when the out-of-town scoreboard read “FINAL” Tuesday night, there was little solace in the fact that the offense that deserted them against Atlanta was now clicking smoothly against…

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Bill Madden: From Aaron Judge to Buck Showalter, handing out our end-of-season awards

NEW YORK — Although the postseason seedings have yet to be decided, with one notable exception — the National League MVP race — we’ve seen enough to determine the deserving individual honors. Everyone has their opinions, many even have actual votes, but here are our picks for baseball’s 2022 awards…

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SI:AM | The Playoffs Start Early in Atlanta

The Mets could clinch the division with a sweep against the Braves.

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Laying out the options for a hurricane-impacted Mets-Braves series

NEW YORK — All eyes will be on the Mets and Braves this weekend with the NL East title on the line.

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Marlins’ Bleier Called for Three Balks in One At-Bat

This hadn’t happened in MLB for more than a century.

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Showalter Cracks Joke on Mets’ Plan for Record HBP Ball

Mets players were hit by three pitches on Wednesday, moving their season total to a record 106 HBPs.

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The Mets broke the modern MLB hit by pitch record and Buck Showalter amusingly asked for the ball

Buck Showalter wants to preserve this historic Mets moment!

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Everyone loves the classy, ‘boozy but subdued’ celebration by the Mets after their postseason berth

Pete Alonso said the Mets were very subtle.

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Sandy Alderson says his goal to transform team’s perception has been achieved: ‘The Mets are far more respected than they have been in recent years’

NEW YORK — After announcing earlier in the week that he would be stepping down as team president as soon as his successor is identified, Sandy Alderson held a press conference at Citi Field on Friday to explain his decision.

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Mets honor Roberto Clemente before Thursday’s matchup against his former team

NEW YORK — Thursday was Roberto Clemente Day across Major League Baseball.

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Buck Showalter Asks Difference Between Twitter and TikTok

Who wants to start the formal petition for a Showalter cameo on the Mets’ TikTok account?

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