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Breaking News: Daniel Murphy Injured


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Published June 2, 2010 at 11:21 p.m.

Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News is reporting that Danny Murphy was carried off the field tonight during the Buffalo Bisons game. Murphy was apparently injured while turning a double play:Daniel Murphy carried off. Rolled at 2B on DP on cheap slide by Syracuse’s Leonard Davis. No weight on right leg. – Mike Harrington on [ ... ] ...

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Jeff Pearlman on Wally Backman and the ‘86 Mets


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Published May 10, 2010 at 7:40 a.m.

It’s time for another installment of “Playing for Peanuts,” starring current Brooklyn Cyclones manager Wally Backman. Of course, “Playing for Peanuts” is a TV show about Wally’s team in 2007 – the South Georgia Peanuts. It’s a quirky, crazy story about Wally’s attempted comeback as a professional manager. In retrospect, it was a pretty good [ ... ] ...

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No timetable for Murphy's return to Mets


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Published May 4, 2010 at 2:17 a.m.
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PORT ST. LUCIE - Mets fans, remember Daniel Murphy? ...

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Backman Blow-up with the Posse


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Published April 22, 2010 at 10:37 a.m.

It’s time for another installment of “Playing for Peanuts,” starring current Brooklyn Cyclones manager Wally Backman. Of course, “Playing for Peanuts” is a TV show about Wally’s team in 2007 – the South Georgia Peanuts. It’s a quirky, crazy story about Wally’s attempted comeback as a professional manager. In retrospect, it was a pretty good [ ... ] ...

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Mets bring Ike Davis up to major leagues (AP)


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Published April 19, 2010 at 11:04 p.m.

Ike Davis was putting on his Buffalo Bisons uniform about an hour before their afternoon game Monday when he was given the news: The New York Mets needed his big bat. The offensively challenged Mets purchased Davis' contract from their Triple-A club and inserted the top prospect right into the lineup Monday night, batting him sixth against the Chicago Cubs ...

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Davis makes debut in Mets' 6-1 win over Cubs (AP)


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Published April 19, 2010 at 11:01 p.m.

A little more than seven hours after he put on his Buffalo Bisons jersey, Ike Davis stood on first base at Citi Field in a New York Mets uniform holding the ball from his first big league hit. What a day. Called from Triple-A at around noon to help the slumping Mets, the top prospect had two hits and an RBI in his debut, a 6-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night ...

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Mookie, Melvin Join Mets


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Published Feb. 8, 2010 at 4:21 p.m.

Mookie Wilson is rejoining the Mets as the minor league outfield and base running coordinator and Bob Melvin is joining as a pro scout ... Both men have major league coaching experience ... Additionally, both men have been managers (Wilson managed the Brooklyn Cyclones in 2005 and Melvin managed the Mariners and Diamondbacks) ... Both [ ... ] ...

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Cyclones to change name of Keyspan Park (AP)


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Published Jan. 29, 2010 at 1:45 p.m.

Keyspan Park is losing some of its electricity -- at least in name. The Brooklyn Cyclones said Friday they have agreed to end their naming rights deal with National Grid PLC, which owns and operates Britain's power grid. That company acquired KeySpan Energy Corp., the parent of Brooklyn Union Gas Co., in 2007 ...

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Davis, Save Us


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Published Nov. 30, 2009 at 7:21 a.m.

The Mets were meandering through their most arid major award season since 1993 — the last time no Met scored a single vote for MVP, Cy Young, Manager of the Year or Rookie of the Year nor nabbed a Silver Slugger or Gold Glove — when it appeared we'd have nothing more to sate our perilously low self-esteem than Luis Castillo's fantastic seventh-place finish in voting for mlb.com's National League Comeback Player of the Year balloting (six points behind the decreasingly heartwarming return of

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Backman is Managerial Version of #1 Draft Pick


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Published Nov. 17, 2009 at 7:25 a.m.

Today the Mets will finally announce that Wally Backman will be the manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones. This marks a new beginning for the former Mets second baseman that saw him get hired, fired, land in obscurity, and then spend three years managing independent baseball. Some in the media will focus on his past transgressions, [ ... ] ...

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