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centerfieldmaz top albums of 2019

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WITHIN TEMPTATION - RESIST ********** THE STRUTS - YOUNG & DANGEROUS ********** MOTLEY CRUE - THE DIRT SOUNDTRACK ********** THE WHO - THE WHO ********** VOLBEAT - REWIND REPLAY REBOUND *********** METALLICA - HELPING HANDS (LIVE & ACOUSTIC) ********* MIRANDA LAMBERT - WILDCARD ********** RAMMSTEIN - RAMMSTEIN ********** KOBRA & THE LOTUS - EVOLUTION ********** WHITESNAKE - FLESH & BLOOD ********** LACUNA COIL - BLACK ANIMA ********** NEW YEARS DAY - UNBREAKABLE ********** ELLE KING - SHAKE THE SPIRIT ********** THE DARK ELEMENT - SONGS THE NIGHT SINGS ********** THE MURDER OF MY SWEET - BRAVE TIN WORLD ********** BARBE-Q-BARBIES - BORROWED TIME ********** KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - ATONEMENT ********** ROSY VISTA - UNBELIVEABL

Rick Porcello: New Jersey Native 2020 Mets Pitcher

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Frederick Alfred Porcello III was born on December 27th 1988 in Morristown, New Jersey. He grew up a die hard Mets fan, loving Mike Piazza & the 2000 NL Champions. Porcello was a star high school pitcher in West Orange, New Jersey. In his senior year he was undefeated going 10-0  with 103 strikeouts & tossed a perfect game.  He was planning to go to college but decided on going right to the big leagues instead. He was the number one ranked prospect but got selected #27 in the first round, mostly because Scott Boras was his agent & teams didn't want to deal with him representing such a young player.  Porcello was selected by the Detroit Tigers tagged aa special pitcher with the ability to be an ace of a staff. At a total of an $11 million contract, Porcello became the highest paid kid ever out of high school. He debuted with Jim Leyland's Detroit Tigers on April 9th 2009, in a game against Ricky Romero. It was the first time in MLB history that two first ro

Dellin Betances: New Mets 2020 Reliever

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Mets Welcome veteran Relief Pitcher Dellin Betances on Christmas Eve:

Remembering Mets History (1973): Jerry Koosman's Scoreless Innings Streak

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On August 24th 1973 the Mets were in last place but just 6.5 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL East. The Philadelphia Phillies were just ahead of the Mets were six out & the Montreal Expos were in fourth place 5.5 games back. Ahead of them the Chicago Cubs & Pittsburgh Pirates, making it a very tight race. On August 24th, 1973; Jerry Koosman took the mound with a 9-14 record against future Hall of Famer, Juan Marichal who was in his last season in San Francisco & winding down his career. Koosman had begun the year with a great start, going at 5-0. He then suffered two separate five game losing streaks along the way, although at this point his ERA was just at 3.15. In his 14 losses, he had allowed two runs or less five different times. The Mets struggled through injuries of an already weak offense, & were not helping him. In his last start on August 19th, against the Cincinnati Reds, Koos had allowed just one run in the fifth inning. He then shut

Old Time NY Giants Player: Fed Merkle & The Legendary Story "Merkle's Boner" (1907-1915)

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Frederick Charles Merkle was born December 20, 1888 in Watertown, Wisconsin. The six foot one, right handed hitting first baseman was raised in Toledo Ohio. Merkle was signed by the New York Giants debuting at age 18, as the youngest player in the league in 1907. He only played in 15 games batting .255 going 12-47. In the Crazy baseball year of 1908, he played in 38 games as a utility player at the major league level batting .268 with one HR seven RBIs (11-47) . Merkle's Boner: During the 1908 baseball season the New York Giants & the Chicago Cubs were involved in a tight pennant race. On September 23rd the Polo Grounds in New York was packed with fans as the two teams battled in a tie for first place. The score was tied 1-1 going to the bottom of the 9th inning with the Giants Moose McCormick on first base. Nineteen year old Fred Merkle came to the plate and singled to right field, as McCormick moved over to third base on the hit. The next batter Al Bridwell, sin