[TS] Sports of The Times: Now Comes the Hard Part for the Mets
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The more dominant the Mets become, the more the fans will expect in October and anything less than a World Series appearance is unacceptable.
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The New York Mets are limping toward the playoffs with one very big problem: Pedro Martinez.
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These aren&#39;t meaningful games the Mets are playing. But at least yesterday&#39;s 11-9 loss in 13 innings to the Phillies was entertaining.
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Pedro Martinez felt a twinge in his calf before the game, and felt the effects during a terrible first inning. The New York Mets could only hope a bad outing was the worst of his problems.
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After clearing roster space for Endy ChÃ¡vez, the Mets must decide who will assume Brian Lawrenceâs start Saturday in Atlanta.
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The New York Mets managed to win their first NL East title since 1988 with Pedro Martinez battling injuries all season. They will have to show that same resiliency in the postseason.
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The star starter and the key reliever for the Mets may seem to have little in common, but both are seeking to defy expectations.
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If the Mets see how some other teams succeed - the Atlanta Braves, for example - maybe one day they'll figure it out.
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In the thick of a pennant race, the New York Mets are sticking to quite a formula: poor fielding plus poor pitching equals defeat after defeat.
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On Tuesday, the Yankees will share the spotlight with the Mets, who are acting like an increasingly pesky kid brother across town.
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In the latest miserable moment in an increasingly discouraging season, Scott Schoeneweis gave up a home run in extra innings that tarnished the Metsâ exciting ninth-inning comeback.
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The outcome of Sundayâs first-half finale, a listless loss to the Astros, served to represent how things have been going lately for the Mets.
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With their pitching staff in tatters, the free-falling New York Mets blew a five-run lead Wednesday night and lost again to Washington. Now they're in danger of blowing the whole NL East race, too.
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Pedro MartÃ­nez and the sputtering Mets are in danger of sliding into oblivion and destroying what had seemed like an inevitable trip to the postseason.
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Mike Piazza wants the New York Mets to get him out of a situation that's been difficult to deal with.
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They were on the cusp of reaching the World Series in 1980. They had the vaunted New York Mets on the ropes in the 1986 National League Championship Series.
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If the Mets were actually in the pennant race, and not a fourth-place team playing out the string with minor leaguers, it might have been considered classic.