Strawberry Is Latest of '86 Mets to Return
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Darryl Strawberry, who returns as a special instructor for spring training, becomes the eighth member of the 1986 team serving the Mets in some capacity today.
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New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez can start throwing Saturday as part of his recuperation from October rotator cuff surgery.
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Wally Backman was a scrappy, intense second baseman for the world champion Mets in 1986. He promises to bring that style to the Diamondbacks as their manager.
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Tino Martinez is back in baseball two years after his last game in the majors, spending the past several months as a volunteer hitting coach for South Florida.
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Rudy Jaramillo remembers meeting Omar Minaya on a field in the Gulf Coast League in 1985, when they were charged with instructing about 50 minor leaguers from the Texas Rangers organization.
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Nomo improved to 5-5 in his career against Arizona in his 297th career start...Giovanni Carrara retired the side in the seventh for the Dodgers...The Diamondbacks activated pitcher Scott Service from the 15-day disabled list and recalled pitchers Randy
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Sammy Sosa is back in baseball &#151; and back to fielding the same steroids questions that dogged him when he left the game more than a year ago.
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The Mets did not retain their right fielder, are hoping to trade their left fielder and now will not have their center fielder available for the start of next season.
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Baseball Pedro Mart&#xED;nez took a brief break in his rehabilitation regimen to join the Mets yesterday in Miami for the start of their weekend series at Florida. Recovering from rotator cuff surgery, he remains on schedule to return in August. The 35-year-old righthander said he's tossing balls 230 feet and said his comeback compared favorably with the return of another ...
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Mets GM Omar Minaya has invited Willie Randolph, Rudy Jaramillo and Terry Collins to Flushing for second interviews tomorrow. Meanwhile, Jim Leyland is eagerly awaiting a call from the Mets, and
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It was the fourth consecutive victory for the Yankees, their best streak of the season. Roger Clemens is scheduled to start Saturday in his return debut.
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This is the way Mets fans wanted their team to do it with Vladimir Guerrero and Alex Rodriguez. They wanted the general manager of the moment, Steve Phillips or Jim Duquette, to get in there early.
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Gone from the 2004 East Division winning Braves are Jaret Wright, Paul Byrd, and Russ Ortiz. The voids have been filled with a couple of former 20-game winners.
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The New York Mets clinched the NL East for the first time since 1988 with a 4-0 victory over the Florida Marlins on Monday.
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Randy Johnson has a long memory, of good games and bad. In two years as a Yankee, there have been plenty of each.
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With Ramon Hernandez heading back to the DL, the Orioles again turn to Paul Bako at catcher but the transition should be a smooth one.
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Al Leiter has already met once with the Yankees. Now it&#39;s time to meet with the Mets. Leiter, who is still interested in re-signing with the club, will meet with Omar Minaya, probably either