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"Please accept these blankets as a measure of our deepest apologies". http://deadspin.com/mets-try-to-honor-american-indian-culture-upset-americ-730028326

"What are you blaming me for? I was just following orders".

More details emerge: ESPN, citing a police report, said that in addition to carrying a handgun and wearing a bulletproof vest, she also entered the home with a hatchet, an expandable baton, a taser and a knife. She allegedly entered the house via a garage and confronted Benson in a bedroom. The ESPN report said she got the gun out of her purse and told her husband she wanted $30,000. Kris Benson was able to leave the house and call police, who arrived and found Anna smoking a cigarette on the back porch. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/07/09/anna-benson-arrested/2504295/ (Photo: From Cobb County Sheriff's Department) This piece reports that Anna Benson was also packing syringes when she broke into her former marital residence. http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/anna-benson-armed-to-the-teeth-reports-1.5656370

Mets� Day for American Indians Offends Group Braves fans doing the Tomahawk Chop. The Mets were planning a heritage celebration for July 25, when they host Atlanta. By SCOTT CACCIOLA Published: July 9, 2013 It has not been an easy season for the Mets, who are lurching toward the All-Star break with a losing record. Opposition has come in the form of hard-throwing pitchers, mounting injuries and marathon-length games, but the team suddenly finds itself facing heat from an unexpected source: an American Indian organization. Related When the Mets approached American Indian Community House, a New York-based nonprofit organization, in March about helping to organize a Native American Heritage Day, the proposal struck members of the group as a good opportunity to celebrate their involvement in the community. A date was selected � July 25 � and they began to plan pregame festivities that included traditional dancing and singing outside the stadium. But there was a glitch, as far as the Mets were concerned: they were scheduled to host the Atlanta Braves that day. So in the past week, concerned that such activities might be interpreted by the Braves� organization as a form of protest over their nickname, the Mets drastically reduced the day�s activities: no singing, no dancing. And now, there won�t be any American Indians, either. On Monday, the A.I.C.H. pulled out of the event altogether, citing frustration with the Mets for thwarting months of planning. �Being a nonprofit in the city, we�re not in the business of making enemies,� said Kevin Tarrant, the deputy director of the A.I.C.H., which describes itself as an organization that aims to �cultivate awareness, understanding and respect� for thousands of American Indians who live in New York City. �This whole thing wasn�t even our idea. But it just feels like we�re being marginalized again within our own community.� A Mets spokesman said the team �opted to forgo the group sale in this case as our multicultural days and nights are celebratory versus political in nature.� The Mets host multicultural events throughout the season as a form of community outreach. During the first week of August, for example, the team will stage Irish Heritage Night and Taiwan Day. Tarrant said his group originally hoped to stage the festivities in early June so that the game would coincide with an area powwow, a traditional American Indian gathering. But with the Mets on a road trip that week, the group suggested July 25 as another option. It was a 12:10 p.m. game, Tarrant said, which meant more youngsters were likely to attend. Also, another powwow was planned for the next weekend in Queens. That the Mets were scheduled to face the Braves that afternoon was coincidental, Tarrant said, though the group was not so na�ve as to ignore the political overtones. Various groups have criticized the Braves for their use of American Indian imagery, in particular the team�s Tomahawk Chop chant. �It wasn�t like we were planning to protest anything,� Tarrant said. �We just thought it would be great to show natives in a positive light � that we�re human beings, and we�re not from 300 years ago. We�re visible.� He added: �It was a win-win situation. We�d be supporting the Mets, the Braves and Major League Baseball.� On March 27, a Mets ticket sales representative, who was working with the A.I.C.H. on the event, sent an e-mail requesting that the group draft a letter explaining why it had chosen a Braves game. The Mets� foremost concern, at least at the time, appeared to be squarely on the sensibilities of the American Indian community. �It is good to inform others that the Braves do not make a profit off of the sale of the game,� the Mets representative wrote in the e-mail, �and no money would be going to support their organization.� She attached an invoice for payment. As part of the deal, the A.I.C.H. agreed to pay a $2,000 deposit to cover roughly 15 percent of the cost for a block of 500 tickets, which the group would then help sell. In exchange, the A.I.C.H. would be free to stage pregame festivities outside Citi Field, including traditional dancing and singing as fans made their way to the stadium from the subway station. Rick Chavolla, the A.I.C.H.�s education and development officer, said the performances were largely intended to raise awareness for Native Americans living in the city. �Not a lot of people invite us to step on a great stage like that,� Chavolla said. �We were really looking forward to it.� The Mets also agreed to print 500 T-shirts (proposed design: the team logo adorned by feathers) and to broadcast two public-service announcements for the group on the stadium�s video boards. Tarrant said the A.I.C.H. soon decided to make the game the centerpiece of an annual Native American Week, with events across the city like panel discussions and dance performances. NativeOne Institutional Trading, an American Indian-owned broker dealer based in New York, signed on as a co-sponsor. Tiani Osborn, a managing member at NativeOne, said the logistics required �months of planning.� As for the game, the A.I.C.H. began to promote it in early April. In an e-mail to the Indian Country Today Media Network, the group pitched the event as �a great opportunity to educate the public about the stereotypes professional sports teams continue to promote through logos, mascots and fan traditions, such as the �tomahawk chop.� � But if Mets officials harbored concerns with that type of language over the coming months, they chose not to express them publicly. It was not until July 1 that the Mets contacted the A.I.C.H. to inform the group of significant changes to Native American Heritage Day: no public-service announcements of any kind, and no pregame festivities outside the stadium. The group could still attend the game and do some fund-raising, but that would be the extent of its involvement. The Mets, Osborn said, suddenly seemed �only to be interested in holding a Native American Heritage Day without the culture.� Last Wednesday, a member of the Mets� group sales department e-mailed the A.I.C.H. in response to a series of questions from the group, which sought an explanation. �It was brought to my attention that we need to be sensitive to the Braves being a partner MLB team and can�t put them in a situation for a potentially negative environment to be brought upon them,� the Mets official wrote. �I know this is not the plan, but sometimes people come to events under different agendas than expected. I�m not referring to [A.I.C.H.] or any of the organizations involved, but more about unknown groups that may want to change the perception of the event.� The Mets official wrote in the e-mail that the Braves had nothing to do with the decision. The Mets later proposed two alternate dates: Aug. 8 against the Colorado Rockies and Aug. 25 against the Detroit Tigers. Tarrant said the A.I.C.H. had already planned a full week of events around the game scheduled for July 25. On Monday, the A.I.C.H. decided to call the whole thing off and ask the Mets for a refund. The team has removed the special day from its online schedule. �We�re not trying to be overly sensitive,� Chavolla said, �but it seems like we fall into this type of thing a lot. We�re led to get enthusiastic about something, and then it�s like, �Oh, never mind.� It�s disappointing, but it sort of amplifies a pattern of what we�ve been dealing with for hundreds of years.� http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/sports/baseball/mets-day-for-american-indians-offends-group.html?pagewanted=all

The 2013 Mets Are Marathon Men By ANDREW KEH SAN FRANCISCO � Manager Terry Collins said he had been hearing a common refrain from his players these days: I�m tired. And the complaints are legitimate. The Mets, after their 86th game, a 16-inning marathon win Monday night against the San Francisco Giants, have played 814 innings this season. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that was baseball�s highest figure since 1995, when the Houston Astros also played 814 innings through 86 games. Through 86 games last season, the Mets were at 780 innings played. At the same point during the 2011 season, it was 789 innings. This year, the Mets have played four games of 15 or more innings, matching a single-season franchise record set in 1968. They are the first team to play four 15-plus innings before the All-Star break, according to Elias. �You�re body�s tired, and you�re feet are killing you from wearing spikes for so long,� shortstop Omar Quintanilla said about the extra-long games. �It wears on your mind, too. So you�ve got to pick each other up, keep grinding, and then do whatever you�ve got to do afterward to rejuvenate your body.� The Mets entered Tuesday having played 11 extra-inning games. The franchise record is 25, in 1978. The 1943 Boston Red Sox have baseball�s all-time record with 31 extra-inning games. The most innings the Mets have played in a single season is the 1525 they endured in 1979. The 1964 Yankees played 1537 innings, according to Elias, though they played 164 games that year. The weary Mets will hope it doesn�t get to that. http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/the-2013-mets-are-marathon-men/ ___________ This year's Mets. The 1979 Mets. It's the most unendurable, unwatchable teams that stay on the field the longest.

More details emerge: ESPN, citing a police report, said that in addition to carrying a handgun and wearing a bulletproof vest, she also entered the home with a hatchet, an expandable baton, a taser and a knife. She allegedly entered the house via a garage and confronted Benson in a bedroom. The ESPN report said she got the gun out of her purse and told her husband she wanted $30,000. Kris Benson was able to leave the house and call police, who arrived and found Anna smoking a cigarette on the back porch. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/07/09/anna-benson-arrested/2504295/ (Photo: From Cobb County Sheriff's Department)

Edgy MD wrote: My scouting report: Good arm. Cute wife. Swings at everything like he's a hockey goalie trying to stop everything from getting past him. batmagadanleadoff hates him like stole his kidneys. I haven't been following his career closely these last two years, but if I remember, he's not a bad platoon player (defense and starts against LHP's), if you have room for that on your roster. But he's a manipulative scumbag who, I think, is detrimental to the team in his narcissistic quest to play regularly.

Vic Sage wrote: i wasn't trying to be coy about it. I know. I just needed the thinnest of premises to write "eff Wilpon". It rhymes with Jeff, you know. I can't believe that Megdal's getting crucified here for advocating a trade of Byrd. Byrd's had a decent last month, month and a half and we're supposed to act like he's Hank Fucking Aaron.

Vic Sage wrote: Now whether that was [sandy's] choice (to increase job security) or a directive from above (to increase profitability), we cannot know, but i certainly have my suspicions, based on my respect for Sandy's baseball acumen. And if they pull the same shit with Byrd this year, many will feel that it'll be for the same bullshit reasons and yes, the hate will ensue... and will have been earned, in my view. Oh c'mon. Just say it already. Not everyone's against you on this point. OK I'll say it. Its that mutt, eff Wilpon. What are they gonna do to you. Urge you to say nice things about eff? And Jeff?

Swan Swan H wrote: And what does this have to do with Marlon Byrd? metirish wrote: Realistically, taking extra precautions with Harvey would have meant not having him pitch with a blister, and letting it heal. But the Mets don't seem to go in for the preventative thing. Maybe seeing Matt Harvey look like a human pitcher for consecutive starts will be enough to change the team's mind. lol, Megdal is consistent...... Megdal's flexible, though. I coulda put this piece in the "Everything' Harvey" thread, or in the "Megdal goes all Megdal on the Mets & Mets Docs" thread. Instead, I put it in the "Byrd Shit" Thread, which has morphed into the "Someone Here Better Stop Posting Megdal's Articles In This Here Forum. I Urge You" thread.

Harvey Pitching With Blister On Right Index Finger, Might Miss Next Start NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) � Matt Harvey hasn�t been his dominant self over his past two starts. And now it seems that we know why. Following the Mets� marathon victory over the Giants on Monday night, manager Terry Collins informed reporters that the staff ace has been pitching with a blister on his right index finger for much of the past month. �Obviously he pitched fine, but that�s not what we have seen through most of the first half,� Collins told the New York Daily News. �He�s had a small blister that we have disregarded because it hasn�t been bothering him. He didn�t throw as much between starts as he normally does and I think you saw the effects of it because his command wasn�t what it normally is.� Harvey, who will likely start for the National League in the All-Star Game if he�s healthy enough to do so, earned a no-decision on Monday. He surrendered three runs on six hits in seven frames, walking one and striking out six. The All-Star wasn�t in any mood to use the blister as an excuse. �It�s no excuse for my poor pitching,� Harvey told the newspaper. �I think if you ask any pitcher they always have some problems with blisters. I�m not going to make an excuse for my poor performances. It�s something to work on between starts and try and get better.� The 24-year-old endured the worst start of his season last Wednesday against the D-Backs, giving up five runs on nine hits in six innings. He did, however, strike out nine. After serving up a two-run homer to Buster Posey in the first inning on Monday, Harvey settled down and kept the Mets in the game. �The last two have been a struggle,� Harvey said, according to ESPN. �I�m obviously not happy. There�s work to be done. The positive part was going seven. Obviously I�m not happy about giving up the runs and stuff like that. I think after three innings it was 70-something pitches. Being able to bounce back and throw seven was probably the only plus of tonight�s start. It was a good win for us. That�s all that matters.� Collins said that Harvey might miss his next start on Saturday against the Pirates, though it doesn�t have to do with his finger. The skipper might have Harvey rest so that he can be available for the Midsummer Classic. The second-year player is 7-2 on the season with a 2.35 ERA and a 0.92 WHIP. He has struck out 147 and walked 28 in 130 innings pitched. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/07/09/harvey-pitching-with-blister-on-right-index-finger-might-miss-next-start/

�The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them� Stephen King A blister, not an ESPN photo shoot, explains Matt Harvey's performance By Howard Megdal 9:51 am Jul. 9, 2013 It's a testament to Matt Harvey that his competent outing on Monday night against the Giants alarmed Mets fans, and prompted Harvey to try to explain himself afterward. He pitched seven innings, gave three earned runs and had one walk and six strikeouts. This would be considered a good line for most pitchers halfway into their first full season in the major leagues. For Harvey, though, it was uncharacteristically poor. He missed spots with pitches that hadn't missed all year. A fastball in on Buster Posey wasn't in enough, and Posey homered in the first. Harvey labored through an eight-pitch at-bat against poor-hitting pitcher Tim Lincecum, before inducing a lineout to end it. The encounter reminded me of his ten-pitch struggle against Ross Detwiler, the Nationals' pitcher, two starts ago. Both were notable because Harvey, who has been overpowering everybody this year, couldn't find the pitch to end either at-bat. Harvey found a rhythm in the later innings, but even then, his next at-bat against Lincecum also went eight pitches (before Harvey found that elusive put-away fastball). And when manager Terry Collins, after Harvey had thrown 107 labor-intensive pitches (the laboring produces more stress on the arm than the pitch-count alone) through six innings, sent him in for the seventh, it was clear Harvey shouldn't have returned, missing with most of his pitches and escaping after giving up a run. This followed an outing against the Diamondbacks that started well, but ended up with Harvey allowing five runs, the most he's given up in his career. The Mets won the game in 16 innings, but the questions remained: Had the best Mets pitcher in 30 years lost his mojo? Had fame gone to his head? Was he enjoying the spotlight too much, posing in ESPN's Body Issue and a New York Post fashion photo shoot? Of course it's too soon for that sort of panic, which makes even less sense once Harvey revealed, following the game, that he's been suffering from a blister over the last three starts. That makes perfect sense. His velocity has been consistent, but his pinpoint location has been off. "It's no excuse for my poor pitching," Harvey said after the game, almost apologizing for a three-game span with 26 strikeouts and four walks over 20 innings. "I feel fine with it, so I've just got to figure some things out and get back out there." Collins had reassuring things to say about workload. After letting the guy with the blister throw 121 pitches, he explained that this weekend, "We're probably going to back him off or not have him pitch, one or the other." Here's hoping the Mets choose the latter. Let Harvey's blister heal. This team isn't contending in 2013. No one has seen a phenomenon quite like Matt Harvey. And the idea that Harvey would make adjustments to deal with an easily remedied, short-term problem like a blister is horrifying. No one should make adjustments when pitching like Matt Harvey. Realistically, taking extra precautions with Harvey would have meant not having him pitch with a blister, and letting it heal. But the Mets don't seem to go in for the preventative thing. Maybe seeing Matt Harvey look like a human pitcher for consecutive starts will be enough to change the team's mind. http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/sports/2013/07/8531699/blister-not-espn-photo-shoot-explains-matt-harveys-performance

This is beginning to remind me of what happened to David Cone when he wrote a column for the 1988 playoffs.

Edgy MD wrote: Ah, the old "Eff" designation. Clever, ain't it? And it rhymes with Jeff!

"eff Wilpon said that he'd comp my seats if I wear this shirt to the game. Let's see if the old man keeps his word".

Baseball wife Anna Benson arrested after raiding husband�s apartment with gun, bulletproof vest Anna Benson, the wife of Baltimore Orioles' Kris Benson, is in the stands to watch her husband pitch against his former team, the New York Mets, at Shea Stadium. Anna Benson used to be "baseball's hottest housewife" � or so said the magazine covers. Now she's an estranged baseball wife who was arrested and booked on trespassing, assault and gun-possession charges. Her husband Kris Benson � who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles, among others from 1999-2010 � called police in Georgia reporting that Anna had allegedly attempted to raid his apartment on Sunday night with a gun and metal baton while wearing a bulletproof vest. Celebrity gossip site TMZ has the skinny: According to law enforcement, Kris � who filed for divorce last year � reported that Anna showed up in a rage last night after being forced by the court to vacate their marital home. Kris says Anna arrived and immediately whipped out an "expandable metal baton," threatening to hit him. But it didn't stop there ... Kris told police Anna then pulled out a handgun and demanded money. She must have been expecting Kris to pull a gun on her too ... because she was allegedly wearing a bulletproof vest at the time of the alleged assault. According to the police report, Kris told Anna he would get her the money following the altercation ... but then left the home and called police instead. This is the latest � and easily the saddest � twist in the Kris Benson-Anna Benson story. She was the ex-stripper wife who vowed to sleep with the entire New York Mets team if he cheated on her. She parlayed her baseball wife mystique and firecracker personality into modeling and poker playing, everything culminating in the most fitting place � the "Baseball Wives" reality TV show, which aired in 2011. But all was not all in Bensonville, as Kris filed for divorce in 2012. She alleged infidelity after that. He hasn't played in MLB since 2010 when he was a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks and appeared in three games. The couple has three children together, plus another they raised from Anna's previous marriage. For their sake, here's hoping the next chapter in the Benson saga doesn't require guns or bulletproof vests. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/anna-benson-famed-baseball-wife-arrested-raiding-husband-213858535.html

This Shaun Marcum situation is not working out well at all By Howard Megdal 11:49 am Jul. 8, 2013 Shaun Marcum shakes his hand in discomfort. It's been pretty much all downhill for Shaun Marcum since he signed with the Mets this offseason. His one-year, $4 million contract represented more than 80 percent of the total guaranteed money the Mets used on free agents last winter, and he was only one of two free agents, total, the Mets signed to guaranteed major league contracts. (The other, Brandon Lyon, was just designated for assignment.) Marcum, despite a solid season for the Milwaukee Brewers, wasn't in great demand because teams feared his injury problems would get in the way of his effective pitching. Sure enough, his injuries have gotten in the way of his pitching, which hasn't been that effective in any case. Marcum missed most of spring training and the early part of the season with discomfort in his neck, ultimately diagnosed as nerve inflammation. He finally debuted on April 27, struggled at first, then pitched moderately well while suffering from a profound lack of run support. Ultimately, the numbers have been ugly: a 1-10 record, a 5.29 E.R.A. Then came his start last Monday, with Marcum visibly hurting during the game. Most teams would respond to this by getting the possibly injured pitcher out of the game, especially once determining that that that pitcher not only had back and shoulder discomfort, but some numbness in his hand. "He had a little tingling in his hand," Mets manager Terry Collins, who is not a doctor, said Wednesday. "It's the same stuff he had in spring training. It tightens up in the upper back. But he's pitched with it. The other day, I don't know what inning, it started to bother him a little bit. So we thought we'd get him looked at. He's fine." Yes, an M.R.I. had turned up nothing. But the discomfort hadn't gone away, nor had the numbness. And the Mets decided, once again, to green-light an ailing player and see what happens. Marcum seemed annoyed that he was even asked about it. "That's for me and the club," he said Tuesday. "I don't know why you guys think you need to know everything." Presumably, he didn't think his obvious unconfortable gestures on the mound and in the dugout would draw any notice of people who get paid to write about the team. By Saturday, Marcum prepared to make his next start. At the last minute, the lineup changed, and Collins let it be known that John Buck, not Anthony Recker, would be catching. It was the kind of thing that happens routinely. The strange part was that Collins elected to publicly assign the change to Marcum. Then Marcum, with his personal catcher, went out and got lit up by the Brewers, the team that saw fit to let him go without an offer. After the game, Marcum was more willing to open up about his injury, again discussing the numbness in his hand. Finally, months after this symptom popped up, the Mets are sending him to a nerve specialist in St. Louis. They did so with Dillon Gee last year, where Gee's season-ending blood clot was diagnosed. How much of a mistake Mets doctors made by clearing him to keep pitching will be determined by the severity of the injury. But at the very least, the Mets have allowed Marcum to keep pitching through an injury that, pretty clearly, neither they nor Marcum figured out how to identify or deal with in any significant way. When a team has a free-agent budget that's just shy of $5 million, it makes sense for that team to take basic preventative measures to keep $4 million of it healthy and productive. Or so you'd think. http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/sports/2013/07/8531640/shaun-marcum-situation-not-working-out-well-all

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm not 100 per cent convinced that Byrd can't be a contributor to a contending Mets team in 2014, should they actually be a contending team. If he plays like he's been playing over the last month, month and a half. But I think that's a big if. Your idea has chicken-egg all over it.

Swan Swan H wrote: I don't need to know any of that. Howie Megdal sez: "Yes you do. Nuf ced."

Marlon Byrd Trade Primer 08 July 2013, 11:58 am by Howard Megdal Briefly, what you need to know: Marlon Byrd is 35 years old, makes $700,000 this season, and has an OPS+ of 121. Scott Hairston, just traded by the Cubs for a live A-ball arm, is 33 and has an OPS+ of 76. Here is the value Marlon Byrd provides the Mets beyond 2013: NOTHING. He will be a free agent, and 36 next year. Re-signing him makes little sense. Every at-bat he takes is one not taken by one of the other current Mets who might help in 2014. Now, the Mets elected not to deal Hairston for anything that wasn�t another team�s Top-3 prospect. I have no idea why: this system is in need of many things. Here�s a short list of things, off the top of my head, well short of a top-3 prospect that the Mets don�t have for 2014 in sufficient supply: 1. A center fielder likely to provide an OPS better than .600. 2. A few bullpen arms. 3. A corner outfielder likely to provide an OPS better than .700. If Cesar Puello isn�t that guy, two corner outfielders likely to provide an OPS better than .700. 4. A backup catcher to Travis d�Arnaud capable of respectable MLB production. If d�Arnaud�s injuries don�t allow him to catch regularly next season, two such catchers. 5. A first baseman, with apologies to Josh Satin, likely to provide even league average offense at the position, either as a fallback for Ike Davis, or to replace Ike Davis. (Note: Lucas Duda technically can fill role 3. if you ignore defense, otherwise role 5. But not both.) 6. A backup shortstop to Ruben Tejada, or if Tejada cannot arrest his decline, a starting shortstop of any kind. And so on. Incidentally, Sandy Alderson, when explaining why he elected not to deal Hairston last summer, said what he�d been offered was only duplicating what he already had in his system. The thing is, even duplicating what you already have is a better idea than ending up with nothing. And there�s no draft pick to be had here by letting Byrd sign elsewhere, nor was there with Hairston. The options are: whatever you can get for Byrd. Or nothing. Pretty obvious, right? http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2013/07/08/marlon-byrd-trade-primer/

Dodgers ace Kershaw: Mets' Harvey should start All-Star Game Clayton Kershaw is headed to his third straight All-Star Game and is a strong candidate to start the game for the National League. But even he thinks Mets ace Matt Harvey should start the game which will be played next Tuesday at Citi FIeld. "He should (start). There's no reason, especially if it's in New York, that he shouldn't start. That's what the fans will want. I've got no problem with that," the Dodgers southpaw told FOXSports.com on Monday. Kershaw, 8-5, ranks first in the National League in innings pitched (138 1/3), ERA (1.89) and WHIP (0.90), but wants Harvey, who is 7-2 with a 2.27 ERA and leads the NL with 141 strikeouts to start the game in his home ballpark. Kershaw's next scheduled start is on Friday against the Rockies, while Harvey is scheduled to pitch Monday against the Giants and this weekend against the Pirates. Giants skipper Bruce Bochy is also the NL manager, so he will get a close look at Harvey. Mets manager Terry Collins, who is an assistant coach for the game, could also try and sway his decision towards Harvey. The starting pitchers in the All-Star Game tend to pitch the first two and sometimes three innings of the game. The lineup and startring pitchers for the game will be announced on Monday, July 15, a day before the game. http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/metsblog/dodgers_ace_kershaw_mets_harvey_vguH6fh71xQQLHsjV9ELQM#axzz2YSp7W4jO

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