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NEW YORK METS

BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 12, 2022
Mets continue to show willingness to spend with splurge for Kodai Senga
With Senga, 29, the Mets are buying in on a free-agent ace who has long desired a chance to prove himself against MLB's batters with his 'ghost fork.”
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 10, 2022
Joe Musgrove tosses gem as Padres eliminate Mets
The Padres, the fifth seed in the NL, advance to face the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Division Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 7, 2022
Padres and Mets brace for postseason showdown after strong regular-season campaigns
The Mets' Max Scherzer and Padres starter Yu Darvish will take the mound in Game 1.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 4, 2022
The best game that money could buy
In MLB, where players' salaries are public but owners' revenues are not, teams can spend as little as they want. They can also spend as much as they want.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 20, 2021
MLB to investigate ex-Mets GM Jared Porter over inappropriate texts
Major League Baseball plans to investigate former New York Mets general manager Jared Porter for sending unsolicited, inappropriate text messages to a female reporter, a source with knowledge of the situation told Reuters on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 10, 2019
Mets avoid arbitration with catcher Travis d'Arnaud
The New York Mets and catcher Travis d'Arnaud has agreed to a one-year, $3,515,000 deal to avoid salary arbitration, according to published reports on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
May 8, 2018
Mets off to fast start, but season is a long one
Old MLB axiom: Don't believe what you see in April.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 8, 2017
Hanshin's Campbell working to get up to speed
For Eric Campbell, some introductions in Japan have to come with an explanation. Because it's not everyday you run into a guy who answers to 'Soup.'
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Mar 21, 2017
Tough to root against Tebow in attempt to make MLB
Tim Tebow sat alone in a corner of the New York Mets clubhouse, quietly working his iPhone.

Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan