This quote from Brodie Van Wagenen is the biggest Mets win since Game 3 of the 2015 World Series

Rich SchultzThe New York Mets and General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen were in desperate need of a win. This offseason has been like a eight-game losing streak, and they needed a stopper. Someone to take the ball and stop the bleeding. That man just happened to be Van Wagenen himself.
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After losing their new manager to the sign-stealing scandal, then losing potential new majority owner Steve Cohen because the WilPonzis went full WilPonzi, the last thing the franchise needed was needling from a former player. But that's what happened when Zack Wheeler, who signed a five-year, $118 million contract with the NL East rival Philadelphia Phillies in December, conducted an interview with Greg Joyce of the New York Post. In the full article, which went live on Thursday and can be read here, Wheeler stated that it was “basically crickets” when he circled back with the Mets before ultimately signing in Phil..

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Zach LaVine would have won the NBA Dunk Contest by just attempting this absurd dunk

Sadly, Zach LaVine will not be competing in Saturday's NBA Dunk Contest. Sadly, for basketball fans, that is. It's definitely good news for the four who are in it, because they wouldn't have had a chance.
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Remember when dunks from the free-throw line were cool? Well, LaVine is close to making those seem quaint by comparison. Check out the Chicago Bulls star nearly pulling off a 360-degree dunk from the free-throw line during a recent practice:
https://twitter.com/JoshJBullsHoops/status/1228315569004240896
Seriously, WTF?! Yes, he missed, but just the attempt would have ended the Dunk Contest. The 2015 and 2016 champ is on another level.
But wait, there's more!
https://twitter.com/JoshJBullsHoops/status/1228316216718057474
And:
https://twitter.com/JoshJBullsHoops/status/1228316216718057474
So why isn't LaVine competing against the likes of Aaron Gordon, Derrick Jones Jr., Pat Connaughton, and Dwight Howard? ..

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