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Links: Off-Day, Science, Santana and NL East

by Matthew Cerrone on April 8th, 2009 at 6:17 am

In the Star-Ledger, Brian Costa explains what the Mets planned to do during yesterday’s off-day, with no baseball activities scheduled.

Alan Schwarz of the New York Times analyzes specific baseball strategies, such as the intentional walk and the sacrifice bunt, using science and computers, like Diamond Mind.

According to Dayn Perry, of FoxSports.com, Johan Santana is one of handful of players and teams who must get off to a fast start, saying, “Perhaps no player is more essential to his team’s success than Santana.”

Lastly, in a post to his blog for 1050 ESPN Radio, Mets beat reporter Rich Coutinho believes the NL East could come down to more than just the Phillies and the Mets.

…speaking of the NL East, later today, i will be begin running a series of blog posts i did with one blogger from each team in the division on a variety of questions that help preview how we all think of one another’s chances this season… stay tuned