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This league is unforgiving': As the Mets bow to the Padres, another season of unrealized expectations hangs over New York
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Mets Morning News: More history for deGrom, Luis Guillorme close to return - Amazin' Avenue
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Padres' Joe Musgrove wasn't cheating vs. Mets despite ear check - Sports Illustrated
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Joe Musgrove says he has no hard feelings for Mets after last year's ear check in NLDS - Newsday
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Musgrove pitches hometown Padres past Mets 6-0 and into NLDS
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New sports 'cheating' row as Mets demand umpires look inside ears of baseball pitcher
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Joe Musgrove ear check: Umps check for sticky substances
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Joe Musgrove checked for illegal substance in Mets, Padres Wild Card
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Mets' suspensions can add up to one sticky theory