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Morning Dose: Tuesday, July 9

☀️ Good Morning:

It’s a testament to the job Carlos Mendoza has done as a rookie manager that we haven’t had many days when the topic of conversation centered around one of his in-game decisions.

But that’s where we find ourselves this morning after the Mets dropped the series finale to the Pirates, 8–2. The loss gave New York a split of the four-game se…