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LONDON, Ont. Vick Ballard Jersey . —Dale Hunter is returning to his old head coaching job with the London Knights. The Ontario Hockey League club announced Tuesday that Hunter will resume his role effective immediately and that his brother Mark will continue his duties as general manager. Hunter had served as Knights head coach since 2001 before leaving the team last November to accept a head coaching job with the Washington Capitals. He resigned from that position in May. Mark Hunter handled general manager and coaching duties when his brother left for the NHL. He guided the Knights to the second OHL championship in team history last month. London made it to the final of the MasterCard Memorial Cup but dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey Leagues Shawinigan Cataractes. In 688 career games as Knights head coach, Dale Hunter has a 451-189-23-25 record. 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The New York Mets first baseman responded Tuesday to an ESPNNewYork.com report that said, citing an anonymous baseball source, the team will consider trading him this off-season in part because of concerns that hes resistant to coaching and stays out too late. “I dont really have an answer for that because its never been an issue. Ive never done anything wrong,” Davis told reporters. “I show up to the field ready to play every day. I really dont even know where its coming from and its not really true.” Davis said hes never had a meeting with the Mets about his nightlife, and the criticism came “out of the blue.” “Its hard to answer questions when no one can say who it was or why they even said it,” Davis explained. “I dont know if its a cheap shot. Its falsely accused, I guess. But it just comes out of nowhere and it happens to athletes like this. A rumour, or something said, and its blown out of proportion, so you really cant do anything about it.” Mets manager Terry Collins defended Davis, saying theres no way he could have played 141 games already this season if he was partying too hard all the time. Collins hinted that such behaviour was more common in baseball 20 years ago—before there was testing for amphetamines—but now players cant simply “fix it” if theyre tired or have a hangover. “Theres not a coach in that office, not the manager, the front office, that has ever brought up a problem with Ike Davis,” Collins said. “So that is as far from the truth as anything Ive ever read. “I just want to make sure everybody understands—were behind Ike Davis 100 per cent. I dont want this to ever be a defamation on his character. Hes a stand-up guy. Matter of fact, speaks the truth above and beyond the need for it,” he added. Davis, who played only 36 games last season because of an ankle injury, was confounded by the whole thing. “I dont know what late is because when you leave the ballpark at 12, you get back to your place at 12:30, you watch a movie, its 2:30. Is that late?” he said. “Its up to everyone to decide what late is. If I had a job where I had to wake up at 6 in the morning it might be late, but its not. So our lifestyle is a little different.” Davis was penciled in to bat cleanup Tuesday night before New Yorks game against the Philadelphia Phillies was postponed because of inclement weather. The game was called about three hours before it was supposed to start and will be made up at 7:10 p.m. on Thursday, originally a day off for both clubs. The surging Phillies beggan the day trailing St. Reggie Wayne Jersey. Louis by 3 1/2 games for the second NL wild-card spot with 14 to play, though other teams were in their path. “For me, Id just as soon play today. I dont know sometimes if sitting helps you or not,” Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel said. Light rain was falling on a blustery evening at Citi Field, with a howling wind whipping through the ballpark under overcast skies. The forecast called for thunderstorms throughout the night. Across town, the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees also was postponed. Cole Hamels will pitch Wednesday night for Philadelphia against Mets rookie Matt Harvey, slated to make his final start of the season. The Phillies bumped Tyler Cloyd from Tuesday to Thursday, when he will face fellow rookie Jeremy Hefner. Davis got off to a horrendous start this season and the Mets considered sending him to the minors to work through his struggles. Supportive teammates, however, expressed to the club their desire that he stay with them in the big leagues—and Davis rebounded. He is hitting only .223 but leads the Mets (66-81) with 27 home runs and is tied with David Wright for tops on the team in RBIs (81). “If youve seen my stances this year, weve tried a lot of things,” Davis said. “Ive done everything the coaches have asked me.” After seeing the report, he said he asked New Yorks coaches if they had any issue with him and they said no. “It doesnt even really make sense,” Davis said. “Youd think that would have come out when I was hitting .100 with no home runs and no RBIs. But since that, Ive done better. Now its coming out. Its kind of weird.” The 25-year-old Davis, in his third big league season, is one of the few Mets position players who might draw aggressive interest from other teams. If he was traded for much-needed help in other areas, New York could go with Lucas Duda at first base, his natural position. Duda has showed power potential but he struggled to adapt to the outfield this season and was demoted to the minors for a month. “Now, as far as a possible trade, theres not a guy in that clubhouse who cant get traded. Not a guy,” Collins said. “Ike was upset today, he came to see me and I said, Look, unfortunately, how some things work, perception is reality in baseball, as we know. If youre accused of not playing hard, the only way to change it—play really, really, really hard every day. And you fight that. So I told Ike, You know what? You fight it. Finish strong and then give them something to write about. Give them something really positive to write about.” ’ ’ ’
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