The easiest thing to do is to be a back seat driver, always saying what should be done after the fact. That’s one of the nice things about the Game Chatters – it gives you the chance to voice your opinion in real time. But so few of you take advantage of that. Oh well… [...]
Luis Rojas opted to use Jeurys Familia for the fourth time in five days. And in a high-leverage situation, to boot. Familia gave up a homer in a tie game, the difference in a 3-2 setback in Miami Thursday night. Maybe it’s not fair to focus on Rojas and Familia. But that’s the point that [...]
Steve_S. summed up what a lot of us are feeling here lately when he said, “Personally, the last time I was pleased with the Mets manager was around 1990 with Davey Johnson. Three decades ago!” Anyone who’s read this blog for awhile knows how I feel about Johnson. He was smart, knew his stuff, was [...]
Luis Rojas played matchups straight down the line in the 10th inning and it didn’t work on offense and it didn’t work on defense. The end result was a 2-1 loss to the Marlins in Miami. With a righty on the mound, Rojas used Luis Guillorme to pinch hit for Kevin Pillar, who’s been a [...]
Pete Alonso hit bookend homers in the first and ninth innings, powering the Mets to a 9-4 win over the Marlins Tuesday night in Miami. Alonso belted a two-run homer in the top of the first inning, his 100th lifetime homer. He added a solo shot in the ninth, giving him 32 HR for the [...]
It’s probably safe to say that hardcore Mets fans were conflicted when the Mets traded a top prospect for Javier Baez and a depth starter. Most of us wanted to see a deal of some type. But if we were going to deal one of the main prospects, if we had a dose of truth [...]
Driving my son back to college, I ask him to check the Mets score for me. He tells me it's 3-2 Mets. I ask him if it's a final and he says eight innings. Mentally put the game in the win column. Turns out this is what they mean when they talk about a distracted [...]
The Mets scored four runs in the first inning but the Nationals tied it up by the fifth. The Mets’ bullpen was brilliant, pitching 4.2 hitless innings and the offense sprung back to life in the ninth, plating six runs en route to a 13-6-win Sunday afternoon in Washington D.C. The Mets banged out 16 [...]
After going 3-7 with two walks in Saturday’s doubleheader, Jonathan Villar sits with an .800 OPS for the season. His 120 OPS+ is a career high and his solid play throughout the season has earned the trust of Luis Rojas, who not only has made Villar a regular with all of the infielders healthy, he’s [...]
The first game went from a laugher to a disaster before a big sigh of relief. In the middle was some bad news and the nightcap was a seesaw affair that ended with the tying run on second base. The end result was a split of the doubleheader with the Nationals Saturday in Washington D.C. [...]
After spending 1 hour and 20 minutes online with customer support, we were able to solve the 404 error that had hit the website. We had to restore to the previous day, meaning we lost the articles and comments done in the last 24 hours or so. I was able to re-post the articles but [...]
After losing a two-run lead in the ninth inning, the Mets came back with a four-spot in the 10th, highlighted by a two-run double by Kevin Pillar, to down the Nats, 6-2, Friday night in Washington. Pete Alonso poked an RBI single leading off the 10th inning to put the Mets ahead. Javier Baez followed [...]