It’s hard for a relief pitcher to win a Cy Young Award. The last one to do it was Eric Gagne in 2003 and it took him setting a record for consecutive saves to do it. Mariana Rivera, arguably the greatest closer of all-time, never won it and only came in second in the voting [...]
On October 30th, 1974, Muhammed Ali and George Foreman engaged in a fight that was dubbed “The Rumble in the Jungle”. Ali was arguably the greatest heavyweight fighter of his era and Foreman was the heavyweight champion, having just pummeled Ali’s greatest rival at that time, Joe Frazier, knocking him down six times in two [...]
On May 29th, 2022, Nick Plummer strode to the plate in the bottom of the 9th with the Mets down 4 to 3 to the Phillies. Plummer had not had a good first start in the big leagues. He had struck out twice in three appearances at the plate and mishandled a ball in the [...]
On December 3rd, 2018, Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen completed one of the most controversial transactions in recent Mets history when he traded two of his top prospects, Justin Dunn and the sixth overall pick in the 2018 draft, Jarred Kelenic for star closer Edwin Diaz and Robinson Cano. The trade was debated for [...]
When the news broke about Jacob deGrom, Mets fans' inner Bob “Bulldog” Briscoe came out. “This stinks. This is total B.S.!” That inner demon that inhabits the back of our minds, insisting that our team will never win, that something will always happen, began to laugh maniacally. Many of us heaved a resigned sigh and [...]
As the lockout drags on, slowly but surely moving in the direction of a delayed start to the season, it has provided some time to reflect on the moves Mets GM Billy Eppler made before Baseball shut down. They were exciting moves. They were the types of signings that Mets fans have been begging to [...]
When one tells the tales of the greatest Mets teams of all time, one of the terms that is consistently a part of those storylines is resilience. The 1969 Mets overcoming a 10 game deficit in the standings on August 14th to win the division and then beat one of the greatest teams of that [...]
Imagine being 23. You wake up in a nice apartment in Queens. You get into your nice car and drive to your ultramodern office with all the amenities you desire. As you walk in, you say hello to your co-workers, all in the same position as you except they own large estates, more expensive cars, [...]
About a month and a half after New York City held a ticker tape parade for the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets, the organization made what would later appear to be the only major acquisition of the 1986 offseason (they would also acquire David Cone that offseason, but it wasn’t viewed as a [...]
The Mets made history in 2021. In all of Baseball history, the 2021 New York Mets are the team that spent the longest time in first place in a season and finished that same year with a win-loss record under .500. When something like this happens, there is always a lot of blame to go [...]
Michael Conforto has been awful this year. Yes, he made a game saving throw against the Braves and has had a handful of big hits. But his batting average has hovered around .200 for too long and he hasn’t been able to crack a .700 OPS. Conforto’s struggles have been a microcosm of what the [...]
Billy McKinney is not supposed to be a member of the New York Mets. McKinney was put on waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays in September of 2020 and thus was readily available for any team to claim, which the Milwaukee Brewers did. At the time, the Mets had what appeared to be too many [...]