A chill wind is blowing through our burgs here in the Northeast. The Polar Vortex – a fancy new term for “cold snap” – is swooping down from Canada and threatening to congeal everything in its path. With Christmas a bare two weeks away, thoughts of warm weather and baseball seem quite remote at the [...]
Phase one is complete. Against long odds, Yoenis Cespedes has returned to the New York Mets, though some did see it happening. That was the biggest task on GM Sandy Alderson’s off-season agenda. Let’s face it, letting Cespedes walk would have crippled the offense and driven a stake through the heart of this nascent “perennial [...]
We’ve certainly had our share of surprises this week and it’s only Thursday. Was there some sort of political even earlier? I kid…I kid… That was a momentous event, no matter what your leanings are, a seismic shift in politics-as-usual. Not to draw any kind of comparison – there is none – but we are [...]
First of all congratulations to the – and I can’t believe I’m saying this; I can’t believe I have the opportunity to say this – World Series Champion Chicago Cubs. Your victory was tough, hard-fought and well-deserved. Game Seven was one for the ages and you guys have a great management team, a terrific system [...]
Congratulations, Cleveland and Chicago! As this is written, game two of the 2016 World Series has just concluded and the Cubs have just squared things up with the Indians. The playoffs so far have been pretty terrific. As happens every year, the rest of us get acquainted with players with whom we may not be [...]
I know…I know… It’s been a week, now, and the last thing we need is yet another post-mortem on the Mets’ 2016 season. The wound from their loss in the Wild Card “Series” is still fresh and there are other goings-on in the wide, wide world of baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays stole the Mets’ [...]
This was a "Day After" game, the next game after the Mets' post-season clincher. It showed. The Mets closed out their regular season with a sloppy, listless performance in Philadelphia and it doesn't matter a damn. Gabriel Ynoa started for the Mets and turned in a perfectly serviceable four-and-two-thirds innings of work, walking one, striking [...]
Noah Syndergaard tried his damnedest to give the Cincinnati Reds this game. Apparently, they didn't want it. The Mets ran their latest winning streak to five games and their current run to 14 of 18 with a sweep in the Queen City. Syndergaard pitched five hair-raising innings, surrendering six hits, four walks and no runs, [...]
On the heels of the Mets’ exciting win last night – their third straight over the hated Marlins of Miami; another game’s worth of daylight put between the two teams, who had both been competing for the second Wild Card berth in the National League – word came down that slugging second baseman Neil Walker [...]
In a game of total attrition, Yoenis Cespedes would have no more of it. With two outs in the bottom of the tenth, he sent a ball deep into the left field seats and the Mets home with a crucial win. Rafael Montero made his first start in a year-and-a-half and most unsteadily made the [...]
The Mets were relentless and Bartolo Colon was nearly flawless. That's as good a combination as you could ask for. It started right away as Colon retired the Phillies in order in the first inning on five pitches. Meanwhile, Phillies' starter Adam Morgan's fourth and fifth pitches were deposited over the left field wall. Jose [...]
In a game the Mets absolutely had to have to keep their fading playoff hopes alive, they got big performances from a couple of unlikely heroes. Seth Lugo and Alejandro De Aza kept the Mets above water tonight. Lugo made his second strong start in a row before leaving after the fifth inning with a [...]