Even in the best of times, baseball fans can experience the worst of times. Last season was one of the best for Mets fans, but if you’ll recall late-July, it wasn’t looking so hot. This stretch has been made famous in story and song – a highly recommended purchase is the book Amazin’ Again, by [...]
The Mets avoided being swept at Pittsburgh and ended their two-year losing streak against the Pirates with a tumultuous 6-5 victory. Noah Syndergaard allowed two earned runs in 6 innings of what was a solid, but very un-Thor like outing. The first of two fielding errors by Neil Walker (perhaps nervous in front of his [...]
The Mets added a veteran bat by once again turning to the Braves and acquiring Kelly Johnson, just like they did a year ago. The cost this time was Akeel Morris, a minor league reliever. Morris was on the 40-man roster, so no need to create a spot for Johnson there. But a 25-man roster [...]
While it is quite an amazing skill for a person to make solid contact with a bat on a quickly moving, often darting, ball it is even more impressive when the batter can do it from either side of the plate. A pejorative term sometimes used in politics is RINO which stands for Republican In [...]
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It was not a good day in Mets-land, as the Mets dropped both games of their twi-night doubleheader against the Pirates. Game 1: Pirates 3, Mets 1 Steven Matz started this one for the Mets. While he wasn't great, he certainly pitched well enough to win. He threw only five innings with eight hits, two [...]
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Last year Sandy Alderson made a bunch of moves to address the current team and one of those was to acquire Addison Reed to help nail down the seventh inning of games. It was not a move without risk, as earlier in the year Reed had not only lost his closer’s job but had been [...]
At the end of May, P.J. Conlon had his worst game as a professional, as he allowed 3 ER in 6 IP to take his first loss. But he rebounded in spectacular fashion, hurling 10 IP and allowing just an unearned run. That outing lowered his ERA for the year to 1.21 to go along [...]
The Mets came up short in their quest to sweep the Marlins, falling on the short side of a 1-0 game Sunday afternoon. Before the year, a matchup between Matt Harvey and Jose Fernandez is one that you would have circled on your calendar. And while it didn't have the same buzz leading up to [...]