No one could have seen this coming. Seven months ago Matt Harvey stood tall on the mound in the World Series and we all saw the second coming of Tom Terrific. The four-pitch righty with the high 90's fastball, quarterback swagger, and bulldog tenacity had all the ingredients of an ace pitcher. He successfully bounced back from [...]
The Mets laid an egg for the second straight night, getting beat up by the Nationals, 9-1, in the rubber game of the series Thursday night. Matt Harvey did nothing to make fans step off the ledge. He gave up a two-run homer to Daniel Murphy in the first inning and then surrendered seven runs [...]
Jim Edmonds was a terrific player, a borderline Hall of Famer. He had a stretch of five straight seasons with a wOBA over .400 and if that doesn’t make you say, Wow!, you should know that Yoenis Cespedes had a .394 wOBA last year with the Mets. Edmonds was a better offensive player five consecutive [...]
On a miserable, wet night at the park, the Mets fell to the Nationals this evening 1-7 in what was possibly the most meh game to ever meh. The game time was a long three hours and 42 minutes. Bartolo Colon was not sharp in this one, to say the least, and labored through most [...]
1970 TRANSOGRAM CLEON JONES I picked up three 1970 New York Mets Transogram cards last week. Along with the pictured Cleon Jones card, the lot also included a Jerry Koosman and a Tom Seaver from the same issue. These Transogram cards were printed on the back of the cardboard boxes the corresponding Transogram figures came [...]
Obviously, 200 is a nice round number. People like round numbers especially those ending in one or more zeroes. Until Roger Maris came along it was comforting and easy to remember that the record for home runs in a season belonged to Babe Ruth with his 60 in 1927. 200 is the Mets’ franchise record [...]
Put in the books! Led by Noah Syndergaard's dazzling pitching, the Mets shut out the Nationals 2-0 to begin their first season series with their division rival. The quickly played pitcher's duel included a number of notable highlights. Ex-Met favorite Daniel Murphy got a warm welcome at Citi Field from fans who fondly recall his [...]
Michael Conforto has been promising throughout his entire professional career. The Mets had so much confidence in his bat, that he was promoted to batting third in the lineup, meaning that he was in a prime spot to drive in runs, and get on base. Considering he only played in the minor leagues for two [...]
As a Met fan you know who Dilson Herrera is. He’s been to the majors a few time and he’s never quite lived up to the hype of a “Future All-Star” that has been bandied about. To drive this point home, the Mets traded for Neil Walker and signed Asdrubal Cabrera because they wanted Herrera [...]