It’s no fun to lose, especially the closer you get towards winning a championship. It’s so disappointing to Mets fans to be down 3-1 in the World Series, especially since the series could easily be 3-1 in the other direction. The hardest thing of all is listening to the insufferable national broadcast. Because they don’t [...]
The Royals took a commanding 3-1 series lead with a 5-3 win Saturday night. The Mets did not play particularly well or particularly smart. The final punch in the stomach came in the 9th inning when Yoenis Cespedes got doubled off first base on a soft liner to end the game. Of course the big [...]
You've undoubtedly read many, many articles today about the Mets and the Royals in Game 3 of the World Series. It was a great win for the Mets in a series where both teams appear to have strong futures, what with the Mets' stable of young aces and the Royals'....relentlessness and foul language? It's with [...]
Since the Qualifying Offer system was developed not a single player has opted to accept the one year deal and stay with his team. Rather every player offered it has left, usually for a multiyear deal elsewhere. This has usually, but not always, worked in the player’s long term favor. One notable exception was when [...]
The relentless Mets pounded out 12 hits and nine runs to pound the Royals, 9-3, and get back into contention in the World Series. After dropping the first two in Kansas City, the Mets have a chance to tie the series Saturday night. In his first World Series game in front of the home fans, [...]
Did we leave our bats in Chicago? Did we not take batting practice during the five day layoff? In the two and a half games in Kansas City the Mets are hitting a collective .165 with a pathetic .432 OPS and just one extra base hit. For the sake of comparison, the Mets hit .244 [...]
The 2015 World Series is all of two games old. The Mets have lost both of them. These are irrefutable facts. We fans always look for what it all means going forward. We look for portents, patterns and trends. If you ask most Mets fans in the aftermath of being nickel-and-dimed to death in game [...]
It's late October - nothing going on, right?
The Royals held serve and got a sweep of the first two home games with a convincing 7-1 win over the Mets Wednesday night. The series resumes on Friday in New York. Johnny Cueto dominated the Mets throughout the game. Some believed he was on the ropes early but the Mets got very few good [...]