In honor of One Hit Wonder day, I went through and dug up some of the best Mets “one-season” wonders and formed a sort of “All-Star” team. Many of these players went on to have successful career post Mets, but we are only counting Mets seasons. Some qualifications, aside from relievers most of the players [...]
Friday was a busy day in the way of Mets news, as Bobby Abreu announced his retirement the old fashioned way: by saying it at the end of the season and not going on a year-long farewell tour, Adam Rubin revealed that minor changes may be coming to the Citi Field outfield walls, and the [...]
Wilmer Flores has now gotten his first taste of playing every day in the major leagues. Over the past two months, Flores has been a regular in the lineup, first as the everyday shortstop and now, due to David Wright’s injury, as the everyday second baseman while Daniel Murphy fills in at third. Although statistics [...]
If he's the team's everyday shortstop next year, what's he doing playing second base now?
One of Mets360’s favorite blogs, "2 Guys Talking Mets Baseball," is shutting down . We’re all going to miss Mike & Jimmy’s daily argy-bargy, so in tribute, my friend Brian Joura and I started musing on a few last acts, including the final overs of 2014… Charlie Hangley: For all the guff Terry Collins gets, [...]
We'll use this chatter for both games of the day/night doubleheader
With the 2014 season winding down and a few players still making headlines without the team making the playoffs, it's a good time to reflect on the overall performance of this team. More importantly, how individual players affected the team as a whole, specifically, in a bad way. My next few articles will address these [...]
After eight season as the on-field reporter for the New York Mets, Kevin Burkhardt will be leaving SNY following tomorrow’s game against the Washington Nationals, while the Mets wrap up their final road stand of 2014. When the season is over, Burkhardt will be joining the FOX Sports team as a play-by-play announcer for NFL [...]
Mets fans are an odd group of individuals that always seem to disagree, but when it comes to management there seems to be a universal agreement. This agreement is that two of the three levels of upper management are not living up to their expectations. These two levels are the owners (The Wilpons) and the [...]