What’s more depressing – missing two 3-run homers by a total of four feet or knowing that if you got both of them that you would still lose the game? That was the Mets’ fate Wednesday night, as they lost, 11-4, and got swept at home by the Cardinals. The Mets fell behind, 5-0, before [...]
Stop me if you’ve heard this before – The Mets lost a one-run game Stop me if you’ve heard this before – Luis Rojas tried to win a game with his bullpen and it didn’t happen Stop me if you’ve heard this before – Jeurys Familia failed in a key spot Stop me if you’ve [...]
Mets with RISP: 0-7 Cards with RISP: 7-18 Mets HR: 0 Cards HR: 1 You're not going to win any games with these types of numbers.
Francisco Lindor hit three home runs to power the Mets to a 7-6 win over the Yankees. It snapped a streak of five-straight, one-run losses and gave the Mets both a series win and year-long win in the Subway Series. On Lindor’s second homer, he ran around the bases and seemed to mock the Yankees [...]
"Everybody's out on the run tonight But there's no place left to hide." It doesn’t bring me any joy to say this, but I’ve had enough. No, not talking about all of the one-run losses – although those can stop, too – but rather the 9/11 tributes that everyone makes again and again and again. [...]
In the end, the curse of the primetime Fox game was just too much. The Mets fell behind, 5-0, yet rallied to take a 7-5 lead. But Trevor May allowed three runs in the eighth inning and the Mets lost another one-run game, this one an 8-7 setback to the Yankees Saturday night. May gave [...]
The Yankees certainly didn’t look like the team on the field that was 16 games above .500, as they committed numerous errors and unmade plays that led to a 10-3 Mets win Friday night at Citi Field. The first Mets run came about when the Yankee catcher did an ole play at the plate and [...]
The easiest thing to do is to be a back seat driver, always saying what should be done after the fact. That’s one of the nice things about the Game Chatters – it gives you the chance to voice your opinion in real time. But so few of you take advantage of that. Oh well… [...]
Luis Rojas opted to use Jeurys Familia for the fourth time in five days. And in a high-leverage situation, to boot. Familia gave up a homer in a tie game, the difference in a 3-2 setback in Miami Thursday night. Maybe it’s not fair to focus on Rojas and Familia. But that’s the point that [...]
Steve_S. summed up what a lot of us are feeling here lately when he said, “Personally, the last time I was pleased with the Mets manager was around 1990 with Davey Johnson. Three decades ago!” Anyone who’s read this blog for awhile knows how I feel about Johnson. He was smart, knew his stuff, was [...]
Luis Rojas played matchups straight down the line in the 10th inning and it didn’t work on offense and it didn’t work on defense. The end result was a 2-1 loss to the Marlins in Miami. With a righty on the mound, Rojas used Luis Guillorme to pinch hit for Kevin Pillar, who’s been a [...]
Pete Alonso hit bookend homers in the first and ninth innings, powering the Mets to a 9-4 win over the Marlins Tuesday night in Miami. Alonso belted a two-run homer in the top of the first inning, his 100th lifetime homer. He added a solo shot in the ninth, giving him 32 HR for the [...]