The Philadelphia Phillies may be playing out the string of a transition season, but don't expect this division rival to lie down for us to waltz into the playoffs. There's a long history of Phillies players, announcers, and fans wanting to stick it to the blue and orange. This is a bad team for sure, [...]
The Mets bounced back from sad Sunday with a solid pitching performance from Noah Syndergaard and a 19-hit attack that resulted in 12 runs. Marlins manager Don Mattingly ran through eight pitchers, but every hitter in the Mets lineup feasted on them. Curtis Granderson drove in three runs as did Lucas Duda who did so [...]
As one of three teams fighting for two playoff spots, each and every remaining game counts. Especially since the Cardinals (vs. Reds and Pirates) and Giants (vs. Rockies and Dodgers) will both be at home for their last two series while we take the road. If we can reel off the next four including a sweep [...]
Despite trotting out a parade of no-name pitchers, the Mets managed to outscore the Phillies 10-5 at Citi Field. This was a game of old friends returning to the fold. Michael Conforto seemed to find his long-missing stroke, ripping a three-run home run and a double. Lucas Duda and Travis d'Arnaud also contributed doubles and [...]
How on earth is this beat up team In a playoff chase? Didn't the wheels come off? The stark truth is that the tires blew out a long time ago, but we're still driving along on rims, sparks flying all over. 2016 has been a snake-bitten season, much like 2009 only replace Fernando Tatis with [...]
Strange ball games can be fun, but not when you come out on the losing end. Things started off great. Asdrubal Cabrera got us off to an early lead with a two run-home run in the first inning and Rene Rivera added a solo shot in the fifth to give us a 3-0 lead that [...]
You can't win 'em all. Noah Syndergaard came up empty in one of his worst performances of the year, surrendering five earned runs on eight hits and three walks. He couldn't finish the fourth inning. Meanwhile the Mets couldn't do much against the struggling Aaron Blair, save a two-run home run from TJ Rivera. It [...]
While the wild card rival Cardinals and Giants are busy beating up on each other this weekend, the Mets have a golden opportunity to gain ground with a three-game home series against the Major League’s worst team of 2016 – the Minnesota Twins. The two inter-league teams haven’t played since 2013 and back then the [...]
Whew! The latest unlikely hero, rookie TJ Rivera, narrowly helped us avoid what was almost the most heart-breaking loss of this roller coaster season. Noah Syndergaard pitched as good a game as he's ever pitched with seven dominant innings of nasty, filthy stuff. He exited with a commanding 3-1 lead, having struck out 10 Nationals [...]
That's what you call a team win. The Mets came back from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Braves 6-4 in Atlanta to start the three-game series. The win, the Mets' sixth in a row, keeps them at least ahead for the second wild card, possibly even the first, pending the outcome of the Giants-Diamondbacks [...]
Here we are in the home stretch and right in the thick of things. This season has, in no way, gone the way management, players or fans could have expected. We could probably assemble a team from our disabled list (if, magically, they were all healthy) that could beat our current team. Yet somehow, we [...]
Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow has signed a minor league contract with the Mets organization. No, it's not April Fool's Day an no, this isn't an Onion article. The Heisman Trophy winner and University of Florida star turned Denver Broncos and NY Jets flop has set his sites on a second career as a pro [...]