Oh wow... Baseball, man... In a game that defies recapping, the Mets widened their lead in the NL East to six games over the Washington Nationals and dropped their magic number to 19. It really wasn't as simple as that, though. With a chance to make a statement about his health and future, it seemed [...]
It’s a chronic condition, pessimism is. It’s been a component of Mets fans’ DNA almost since the beginning, a lurking recessive trait that didn’t rear its head until June, 1977 or so. That’s when we all found out that as fans, we can take nothing for granted: we found out that Tom Seaver was not [...]
On a night dominated by power hitting and power pitching, two "strange" plays will undoubtedly get most of the attention. Matt Harvey looked sharp early for the Mets, striking out the side in the first inning and surrendering 2 hits through three. By that time, the Mets had a 3-0 lead. David Wright led off [...]
This was a night of getting just what was needed. Terry Collins needed to give the bullpen a rest, so Bartolo Colon gave the Mets seven innings of five-hit ball. Needing to get off to a fast start, the Mets put up three quick runs in the first inning. And finally, when some insurance was [...]
Tempers flared like the rivalry of old and Michael Cuddyer was the hero du jour as the Mets came from behind to beat the Philadelphia Phillies, their fifth straight victory. Noah Syndergaard started, looking for his first major league road win. The game's first two hitters staked him to an early 2-0 lead. Curtis Granderson [...]
The Mets lost last night in excruciating fashion. We should be used to that by now, and the team did have a four-and-a-half game cushion going into it, but a loss like that still stings. The fact that the Washington Nationals were able to shave a game off that lead didn’t help. The collective “uh-oh,” [...]
“When we’re all gone and Suhboda [sic] stays and he commences to hit balls over buildings, who says he won’t lead this club to ten or a dozen pennants?” – Casey Stengel, spring training, 1965 The Mets, sudden winners and the current innamorata of New York City, have never lacked for “folk heroes” – players [...]
Eight innings, four hits, four strikeouts, no walks. This may look like a fairly pedestrian pitching line for the Zack Grienkes or Adam Wainwrights of the world, but this might have been Matt Harvey's best game of the season. Keeping the Colorado offense off balance all night, Harvey used every weapon in his arsenal without [...]
What a difference a week makes. Exactly seven days ago, the 2015 New York Mets baseball season appeared to be at its lowest ebb. The team had just lost a soul-crushing, gut-punching, spirit-killing -- and whatever other adjectives have been driven into the ground by this beleaguered fan base – loss to the egregious San [...]
The Mets' offense flashed back to its pre-trade doldrums for seven innings, then erupted. And the eruption wasn't caused by any of the new faces. Tied at one in the top of the eighth, Lucas Duda led off with a base hit off the right field wall. Travis d'Arnaud followed with a roller through the [...]
Things had been looking so good of late. Sandy Alderson had finally responded to what had become patently obvious to the more observant quadrants of Mets fandom. Even the densest of us could see that an offensive upgrade was needed, but to the more nuanced eye, even an incremental improvement would make a pretty substantial [...]
Jenrry Mejia's stupidity has cost the Mets his services for the foreseeable future. The Mets will not be reacquainted with Jose Reyes, nor will they be acquiring his new teammate, Carlos Gonzales. David Wright took a few tentative grounders on the Citi Field dirt. But none of that matters tonight. Let the rest of the [...]