Jeurys Familia blew his second save in a week. The Mets didn't hit all that much against Zack Grienke. In fact, they had no extra-base hit at all, technically. And they won, anyway. Juan Uribe blasted a ball off the wall in the bottom of the 10th, scoring Curtis Granderson, who had led off with [...]
Hot town, summer in the City…or Citi, if you will. The temperatures in the New York-Metro area have ratcheted up significantly in the last week and a half. In typical NYC summer fashion, the mercury has reached the 90s, bringing with it shirt-drenching humidity. Par for the course in these parts, for sure, but for [...]
Right now, Met fans are angry, getting angrier by the day. They see a team so close to contention, with marvelous pitching, just one game out of a playoff spot. They see a team that has to struggle for every run, for every chance at scoring a run. They know – as much as they [...]
The great pitcher and linguist Dizzy Dean told us a long time ago that he’d “rather be lucky than good.” It took a long time to figure out exactly what he meant. Then the 2015 Mets happened. Yes, these Mets. At first flush, you’d think they’ve anything but lucky and in more than a couple [...]
The Mets faced a reeling San Francisco Giants team and reeled 'em right in. They also got a measure of revenge against their no-hit nemesis in the process. Chris Heston started for the Giants and any thought of his repeating his dominant performance in New York went out the window when Ruben Tejada -- the [...]
The New York Post, of all things, published an article yesterday, actually painting a hopeful picture for the return of David Wright later this summer. While we all know this is designed to sell newsprint more than anything, it also holds out a branch that could possibly pull the Mets out of the offensive funk [...]
A listless 6-1 loss completed a desultory 3-game sweep of the Mets at the hands of the up-and-coming Cubs. While hope was pinned on young Jacob deGrom to deliver the Mets from the doldrums, he wasn't up to the task on an overcast afternoon. deGrom surrendered four runs and seven hits in a bare five-and-a-third [...]
Six games, eight runs scored, six losses. Those are the stats that count on this road trip from hell. The Mets have given back everything they may have gained in April as their record now stands at 36-36. That means that after their 13-3 start, they've gone 23-33. Was this what we -- and they [...]
Full disclosure: I missed most of this game. I was at a pre-Father's Day dinner at my brother-in-law's house. I tuned in in time to see yet another fielding gaffe account for the Braves' sixth run. I notice that Noah Syndergaard got knocked around a bit, Curtis Granderson hit the ball hard three out of [...]
At the risk of sounding facile and trite, the New York Mets have been…well…amazin’ so far this season. In a season that’s 74 days old as this is written, they’ve been in first place 49 of them. Anyone who thought that would happen before the season started, raise your hand and be called a liar. [...]
It was a long time coming. Michael Cuddyer hadn't had a walkoff hit since 2006. This one couldn't have come at a better time. Cuddyer hit a soft liner past a diving Joe Panik and Curtis Granderson waltzed home with the winning run, ending a taut, terrific ballgame. Jon Niese squared off against Tim Lincecum. [...]
Recently, we Met fans have been reminded – emphatically and painfully – that Matt Harvey is human after all. His start to this season caused everyone to forget that he was only 19 months removed from Tommy John surgery. In his first eight 2015 starts, he was the Harvey of old, racking up a 5-1 [...]