Earl Weaver would have been proud of the Mets' effort in this game. New York combined power -- seemingly as seldom seen as a Triple Crown winner -- and outstanding starting pitching to save a split of this four-game series. After Curtis Granderson led off the game with a home run, Jacob deGrom took the [...]
That title above is kind of a strange question. The immediate answer is, “Of course it is.” When any pitcher you’ve invested a good chunk of time watching – as a field manager, an executive or a fan – is recovering from Tommy John surgery, you can’t help but worry. Despite the evidence from players [...]
Some nasty news came down on Saturday, revealing the full extent of David Wright’s latest back trouble. Stenosis of the spine, they’re calling it. You usually hear this description applied to octogenarians – something akin to rheumatism or lumbago. For a 32-year-old elite athlete, it sounds like immediate retirement. In fact, New York Giants running [...]
They say blondes have more fun. The blondies on the Mets decided they were going to sweep the Phillies, one way or another. Noah Syndergaard, Lucas Duda and Michael Cuddyer all conspired to bring that about. The story today was Syndergaard. In the best outing of his brief major league career, he pitched into the [...]
Two extra-inning games, two walk-off wins. The Mets battled back from a disastrous eighth-inning bullpen implosion to take their second consecutive game from the phallin' Phillies. This was a game that for all the world looked like it would be a breeze. Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and threw darts all night. His only [...]
If you’re a baseball fan – particularly a fan of the New York Mets – logic sometimes doesn’t apply. A good run will lead to long thoughts about its continuation well into the future. Conversely, a spell in the doldrums will cause a fan to think their team will never win another game…ever…in perpetuity. The [...]
If last night's game was for Clint Eastwood, tonight's would please James Taylor: walkin' man. The Cubs beat the Mets on a literal walkoff, as Chris Coghlan took ball four from Jeurys Familia with the bases loaded to untie a 1-1 game. This one can once again be hung on the Mets' dearth of offense, [...]
Clint Eastwood would have loved this game; it was the good, the bad and the ugly. The good: Noah Syndergaard made his major league debut and was mostly impressive. For five-plus innings, he arrived as advertised, if a bit wild. He mowed down the Cubs in the first two innings, but ran into trouble with [...]
This was a one-run game that the Mets were never in. Jacob deGrom took the mound at Wrigley Field, resplendent with new video boards and refurbished bleachers. He may as well have been back at Yankee Stadium, though. After hitting Dexter Fowler on the knee with the fourth pitch of the game, Kris Bryant christened [...]
As a Mets fan, you never know where you’re going to find yourself. Oh, sure, you have a general idea of what will happen: history tells us that more often than not, they’re going to be bad. But even being bad carries with it some surprises. As far back as 1963, the brilliant baseball essayist [...]
Dilson Herrera hammers as Jacob deGrom finds his deGroove. The Mets swept this abbreviated series with a decisive victory over Baltimore. For a game at least, the hitting looked almost formidable. Herrera gave us a glimpse of what has the scouts so excited for his future, turning in three-for-three performance, including his first home run [...]
Bartolo Colon put the "sink" in Cinco de Mayo. And the Orioles were sunk. Colon pitched masterfully, leaving the game with two outs in the eighth, having struck out nine men and walked none. The offense came alive -- for them, anyway -- with a three-run uprising in the fourth to give the Mets just [...]