The New York tabloids are beside themselves this morning. “Same Old Mets” brays the back page of the New York Daily News. “Buzzkill” blares the New York Post. “Old Timers Day” chortles Newsday. The reason for all this LOLMetsing? The team announced that Bartolo Colon would be the starter on Opening Day against the Nationals [...]
The experts say the Mets are lacking at shortstop, have been since Jose Reyes took his talents to South Florida after 2011. Considering that Reyes had just won the Mets’ first batting title in 50 seasons of baseball and that his initial replacement was Ruben Tejada, the experts have not been wrong. Tejada put up [...]
Hey, Baseball Gods! I was kidding! It was announced yesterday – maybe you heard – that Zack Wheeler has the dreaded ulnar collateral ligament -- or UCL -- tear, probably requiring Tommy John surgery. This news has elicited a wide range of reactions, from wailing and gnashing of teeth to a more measured approach, extolling [...]
Today is game #10 of the Mets’ Spring Training schedule. For all the grousing that spring camp is too long, I offer up the fact that we're already a third of the way through our allotment of silly games that don’t count. And thank goodness they don’t, because Mets fans would become even more suicidal [...]
You would think the Mets’ new attitude would preclude potential PR disasters, but these are the Mets, after all. This week isn’t even over yet, and three potential storms have arisen. The wags on Twitter have taken notice… Wright/Syndergaard sandwich dispute, Murphy doesn't like gays, fan buys anti-Wilpon billboard... This Mets season is off to [...]
Our friend Greg Prince, the grand guru of Faith And Fear In Flushing -- and the nearest thing the Mets’ blogging community can get to its own Roger Angell or Red Smith, for my money -- had a terrific post today, recapping Old Timers’ Day at Shea Stadium in 1977, complete with video. This was [...]
For the first week of spring workouts and meet-and-greets, the excitement factor at the Mets’ Port St. Lucie home-away-from-home ratcheted up fairly quickly. Considering that a good chunk of the team was already there, it should come as no surprise that the annual spring time good timin’ machine was already in full swing when the [...]
Today marks the first “official” day of Spring Training, 2015. This is the mandatory day for all pitchers and catchers invited to camp to at least check in. From all reports, everybody made it, except Bartolo Colon, possibly enjoying a late lunch in his native Dominican Republic. In any case, there are stories galore about [...]
Yesterday was one of those days you love hearing about if you’re a baseball fan. Yesterday was Truck Day. There were publicity shots galore of Mr. and Ms. Met loading up the semis for the annual trek to Port St. Lucie. The equipment cases were loaded, the engines revved and the big wheels started a-rollin’ [...]
Mets’ General Manager Sandy Alderson and his top lieutenants held the floor at a team-sponsored gathering of season ticket holders last night. I’m told that all 15 people in attendance had a great time. I kid…I kid… Sometimes, even Mets’ devotees can’t resist a good “LOLMets” opportunity. In any case, Alderson took questions from the [...]
We’re inching ever closer to the arrival of pitchers and catchers at the training camps in Florida and Arizona. By the way, did something else go on in Arizona this past weekend? Suffice to say Pete Carroll had his very own Carlos Beltran moment. I digress… In any case, now is the time when the [...]
In baseball circles, the word “Mets” is on a lot of peoples’ lips. In years past, this was a good thing in January. It meant signing Carlos Beltran, or Billy Wagner