Well, this didn’t age well…and it’s only a month old. Heading to the All-Star break, things were coming up aces in Mets land. They had the best record in the NL East, a three-and-a-half game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies, which, while not exactly commanding, looked likely to be enough of a cushion in a [...]
A couple of weeks ago, much was made of Broadway’s return to action. In the early summer, post-pandemic atmosphere of gaiety, the comeback of the theatre was hailed as yet another sign of the world’s slow return to normalcy: the Great Bright Way is shining once again. The baseball season is looking pretty bright around [...]
You can pretty much say that baseball is back. On Friday night, June 11, a maximum allowable capacity – 90% in these post-COVID days – stuffed Citi Field for the beginning of a much-anticipated series. Everyone’s darling, the “It Girl” of 2021, the San Diego Padres came to town for their first and only road [...]
There’s an abbreviation that gets used online and when texting that goes “SMH.” While some might find a lascivious connotation to these three letters, it actually stands for “shake my head.” When hitters face Jacob deGrom, that’s all they can do. And sometimes, it’s all Mets fans can do when deGrom leaves a game. Why [...]
On a day that could have been emotionally fraught, the Mets made their seventh straight win look surprisingly easy. For the first time in three years, it was Matt Harvey day at Citi Field, and while his first inning harkened back to the glory days of 2012 – 2015, the others recalled 2016 – 2018, [...]
The winning streak continues, unlikely and possibly quite costly. In a game that was dominated by the two starting pitchers, the big action came in the last three innings and had nothing to do with either of them. John Means squared off against Marcus Stroman and for six-plus innings, there was nothing to choose between [...]
It can be done, you know. We’ve seen it happen and when it does, it makes for legendary teams with legendary stories, especially if there’s a trophy and a ring at the end. There has been many a baseball bestseller that tells the tale of the team with talent enough to take it all the [...]
I’ve been a baseball fan as long as I can remember. Went to my first game in 1973. So, I was a kid when the whole Baseball Revolution happened: I was nine when Catfish Hunter signed with the New York Yankees, ten-going-on-eleven when Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally became the first true “free agents” and [...]
The Mets notched their first win of 2021 with a combination of power, great starting pitching and – dare I say it? – some small ball. Marcus Stroman took the ball and did some wonderous things with it. In six innings, he surrendered a mere three hits, walked two while also hitting a batter and [...]
There are a little over two weeks to go in spring training, but if you listened to Mike Puma in the New York Post yesterday, you’d think that Mets’ ace Jacob deGrom is ready for the season to start right now. Against the Houston Astros on Thursday, deGrom broke 100 mph on three consecutive pitches [...]
We are -- cautiously – on the doorstep of spring training 2021. The qualifier is used because we are all still subject to the whims and fancies of COVID-19. The equipment trucks have headed South, sure, and there is a schedule out for all kinds of games, but the pandemic still has the final say. [...]
“The New Mets. The Magic is Back.” – Della Femina Travisano & Partners ad campaign, 1980 "I'm proud to be a part of the new Mets. I call it the new Mets because this organization is going in the right direction, the direction of winning." – Carlos Beltran, 2005 Mets fans of a certain vintage [...]