Mets pitchers have now gone 63 ABs without producing a hit. In honor of this dubious distinction, we're running a contest to see how long the streak lasts. Predict the following three things: 1. How many hitless ABs will the pitchers wind up with in 2014 2. Who will be the pitcher to get the [...]
Let’s be honest… baseball can be boring. On average, there are about 19 seconds between every pitch, which drives some people insane. When watching a game on TV, fans want to see action! But if there are only three pitches per minute, they begin to lose patience. In 2013 Andrew Daynes created an app named [...]
Yesterday we unveiled our new header image, which included a border collage of some non-Mets things that I enjoy. The images are small, as to not detract too much from the focus of the site. A couple of people commented on the images and loyal reader Metsense suggested that we have a contest. There are [...]
Today at Mets360 we unveiled our new banner image, which once again was designed by Dave Stark. While Dave did the overwhelming majority of the work involved, I do want to recognize two other individuals who contributed to the piece. Dan Kolton did the Photoshop work on the Bartolo Colon and Curtis Granderson cards that [...]
I picked up a complete set of the New York Daily News 1969 Mets portraits at auction a few weeks ago. These “Portraits of the Stars” were published by the newspaper to celebrate the team’s championship. The portraits were drawn by cartoonist, Bruce Stark and are printed on oversized parchment paper. The portraits contain a [...]
Introduction to the 2014 Amateur Player Draft and Three Players the Mets Might Look to Draft Relevant details: Date: June 5th-7th, 2014 Location: MLB Studio 42, Secaucus, New Jersey Media: MLB Network will cover the draft Mets select: #10, miss a second round pick for signing Curtis Granderson, pick regularly between the Blue Jays and [...]
When I was a kid, I used to play this baseball game I created. It was pretty simple in theory. It was based off random numbers, dice, and random events. The starting point was how good the batter was. If he was a .310 hitter, he had a better chance at a favorable event than [...]
I grew up a couple of blocks north of the Massapequa Train Station. I was close enough to hear the evening train whistle on summer evenings. I also grew up watching Met games. On hot summer evenings, my dad would take a small black and white tv onto our breezeway (do you even hear that [...]
Have you visited the Mets360 Forums yet? There's lots of interesting stuff going on over there, ranging from discussions on Kevin Plawecki to Paul DePodesta to Masahiro Tanaka. There are over 450 posts in our Forums, including over 50 posts today. This is one of those things where the more people who participate, the better [...]
Next year’s Major League’s Annual First-Year Player Draft is scheduled for June 5th. The Mets pick 10th. The order of the top 10 follows: 1 - Astros 2 - Marlins 3 - White Sox 4 - Cubs 5 - Twins 6 - Mariners 7 - Phillies 8 - Rockies 9 - Blue Jays 10 - [...]
Casinos Floors, Baseball Diamonds, and Playing Your Cards Right The Mets’ bid for a strong comeback Any given game – no matter which field – has the same principle behind it: play to learn, play to win. Granted, some games are tougher to grind than others, especially those that seem to hinge on the sheer [...]
The New York Mets are coming off a slow start to the 2013 Major League Baseball season. Currently, the team is in fourth place among the five teams that make up the National League East. With a winning percentage of less than .400, the team is struggling. When determining the odds of certain teams winning [...]