Category: Perspectives

Howie Rose on radio and Keith Hernandez on TV occasionally sprinkle into their broadcasts mentions of the board, now computer, game simulation Strat-O-Matic. Obviously both played the game a lot when they were younger. Even some ballplayers, notably Cal Ripken Jr., have admitted to playing the game on planes during their playing careers. Keith will [...]

*Author’s note: This was originally written and is accurate as of Thursday afternoon. The plan was to run this story before the Mets bested the Marlins 7-5 that evening. That game exemplified almost everything written in this story, which did not run in time. New York came back twice in the game, even after yielding [...]

“Who’s on third?” is a question that’s been asked by Mets fans over the years as much as Abbot and Costello.  According to the UltimateMets database, 153 Mets players have manned the hot corner since the team’s 1962 inception.  Make that 154 while we wait for the webmaster to add backup catcher turned emergency third [...]

It’s been quite the couple of days, hasn’t it? Only nine games into the shiny, new season and Mets fans have already seen a month’s worth of action, seems like. A little over a week ago came the surprise series win over the Nationals. Then came the equally surprising 1-2 stumble against the Braves in [...]

Much has been made about how the Mets’ early-season schedule features an abundance of in-division games. Not nearly enough has been made of the fact that on a whole, the East stinks. And that's something you can bet on. You can keep track of your bets like this at http://www.betbind.com/. You have the Nationals, who [...]

The New York Mets finished off their first series at home in dominating fashion with a three game sweep of the division rival Philadelphia Phillies. Each game of the series mirrored the various types of games these two teams have had against one another throughout the years: one low scoring pitcher's duel, one wild roller [...]

A team with young potential, veterans hungry for a World Series title, a manager on the hot seat, and fans who have struggled enough and want their team to win now. The previous statement can be connected to two surprisingly similar teams: the 2014 Kansas City Royals and the 2015 New York Mets. While the [...]

Heading into 2015 the Mets are full of expectations: growth in the pitching staff, the development of a core offense, and maybe even a playoff berth. There have been interesting developments through the first seven games including the fact that the Mets are only scoring runs when an error occurs, Jon Niese delivered his “first [...]

If it is the objective of the leadoff batter to get on base and nothing else, Curtis Granderson is doing his job in spades. His OBP is .348, while his AVG and SLG are both .063. Hideous? Yes. Effective? Yes. While this trend certainly cannot continue, it is being driven by a more patience approach, [...]

It has been talked to death about how Lucas Duda struggled heavily against left handed pitchers. His lefty struggles were part of the reason that both Michael Cuddyer and John Mayberry Jr. were brought in this past offseason. Both are good right hand hitting outfielders who also play first base. Mayberry mashes against lefties with [...]

Yesterday seemed to reaffirm the cloud over the Mets organization, as when the Mets get close to competing, something terrible occurs. Last season, it was Matt Harvey who went down with an injury that would put him on the shelf for the year, and this season the Mets have experienced injuries to Josh Edgin and [...]