Mets Manager Carlos Mendoza has released the names of his starting pitchers for the first three games of the NLCS against the Dodgers. Kodai Senga is scheduled to start game one, followed by Sean Manaea in game two with Luis Severino tapped for game three back in Citi Field. This rotation looks solid… but it [...]
By now, the charter has touched down at LAX. At around 10:30 EDT on Friday, October 11, 2024, Fernando Tatis, Jr. of the San Diego Padres hit a first-pitch grounder to third baseman Enrique Hernandez of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the final out of Los Angeles’s 2-0 victory in Game 5 of what is [...]
With time off between the NLDS and the NLCS, it seemed a perfect time to check in with the former Mayor – Chris Flanders - and get his take on Mets playoff baseball. Brian: As one passionate Mets fan to another - your comments in the Game Chatters have me a little concerned for you. [...]
Hey, not sure if you’ve heard but the Mets are going to the NLCS. It’s a tremendous accomplishment for a team that most of us didn’t think would even make the playoffs, much less win two series once there. Sure, sure – your neighbor and your co-worker and half the guys at the bar will [...]
So much has been made about the pitching moves of Carlos Mendoza and the performances of the relievers so far in both the Wild Card and the divisional series that the offense has avoided scrutiny. Which is a good thing for the hitters, who were MIA against the Brewers and depending on mostly two players [...]
These are the Comeback Kids! They are creating memories of a lifetime - seemingly on a daily basis. Here’s how crazy it’s been: my 18-year-old son called me from college to revel in the excitement. Not a text. A phone call. Amazing! Sept. 30, 2024 The Mets faced elimination from the playoffs unless they beat the Braves in Atlanta. In one of [...]
Here are some random notes as the Mets get ready for Game 2 of the NLDS * The Mets used 18 of the 26 players on their roster in Saturday’s win. And all 18 played some role, either big or small. Even Luisangel Acuna contributed a putout. * Much was made of how none of [...]
It’s a long way for a Mets team that just barely survived the Wild Card round to think about the World Series and who they might play. But just because the Mets can’t do it doesn’t mean that the fans can’t. And it’s hard not to notice that one of the ALDS series features the [...]
“Do, or Do Not: There Is No Try.” - Carlos Mendoza (probably)** (As far as the author knows, Mendoza has actually never uttered these words.) On Thursday, October 3rd, 2024, the New York Mets, against the odds (and a statistical chance of a *seven percent* win probability at the top of the ninth inning), beat [...]
It’s sobering to contemplate that the 2024 season may end later tonight. This team, one that very few thought was going to make many waves this season, has given me a lot of joy. Sure, it was a miserable start to the year, followed by a month of May that would look at home among [...]
In the most important game of the season, Francisco Lindor came thru when it mattered most. The Mets entered the eighth inning trailing by three runs and Lindor had an RBI single which made it 3-2 and he later scored on a shallow SF, which put the Mets ahead, 4-3. Then after the Mets gave [...]
Here we sit, waiting on the next to last game of the season, or perhaps the last game of the season. Should the Mets win one of the two games played today, they will make the 2024 Postseason. Should they win both games, they will sweep the Atlanta Braves out of the post-season. On the [...]