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The Mets had an unexpected World Series appearance last year, the team seems to have a solid shot at back-to-back playoff appearances and generally speaking, most fans right now are pretty optimistic. As they should be. However, it seems like there’s something bubbling right below the surface. Let’s call it entitlement. Sure, the Mets had [...]
It’s a chronic condition, pessimism is. It’s been a component of Mets fans’ DNA almost since the beginning, a lurking recessive trait that didn’t rear its head until June, 1977 or so. That’s when we all found out that as fans, we can take nothing for granted: we found out that Tom Seaver was not [...]
It's been a roller coaster ride of a first half. Despite numerous injuries, offensive woes and many head-scratching moments, the New York Mets are still very much alive for October baseball. It has been well documented, however, that if they would like to get to that point, they need to make some moves to help [...]
They say home run hitters typically get them in bunches. Those of us who remember Dave Kingman sadly will recall that he blasted five homers in the seven games before he was hurt back in 1976, ending his best chance to make a run at Roger Maris. Well, right now Curtis Granderson has hit five [...]
At the risk of sounding facile and trite, the New York Mets have been…well…amazin’ so far this season. In a season that’s 74 days old as this is written, they’ve been in first place 49 of them. Anyone who thought that would happen before the season started, raise your hand and be called a liar. [...]
When Chris Heston no-hit the Mets Tuesday night, it was the first time that the Mets lineup didn’t record a hit since September 8, 1993. The streak was the fifth-longest streak in Major League baseball, with only the Cubs, Athletics, Reds, and Red Sox having gone longer without a goose egg in the hit column. [...]
Mets fans entered the 2015 season hoping this year would be 1984, the year the team went under .500 to 90 wins. At the very least we were hoping it would be 2005, the year we went from 20 games under .500 to four games above the break-even mark. But none of us considered the [...]
At 42 years old, Bartolo Colon’s career is in its third act. Act one featured a young flamethrower with the Cleveland Indians, the Montreal Expos, the Chicago White Sox and the Anaheim-then-Los Angeles Angels. It was in this opening act that Colon was crowned the American League Cy Young Award winner in 2005 after going [...]
It seems like ages ago that they wore a Mets uniform, yet in some cases it was just two or three seasons past when they played a key role on the team. We’re not talking about Scott Kazmir – we all keep tabs on him. We’re talking about former top prospects like Mike Pelfrey, John [...]
This may be the 10th article you’ve read about Jacob deGrom in the last 12 hours. But he’s been so good he’s deserved every one of them. He’s one pitch away from having not allowed a run in three starts. Even with that gopher ball, he’s got a 0.94 ERA in 19.1 IP. Raise your [...]
“You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.” – Joe DiMaggio Although it is taking place in 2015 one day after Easter, Opening Day is a [...]