Trailing by five runs, the New York Mets (41-31) scored three runs in the sixth inning, another in the seventh, but the comeback fell short, losing 6-5 to the Detroit Tigers. The loss drops the Mets one-half game behind the Atlanta Braves in the National League East. The Mets are now 26-11 at home and [...]
New York Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez has been confused lately. While he knows he gets paid to close games, on many days he doesn’t know if he will have to pitch more than one inning, which impacts his rhythm and the bullpen as a whole. “It is tough because in preparation, you don’t know if [...]
Three days after being sent back to the minor leagues, Jenrry Mejia made his first start for the Binghamton Mets (AA). Mejia pitched 2 1/3 innings, allowing one run, two hits, 3 K, 2 BB, facing nine batters. He threw 42 pitches (24 strikes) with his fast reportedly hitting between 95-97 miles per hour. B-Mets [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1967: New York Mets traded Al Yates to the Boston Red Sox for Dennis Bennett. 2010: Celebrity website TMZ.com publishes a report claiming New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana was accused of sexual battery in Fort Myers, Fla. in October 2009. Police said the [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1963; Jimmy Piersall of the New York Mets hits the 100th home run of his major league career and celebrates by running around the bases backwards. Dallas Green of the Phillies, who gave up the home run, is not amused. Neither is Commissioner Ford [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1976: New York Mets traded Jack Heidemann to the Milwaukee Brewers for Tom Deidel. 1984: The New York Mets release Mike Torrez. 1984 - New York Mets purchased Ed Glynn from the Cleveland Indians. 1987: Tom Seaver abandons his comeback attempt with the injury-riddled [...]
The Mets spent most of the season trying to sign free agent catcher Bengie Molina. I pointed out here, here and here why this was a bad idea. If you are too lazy to click on the links the main take away point is that catchers age in dog years and the top catchers in [...]
Johan Santana discusses the missed bunt play which led to Mark Teixeira's grand slam in the Mets loss to the Yankees on Sunday ...
The New York Mets sent Jenrry Mejia to Binghamton (AA) following Sunday's game against the New York Yankees. Mejia pitched a scoreless seventh inning in the game. He spoke to the media after the announcement ...
The second installment of the 2010 Subway Series begins tonight with both the New York Mets and New York Yankees hovering at the top of their respective divisions in the National and American Leagues. During the first meeting in Flushing last month the Mets were floundering and were two games under .500. They lost the [...]
Carlos Beltran's arthroscopic knee surgery in January triggered a domino effect: Did the Mets know about the surgery? When will he return? Who will play centerfield? The Mets front office responded, no, no idea and then went out and traded for Gary Matthews Jr. In the immortal words of Don Henley, "In a New York [...]
I enjoy listening to Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez provide color commentary on Mets games. It is obvious they are both intelligent and passionate about the game, even if Keith enjoys a nap every now and then. They want to see the game played right by both teams and they have no problem criticizing the [...]