Later today the Mets will begin the first game of Spring Training and Met fans will get a glimpse of the prize of the farm, Matt Harvey. Harvey is scheduled to pitch against the nationals along with a group of veterans who should make his fastball look mighty impressive by comparison. On March 6th the [...]
It is early in Spring Training and the Mets are already in mid-season form when it comes to injuries. While we all hope that none of these turn serious, we never thought we would lose our first baseman for the entire year due to a collision on an infield pop-up. With that unpleasantness behind us, [...]
My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip. If you’d prefer to continue down this verbose and wholly boring work of literature… you probably should visit [...]
The spectre of Generation K hangs over everything. We live in a society that wants to name everything. But so far there has been no defining nickname for the quartet of young pitching prospects – Jeurys Familia, Matt Harvey, Jenrry Mejia and Zack Wheeler – that the Mets are counting on to lead their resurgence [...]
As we approach Opening Day-whether you’re an optimist or pessimist-the slate has been wiped clean and from there anything can happen. Am I right? With a Mets’ squad looking in great shape-at least physically-there is a palpable sense of goodwill among the players as the Mets prepare to open another season. Anything can happen in [...]