As Jason Bay works himself back from his rib injury while being cleared for baseball activities this past week, Terry Collins has reaffirmed his position that Bay will reclaim his job in left field as Collins says Bay is no bench player. Collins does have a point. Bay is the middle of a four-year $66 [...]
To most people, the word ambivalent means not to care about something. But the real definition of the word is a bit more complex. Instead of not caring, it really means having two opposed or conflicting attitudes or ideas or emotions at the same time. Using the true meaning of the word, I am ambivalent [...]
“The execution was perfect. I had the right guy at the plate. I don't there is a better execution of fundamentals of the game than Ronny Cedeno. He's as good as it gets." Terry Collins on Cedeno’s fundamentals as reported by Matt Ehalt, ESPNNewYork.com It is great to hear a manager use the words “execution [...]
Another Quality Start, another no-decision for Johan Santana Wednesday night. In his last five games, Santana has five QS, a 2.51 ERA with 33 Ks in 32.1 IP and is 1-0. Santana is too big of a person to think about anything but the team, but it kills me to see the Mets consistently waste [...]
If you are looking for a divisive reason for the Mets to suddenly implode, you are going to have to look elsewhere if you think the latest “disagreement” between Terry Collins and David Wright is going to fester. Frankly, it is much ado about nothing. We should all know the scenario by now. In a [...]
Jenrry Mejia and Chris Young both went out for their second games with Port St. Lucie as they recover from their respective injuries. The best news of all… is of course that both pitched their games without injury and are progressing towards helping the Mets big-league club with admirable haste. The thing to keep in [...]
After much talk, many rumors and speculation, the 2013 All-Star game will officially be at Citi Field. Alongside Mr. Met, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Commissioner Bud Selig, Jeff and Fred Wilpon, made the announcement at New York’s City Hall that the Summer Classic will be held in Queens. The last All-Star game that the Mets held [...]
One night after Miguel Batista made the Brewers look impotent, the same team knocked around Dillon Gee pretty good, as they notched 7 ER in 5.1 IP against the interjection (h/t Doug Parker). In his last two starts, Gee has allowed 11 ER in 11 IP. For the season Gee has a 5.65 ERA in [...]
1970 TOPPS TOM SEAVER CELLO BOX The dominant pack configuration for Topps baseball cards throughout the '50s and '60s was the 5-cent wax pack: five cards and a stick of gum for your hard-earned nickel. Topps also offered less-common 1-cent wax packs through until the mid '60s-- these change-makers gave you gum and one card [...]
Most of the talk around the Mets is centered around if Chris Young or Jenrry Mejia should be the team’s fifth starter after Chris Schwinden failed miserably in his brief audition for the role. Young was terrific in four starts with the club last year while Mejia in one of The Queens Quads that fans [...]
To be clear, I mean that as an actual question, not a rhetorical one. It's a question with lots of reasonable, subjective answers. The Mets have been lucky, because David Wright has rediscovered his stardom, and Kirk Nieuwenhuis has unexpectedly settled right into the Major League lineup, and Johan Santana's left arm is not only [...]
After college, Matt Den Dekker was selected by the New York Mets in the fifth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. In 2010 Den Dekker managed a combined line of: .336/23/0/20/11/33. It isn’t the kind of line that makes people too excited. He showed a good glove and was expected to be a [...]