How far can a Mets baseball travel?

A few years ago, I financed my oldest daughter’s first year of college by selling a large chunk of my New York Mets collection.  This included all my 62-75 Mets Topps cards, yearbooks, and autographed baseballs.  I can remember driving home after the deal, that I had “over-sold”.  Prior to deal, I had felt that [...]

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Addition of Daisuke Matsuzaka affirms the fragility of pitching

Pitchers are great to have when they’re healthy. However, nothing is worse than a depleted rotation due to injuries. The Mets are learning just how fragile a pitching rotation can be as both Jenrry Mejia and Jeremy Hefner went down with season-ending arm injuries. In Hefner’s case, he will likely be out of action for [...]

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Don’t be fooled, Brandon Nimmo is still a top prospect

Mets 2011 first-round draft-pick Brandon Nimmo seems to have become a bit of a polarizing figure amongst Mets fans these days. Some fans already see the young outfielder as a bust. Others, including yours truly, feel it's still incredibly early to make such claims about a 20 year old in his first year of full-season [...]

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Hope springs eternal, Noah Syndergaard and the 2014 Mets

Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blessed: The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. – Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man 2013 is winding down.  The Mets have proven things this year to their fans and rivals: Matt Harvey [...]

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Winning by losing and other backwards logic for the Mets

How To Fly By Douglas Adams There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Pick a nice day and try it. The first part is easy. All it requires is simply the ability to throw yourself forward [...]

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What will Ruben Tejada’s role with the Mets be?

While he is not lighting the world on fire in Las Vegas, eventually Ruben Tejada will be called backed up to the majors when rosters expand in September. From there, what kind of role can we expect of Tejada once he arrives? Obviously, nothing should be handed to Tejada, as he has been horrible from [...]

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Game Chatter: Daisuke Matsuzaka vs. Doug Fister (8/23/13)

The Mets send newly acquired Daisuke Matsuzaka, a recent re-'Graduate' to the major leagues, to the mound against the Detroit Tigers' Doug Fister at 7:10 p.m. at Citi Field.  Matsuzaka surely hopes his second-chance is more than a 'Semi-Charmed Life'.   Did I mention Third Eye Blind is playing a post-game concert?  'Jumper.' [chat id="162" [...]

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Zack Wheeler owns the Braves, Wilmer Flores RBI guy, Byrd soars

Last year the Mets’ SP had a terrible time against the Braves but this year has been a different story. One of the biggest reasons for that has been the success of rookie Zack Wheeler, who has squared off against Atlanta three times and has a 3-0 record. While Wheeler has been the beneficiary of [...]

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Max Scherzer’s season shows what Matt Harvey’s could have been

We are now three quarters into the season and the playoff picture has become slightly clearer.   The first place Detroit Tigers visit Citi Field today in the midst of a stretch that has seen them go 23-10 since the All-Star break.  Within that same string of games, starter Max Scherzer has gone 5-0 in six [...]

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Welcome to Citi Field, Daisuke Matsuzaka

So, Daisuke Matsuzaka. You know, on the surface, one can go on, and on about how this is the latest in a very, very, very, very long line of the Mets getting someone, specifically pitchers, whom had somewhat of a name and at pretty much the end of the line.  Names like Warren Spahn, Mickey [...]

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