2014 is six days away. Spring training isn’t far beyond that, and when April rolls around, anticipation will begin for the new baseball season. In the past two winters, hope was a missing word from most Mets fans vocabularies. One can’t have much hope when the discussion is all about how much playing time Mike [...]
2014 is right around the corner. With the page almost closed on 2013, focus is now onto new goals and resolutions for the year 2014. For the Mets, it is no different. 2013 seemed like just another year with no progress. Another sub .500 season and more fans becoming tired of waiting, but then the [...]
Friend of the site Howard Megdal recently wrote a piece detailing the dual career of announcer Kevin Burhkardt. The sideline reporter for SNY, Burkhardt is known to Mets fans as the guy who interrupts the flow of announcers Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez to file in-game reports that take too long, offer too [...]
The Mets have yet to find a partner for an Ike Davis trade. The theory that Davis would attract a suitor hoping to bag the next Chris Davis seems to have been overblown. Now, a deal could still happen and the Mets could wind up with a platoon of Lucas Duda and Josh Satin but [...]
Recently, there have been multiple reports that Scott Boras has been trying to warm the Mets to the idea of signing Stephen Drew and Kendrys Morales, but it seems that the Mets want to solve the First base situation internally. At this point, there seems to be a pressing need from the fans to upgrade [...]
Over the past five years or so, there hasn’t been a fan base more abused from within than that of the New York Mets. Or at least it seems like it. No doubt, there has been mischief done -- mostly unintentionally, one would hope – by the team’s ownership group, Fred & Jeff Wilpon and [...]
Let’s start this article by saying that if David Wright were ever to be traded away at some point during his extension, I do believe that Mets fans might riot in the middle of Citi Field. So this article will assume, and that is a crazy word, that Wright will live out his remaining contract [...]
Usually I wait a while before I do this, but, what the heck: Player A career: .249/.340/.446, .197 ISO, 12.1 BB%, 18.4 K%, .344 wOBA, 117 wRC+ Player B career: .246/.342/.424, .178 ISO, 11.3 BB%, 23.5 K%, .336 wOBA, 115 wRC+ Player A is ex-Met Howard Johnson, Player B, as the title of this article [...]
But our tokens of compliment and love are for the most part barbarous. Rings and other jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the poet brings his poem; the shepherd, his lamb; the farmer, corn; the miner, a gem; the [...]
The Mets' outfield has been one of the most glaring weaknesses on the roster over the last few years, and it seemed to worsen with each passing season. The horror culminated at the outset of the 2013 season, with players like Collin Cowgill, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Lucas Duda, and a pre-resurgence Marlon Byrd all vying for [...]
‘Tis the season to be jolly, right? In the holiday spirit I figured it would be a fun idea to create a Christmas list for Mets’ fans. This will (1) allow us to wish for what we want, and (2) process what we probably are not going to get. So without further ado, here are [...]
Is Vic Black a viable contender for the New York Mets’ closer position in 2014? With the injury to incumbent closer, Bobby Parnell and the loss of LaTroy Hawkins, could Black emerge as a reliable closer for the team next year? Victor Lawrence Black, 25, throws right-handed. He stands 6'4" and weighs 215 lbs. After [...]
