The Mets’ Good Start, With Witnesses

It’s been quite the couple of days, hasn’t it? Only nine games into the shiny, new season and Mets fans have already seen a month’s worth of action, seems like. A little over a week ago came the surprise series win over the Nationals. Then came the equally surprising 1-2 stumble against the Braves in [...]

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Mets jump out to strong start versus NL East foes

Much has been made about how the Mets’ early-season schedule features an abundance of in-division games. Not nearly enough has been made of the fact that on a whole, the East stinks. And that's something you can bet on. You can keep track of your bets like this at http://www.betbind.com/. You have the Nationals, who [...]

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Jon Niese and the curious case of consistency

The New York Mets finished off their first series at home in dominating fashion with a three game sweep of the division rival Philadelphia Phillies. Each game of the series mirrored the various types of games these two teams have had against one another throughout the years: one low scoring pitcher's duel, one wild roller [...]

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