During the mid-twentieth century, the United States and the Soviet Union were in the middle of a nuclear Arms Race…and now so are the New York Mets, Miami Marlins, and Washington Nationals. Of course, this arms race is not centered around nuclear weapons, but pitching in the starting rotation and bullpen. The Mets currently hold [...]
1996 SPx JASON ISRINGHAUSEN The 1990s were Tomorrowland. Ownership of personal computers skyrocketed throughout the decade, rising from 15% of all US households in 1990 to 35% by 1997. We all took our first tentative steps onto the World Wide Web, enabled by one of the gazillion AOL diskettes that came wrapped with our Sunday [...]
Last night the Mets were on the right side of history, as the team struck out a bunch of times, yet won the game 7-0. Doing his best Andrew Cashner impersonation, Noah Syndergaard went 4 innings, struck out 10 hitters, let up 10 hits and let up 7 runs. Not the best night for Thor [...]
In Los Angeles, May is gray. It's rainy with few moments of bright sun shining through. So it was for the Mets across the continent, as the team went 13-15 and slipped into second-place in the National League East. But there is hope that things will turn around soon. Below are five such reasons. [...]
In January, if any Mets fan was approached and told that the Mets would be tied with the Nationals for two months and one day, they’d ask where to sign. To say the least, the Mets have had an interesting ride to a 29-23 record. It has been propelled by an 11-game losing streak, countless [...]
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Jacob deGrom flirts briefly with a perfect game and finishes with eight shutout innings.
In a shocking act unprecedented in professional sports the New York Mets, having upset the favored Washington Nationals in an exciting seven game NL championship series have opted to not participate in the 2015 World Series. In a press conference held at Citi Field Mets general manager Sandy Alderson, flanked by team owners Fred Wilpon, [...]
I feel like I’ve been overly harsh on Dominic Smith. He’s 19 years old and playing in Advanced A for the first time against much older competition, but the former first round pick has not looked very good through 2015. Smith has been solid in his first two minor league seasons. He’s hit for average, [...]