NL East: The 21st century arms race

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 [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: 1996 Jason Isringhausen

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 [...]

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Gut Reaction: Padres 7, Mets 2 (6/2/15)

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 [...]

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