The scoreboard doesn't always tell the truth about a game. You could tell by Jacob deGrom's line that he had a great day, going seven strong innings of one-run baseball. He ended his day by striking out nine, walking one and only a first-inning Freddie Freeman home run to blemish an otherwise perfect afternoon. What the [...]
Every season I try to attend a few of the Mets' minor league affiliate games to see the future in action. This past week I did just that and had the pleasure of catching a Double-A Eastern League game between the Binghamton Mets and the Orioles' Bowie Baysox on June 11 in Bowie, Maryland. Please [...]
This article originally started out as one entitled “Can the Mets’ dyfunctionality be fixed?”. It was going to first describe the dysfunction starting with underfinanced ownership that won’t or can’t put enough money towards payroll to field what should be a big market team. From there it would discuss a General Manager who knowingly has [...]