Wow, just wow. For just the second time since the All-Star break the Mets scored more than three runs, and boy did they ever score more than three runs. The 15 the Mets put on the board Saturday were just four less than the entire amount they cobbled together in their first two series back [...]
Late last night the Mets finalized a deal with the Atlanta Braves that saw them acquire 3B Juan Uribe and OF/INF Kelly Johnson for pitching prospects Robert Whalen and John Gant. Despite being sardonically praised by some, it's generally regarded as a solid move for the team. The Braves even kicked in a bit of [...]
Fred and Jeff Wilpon are probably the worst owners in professional baseball at this time, possibly the worst in all of professional sports. They are immensely unpopular with the fan base of their own team. Whenever Mets fans discuss the Wilpons I am reminded of the line Buddy Hackett used to use referring to sportscaster [...]
Jon Niese comes into tonight’s game with a 3.36 ERA, which ranks 22nd among qualified NL hurlers, or an SP#2 by this metric. That’s pretty much the same performance Niese has given the Mets since 2012. In his last 102 starts, Niese has a 3.47 ERA. Yet all you hear is that he’s a fifth [...]
At the All-Star break the Mets appeared to be buyers heading toward the trade deadline. They’ve lost five of seven since then, largely due to an anemic offense that desperately needs a jolt. The bad news is we are now just two games over .500 and behind the surging Giants, as well as the Cubs [...]
The Mets are embarrassing themselves. None of them wish to, of course. But sometimes you just can't help but do the exact thing you desperately do not want to do. Albert Einstein defined Insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results", and right now Sandy Alderson's approach to making [...]
Hot town, summer in the City…or Citi, if you will. The temperatures in the New York-Metro area have ratcheted up significantly in the last week and a half. In typical NYC summer fashion, the mercury has reached the 90s, bringing with it shirt-drenching humidity. Par for the course in these parts, for sure, but for [...]
After ESPN chose not to renew his contract, Bill Simmons is moving on to HBO. Interestingly, he still can write columns elsewhere, so another deal may be forthcoming. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/sports/bill-simmons-to-join-hbo.html?ref=sports
Law still bullish on the system even with all of the promotions.