The great pitcher and linguist Dizzy Dean told us a long time ago that he’d “rather be lucky than good.” It took a long time to figure out exactly what he meant. Then the 2015 Mets happened. Yes, these Mets. At first flush, you’d think they’ve anything but lucky and in more than a couple [...]
In just a matter of days, the “best” of the National League will be taking on the “best” of the American League in the Queen’s City to decide which league gets Home Field Advantage in the 2015 World Series. While the idea of the Major League Baseball All Star Game desperately needs to be reformatted, [...]
The New York Mets have had their fair share of offensive woes, but they have not lacked strong pitching performances. Four of the current six starters (deGrom 12,Colon 11, Harvey 11,Niese 10) have 10 or more quality starts (five innings or more). The other two, Matz and Syndegaard have not had enough starts to get [...]
The Mets take another series on the west-coast trip as they defeated the San Francisco Giants by a score of 4-1. Jacob deGrom showed why he is an all-star, as he pitched eight innings, struck out 10, allowed two hits and no runs. deGrom executed a hit and run that set the Mets up to [...]
Not too bad considering the guys who are no longer eligible
1969 MILTON BRADLEY METS TEAM Random passers-by on the street will often stop me and ask, “Card of the Week, what is the single most heinous Mets card of all time? Like, I'm talking no redeeming qualities whatsoever. A pox on humanity. Something designed and printed in the ninth circle of hell.” “Well, random passer-by,” [...]
The offense surely frustrated Mets fans once again, as the team would have plenty of scoring opportunities, yet struggled to capitalize. Bartolo Colon went six innings, let up three runs (two earned) and the Giants had 10 hits. Colon was lucky to get out of the sixth inning, and he ended up finishing with a [...]
(Disclaimer: This article was written before Monday’s game versus the Giants) I encourage you to reference the Fangraphs.com Team Stats-Batted Ball page. In those numbers, you will see why the Mets have been losing, and how they will get better. First, let’s start with why they are losing. The team is hitting a fly ball [...]
The Mets faced a reeling San Francisco Giants team and reeled 'em right in. They also got a measure of revenge against their no-hit nemesis in the process. Chris Heston started for the Giants and any thought of his repeating his dominant performance in New York went out the window when Ruben Tejada -- the [...]