The Mets jumped out to an eight-run lead but had to sweat out the ninth inning before earning their second consecutive sweep with an 8-6 win over the Marlins Wednesday night in Miami. Matt Harvey shook off concerns about struggles versus the Marlins with another dominating effort. He allowed just two hits and no walks [...]
“I don’t give a crap what the Mets are doing. Or Dodgers or Giants or Texas or anybody.” These are the words uttered by Washington Nationals’ young star Bryce Harper when asked how he felt about the Mets taking over first place this late in the season. While these words do not mean much when [...]
We all have our blind spots. Anyone who has read this site for very long can recognize my unflagging support for Darin Gorski – thanks Backman, for screwing him out of a win last night – or half a dozen other players. But there’s a difference between stumping for players who you think can help [...]
Batting leadoff, an apology: Last week's Mystery Met episode was too damn hard, and for that I am truly sorry. Sure, our subject resembled Ken MacKenzie or Craig Anderson or any other random 20-year-old Camelot-era dude who would pass for a modern-day 45-year old. But unlike MacKenzie and Anderson, this guy never made it to [...]