The haunting phrase "7 games up and 17 to play" has been brought up a lot lately, especially in recent days, after two Met losses and two Nationals wins quickly turned a 9 ½ -game lead into a 7 ½ -game lead. Thankfully, the Nationals lost last night so the lead is back to 8 [...]
The Mets dropped the last two games of the season series against the Marlins to finish the year 11-8 against their division foe. It was the first time since Aug. 28-29 that the Mets have lost back-to-back games and they went 12-3 in that stretch. After a day off on Thursday, next up is the [...]
The Mets haven't been shutout since July 23rd while visiting my sunny Los Angeles. They were shut out 10 times before that date, however. That goes to show just how much this offense has improved. But it wasn't on display versus Adam Conley and the Miami Marlins. Young Conley, who had a 4.93 ERA in [...]
If there was a contest on who could catch the most fly balls in the stands of a baseball game, Zack Hample would far and away be the winner. Hample has caught a countless number of historical home runs, including Mike Trout’s first, Shea Stadium’s last, and Alex Rodriguez’s 3000th hit. This past weekend, I [...]
1985 TOPPS TRADED PROTOTYPE ROGER McDOWELL I've pretty much always been a collector. There were the animal figurines that occupied an entire bookshelf in my childhood bedroom-- brass horses, polished marble elephants, blue glass monkeys, and the like. Monthly trips to the Gregory Museum in Hicksville netted me countless small rocks, nestled in square cardboard [...]
The Mets' eight game winning streak came to an end with a 9-3 setback to the Marlins Tuesday night. With a win by the Nationals, the magic number remains at 10. Jacob deGrom had another disappointing outing, as he allowed 10 hits and 6 runs in 5 IP. Is it just that the Marlins have [...]
Playoff baseball in Queens. It feels good to say that. In any event, the Mets are looking toward meaningful games in October (forget September) while some in the front office are inevitably looking forward to meaningful games next October. The big problem with that logic is probable departure of the stud we know as Yoenis [...]
Yoenis Cespedes has spent all of four seasons in the MLB, and has already had a stellar career. According to Baseball-reference.com, over a 162-game average he has a batting line of .272/.320/.489 with 30 home runs, 35 doubles, 11 stolen bases, 106 RBI, and 96 runs scored. Those are All-Star numbers to be sure, and [...]
And now the Captain joins the act. If it's a Monday, David Wright will get the big hit. Wright's ground-rule double with two on in the bottom of the seventh gave the Mets a 4-3 win over Miami, their eighth straight. Logan Verrett took Matt Harvey's start and made the most of it. He retired [...]