The Mets dugout is as crowded as the Mets’ bandwagon these days. My unofficial count has 38 of the members of the club’s 40-man roster currently enjoying life in a pennant race in Queens. It may not be unprecedented but it sure is unusual for the Mets. The two guys who aren’t in the majors [...]
The following table will show the names being discussed on radio shows and articles for MVP in the National League and one very special player in the American League, for reference. To begin with, there has been much talk about Cespedes being the MVP. But, upon looking at the numbers, even I admit that Harper [...]
After shutting down the Nationals in all three games with his electrifying stuff, Jeurys Familia has officially joined the conversation about top closers in the game and most valuable players on the Mets. While everyone is buzzing about the impact Yoenis Cespedes has had on the Mets’ second half surge, Familia has been spectacular all [...]
After a 2:20 rain delay, the Mets went out and took care of business, defeating the lowly Braves, 7-2, and sending Shelby Miller to his 13th straight loss. With the win, the Mets' magic number dropped to 16. Bartolo Colon pitched into the seventh and picked up the win. He continues to feast against the [...]
Mets have never had a player win the MVP
What a great time it is to be a Mets fan! It wasn't that long ago we were bogged down by too many injuries, a stuck-in-his-ways manager and a semi-active GM. Now the team is relatively healthy, Terry Collins is finding playing time for all of his extra pieces and Sandy Alderson looks like a [...]
Stop me if you've heard this before. The Mets used a late-inning comeback to defeat the Washington Nationals, 5-3, Wednesday night and earn a sweep of their three-game series. They lead the NL East by seven games and the magic number is down to 17. Most of the game was a nice pitching duel between [...]
Matt Harvey is the ace of the New York Mets, no if ands or butts about it. Sure, he may not be the best pitcher on the Mets’ staff this season, but there is no rule saying a team cannot have two aces. Last night, Harvey pitched against the Washington Nationals, and went 5.1 innings [...]
1985 TOPPS KEITH HERNANDEZ La Bonne Vie, they called it. The good life. That was the name of the apartment complex in East Patchogue where I spent my 1985. I discovered panic attacks, the Pogues, and the poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins that summer. I also had a brief existential crisis regarding my love of [...]