The Mets avoided being swept at Pittsburgh and ended their two-year losing streak against the Pirates with a tumultuous 6-5 victory. Noah Syndergaard allowed two earned runs in 6 innings of what was a solid, but very un-Thor like outing. The first of two fielding errors by Neil Walker (perhaps nervous in front of his [...]
The Mets added a veteran bat by once again turning to the Braves and acquiring Kelly Johnson, just like they did a year ago. The cost this time was Akeel Morris, a minor league reliever. Morris was on the 40-man roster, so no need to create a spot for Johnson there. But a 25-man roster [...]
While it is quite an amazing skill for a person to make solid contact with a bat on a quickly moving, often darting, ball it is even more impressive when the batter can do it from either side of the plate. A pejorative term sometimes used in politics is RINO which stands for Republican In [...]