Gut Reaction: Nationals 4 Mets 2 (6/29/16)

In what could have been considered a must-win game against the division-leading Washington Nationals, Logan Verrett was mostly up to the task. The Mets' offense was mostly not. Verrett, pressed into duty by Steven Matz's elbow bone spur, threw a decent five innings, victimized mainly by Daniel Murphy's second inning home run. In all, he [...]

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Gut reaction: Nationals 5, Mets 0 – 6/28/2016

The good news is, June is almost over. This seems to be a killer month for this team. The bad news, well, there's quite a bit. We lost our third game in a row and the second game in a row to our division rivals. Our feeble offense was shut out yet again. When you [...]

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Neil Walker, Jose Reyes, and the likeability factor

Today’s article was going to be a straightforward piece entitled, “There’s a lot to like about Neil Walker.” It was going to point out how popular Walker was in Pittsburgh both with his teammates and the Pirates’ fan base. Then it would describe how seamlessly he has fit in as a Met and all his [...]

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