The metaphorical fog that's been surrounding the Mets for the past six weeks took on physical form at Citi Field. On a diamond shrouded in mist, the Cubs looked like gorillas while the Mets turned to pea soup as Chicago took the opener of this four-game weekend set. Seth Lugo started this "bullpen game" for [...]
Most of us have a player we don't like or care for on the roster. We complain about the guy, especially when he makes an out or commits an error but that's typically as far as it goes. Well, as I'm sure you know, loyal reader TexasGus is anything but typical. Let's just say that [...]
Somehow, the Mets just escaped Atlanta with a split of their four-games-in-three-days series. It felt like they lost about seven games, there, but really, it was only two. No, really…true story, I swear. Anyway that leaves them with a chance for only their second .500-or-better week since the one that began on April 8. Of [...]
The Mets were finally able to produce offense off of Brave’s starter Julio Teheran, as the defeated him and the Braves 4-1. For the first time all season, I found myself saying “I want more Jason Vargas!” Vargas pitched a solid five innings against the Braves, giving up no runs and only two hits and [...]
I can't see nothing. Gotta open my eye. Cut me, Mick
The wheels are coming off this season. The Mets blew yet another game in ugly fashion as the Braves walked off with a game winning home run in the bottom of the ninth. You can't blame the feeble offense for this one as they gave the Mets leads of 4-0 and 6-2 that the bullpen [...]
One of the Mets’ walking wounded returned to action on Monday, as Kevin Plawecki was activated from the disabled list and started in the second game of the doubleheader. It was the eighth start of the year for Plawecki and in what’s perhaps a coincidence, the Mets are 7-1 in those starts. Plawecki has always [...]
"WW" That was the famous scorebook notation for broadcaster Phil Rizzuto for a play he'd missed: "WW" stands for "wasn't watching." OK, when this game that was scheduled to start at 7:10 and finally got off closer to 10:00, I gave it a "WW." Sorry about that, but the Mets' long day's journey into the [...]
Wow, just when you thought that there couldn’t be a worse way to lose than the Mets have the past three days, they find a different painful way. Charlie Culberson hit a pinch-hit, walkoff two-run homer, propelling the Braves to a 4-3 win in the first game of a doubleheader. Jacob deGrom did not have [...]