Sorting out the 2021 Met infield is somewhat like assembling a puzzle. There is an array of pieces, and where they are going to fit is yet to be determined. First base is up for grabs, with Pete Alonso and Dominic Smith duking it out for playing time. The Robinson Cano piece fell off the [...]
Reports have come out that the Phillies lost $145 million during the past season. Maybe it's true, although my advice is to take that number with a gigantic grain of salt. According to Forbes, the Phillies in 2019 had $108 million in gate receipts, which includes club seats. Forbes also shows the team with $73 [...]
There was a time, long ago, when yours truly was so aboard the hype train for a certain young Mets slugger that he preposterously suggested that said slugger could become the franchise's future home run king. To be fair, the Mets aren't exactly known for having an illustrious history of mashers. Darryl Strawberry, the franchise [...]
The 2008 New York Yankees missed the playoffs for the first time since 1993. They were about to move into their newly renovated ballpark with more luxury suites. The Steinbrenners had money to spend and Yankee fans were eager to get right back into contention. Luckily for them, the stars aligned as the free agent [...]
The Mets got an early Christmas present when Robinson Cano got busted for PEDs and was suspended for the season. The good news comes in multiple ways. The most obvious of these is that the club now has an extra $20.25 million at its disposal. Not that the bottom line was going to be an [...]
From 2012-2015 Matt Harvey was fabulous on the mound for the New York Mets. His performance in the 2015 World Series was everything a fan wants from a top hurler. He had the persona, the confidence, the dominance and the city to deserve the moniker “The Dark Knight.” It was very fun to be a [...]
Sandy Alderson had a press conference on Monday. Nothing really unexpected or particularly noteworthy on the surface happened. But anytime Alderson speaks at length, there are always things that jump out. To me, the most interesting thing that he said was the following: “I don't think we're a player away. I think we need more [...]
All of us were knocked for a loop over the Covid madness of 2020. The joke is if 2020 was a product, everyone would rate it one star with the "wouldn't recommend" tagline. But as Mets fans, the last few months of 2020 have been the best we've experienced in several years. Since then, we've [...]
One of the rule changes that we saw in 2020 was the introduction of the 3-batter minimum. Unlike other rule changes, this one was planned before the pandemic hit, meaning that we will see it again for sure in 2021. Jayson Stark of The Athletic had an article on this rule change and he quoted [...]
As the Flushing Faithful start prepare for the first season of the Steve Cohen regime, the excitement is extremely plausible. A large number of articles have been released regarding the potential acquisitions that the New York Mets could make this offeseason. While Cohen is expected to make waves this offseason with acquisitions, it is first [...]
This song was a long time coming. It started out as song about the brass plates in the parking lot of Citi Field (where the bases at Shea used to be). That ended up being just a couple of lines in this one. Then I tried doing something about the Polo Grounds and that didn’t [...]
Welcome to the second installment of our baseball chat, again with Chris Flanders. Most of this took place before the news about Robinson Cano hit but know that both of us were not disappointed at all. Brian - Everyone was all excited about the dual Steve Cohen/Sandy Alderson press conference the other day and truthfully [...]