A lot of people have been saying that the Mets were not good against winning teams, and they were right… back in May. That's when the team had many of their starters, and some subs as well, on the IL. However, that has not been true since the key injured players have returned, but some [...]
If before the season started, someone told you the Mets were in first place by 3.5 games at the All-Star break, you probably would have been happy. If that same person told you the Mets had that lead despite consistent double digit players on the IL, including 17 at one point, including five of the [...]
The Pirates scored two runs in the top of the ninth to earn a come-from-behind win over the Mets, 6-5, and claim a split of the four-game series before the All-Star break. For most of the year, the Mets were terrific when they scored first, but both losses in this series happened when the Mets [...]
Stop me if you've heard this one before but the Mets played a doubleheader and split. At least this time they varied the outcome a bit, as they dropped the first game and took the second game of the twinbill against the Pirates Saturday at Citi Field. In the nightcap, Pete Alonso homered and the [...]
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A couple of weeks ago, much was made of Broadway’s return to action. In the early summer, post-pandemic atmosphere of gaiety, the comeback of the theatre was hailed as yet another sign of the world’s slow return to normalcy: the Great Bright Way is shining once again. The baseball season is looking pretty bright around [...]
The Mets broke open a tie game with a 10-run sixth inning en route to a 13-4 win over the Pirates in the first of a four-game set at Citi Field Friday night. Brandon Nimmo got the big rally going in the sixth inning with a single. Francisco Lindor drew a walk and Dominic Smith [...]
During and after the 2020 season, Michael Conforto was everybody’s darling. Thanks to the long Covid interruption, Conforto’s oblique injury did not cause him to miss any time. And the hamstring injury that came late in the season only kept him from a couple of games. And while he was in the lineup, he was [...]
Much like a batter never hits consistently throughout the season, a team is never the same through all 162 contests. When you play a team makes all of the difference in the world. The Mets are getting ready to face the Pirates in seven straight games surrounding the All-Star break. For most of the year, [...]