One final remembrance of the 2021 Bench Mob

There have been so many people who cycled through here in this injury-marred season, that it’s hard to remember them all. So, as the season and playoff hopes slide through our hands, let’s take a moment to recall the Bench Mob, including ones who may or may not have been around in the first half [...]

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Gut Reaction: Cardinals 11, Mets 4 (9/15/21)

What’s more depressing – missing two 3-run homers by a total of four feet or knowing that if you got both of them that you would still lose the game? That was the Mets’ fate Wednesday night, as they lost, 11-4, and got swept at home by the Cardinals. The Mets fell behind, 5-0, before [...]

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Wednesday catch-all thread (9/15/21)

Please use this thread all week long to comment on any Mets-specific topic you wish. Luis Rojas has three players for two positions, 3B and LF. Here are his choices: Player A - .298/.394/.458 Player B - .244/.314/.344 Player C - .261/.337/.445 Here are the triple slash numbers for our guys in the last 28 [...]

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Gut Reaction: Cardinals 7, Mets 6 (11 INN) 9/14/21

Stop me if you’ve heard this before – The Mets lost a one-run game Stop me if you’ve heard this before – Luis Rojas tried to win a game with his bullpen and it didn’t happen Stop me if you’ve heard this before – Jeurys Familia failed in a key spot Stop me if you’ve [...]

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Where have all the Mets fans gone?

The Saturday night subway series game, with the very moving 9/11 remembrance ceremony, drew an SRO crowd of 43,144. Other than these recent contests with the Yanks, it seems like there are more empty seats than usual at Citi Field. We’ll take a look statistically at this and posit some possible reasons for any attendance [...]

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Mets Minors: The two stories of Khalil Lee

From May 17th to May 29th an injury plagued Mets team looked to Khalil Lee for outfield support, hoping their newly acquired outfield prospect could make good on his potential and give the Mets some spark. The .056/.056/.111 batting line does very little to demonstrate anything of promise and Met fans were undoubtedly disappointed. The [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Yankees 6 (9/12/21)

Francisco Lindor hit three home runs to power the Mets to a 7-6 win over the Yankees. It snapped a streak of five-straight, one-run losses and gave the Mets both a series win and year-long win in the Subway Series. On Lindor’s second homer, he ran around the bases and seemed to mock the Yankees [...]

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