Every now and then it’s worth lurking in the comments sections of websites for opposing teams when they’re playing the Mets. It (sometimes) provides interesting assessments from opposing fans, and it adds a bit of perspective when their gnashing highlights things about the Mets we as fans may not generally notice. If you do take [...]
It was a game of contradictions. On one hand, the Mets should have won the game easily. On the other hand, they were lucky to come thru with a victory. The end result was a walkoff win, their sixth of the season, thanks to a Pete Alonso RBI single that gave the Mets a 7-6 [...]
With a team full of stars, upstarts, redemption stories and even an overweight folk hero, this Mets team is a lot of fun to root for, especially since we've been sitting atop the National League East since early April. However, in spite of all this team's talent and grit, we currently cling by our toenails [...]
Jacob deGrom was his usual terrific self, pitching the Mets to a 3-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies Thursday night at Citi Field in the opening of a 10-game homestand. deGrom retired the first 13 batters he faced before giving up an infield single. He struck out nine and finished with 6 IP and 1 [...]
Three weeks ago, the New York Mets were staring down a tough 21-game stretch, including eight with the Atlanta Braves and seven with the Philadelphia Phillies and two with the New York Yankees – all contenders for the World Series. The stretch started with the Mets just 3.5 games ahead of the Braves. The Mets [...]
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For the second straight night, the Mets dropped a 4-2 decision to the Yankees in the Bronx. The loss meant that the Mets ended up splitting the Subway Series, two games apiece. More importantly, with the Braves beating the Pirates, the Mets lead in the East is cut to two games. The story of the [...]
On 8/15 Buck Showalter was on the record as saying the time was not right to promote either Brett Baty or Francisco Alvarez. By 8/16 the writing was on the wall and the Mets had announced Baty would be promoted for the game on 8/17. Showalter isn’t a hypocrite, if Luis Guillorme was the only [...]
After their dramatic come-from-behind victory on Sunday in Philadelphia, the Mets came out flat Monday in the Bronx, losing to the Yankees, 4-2. Max Scherzer, who’s never pitched particularly well against the Yankees, didn’t look sharp at all. He allowed four runs for the second straight start, which has raised his ERA from 1.93 to [...]