Back before his perversions became common knowledge, Louis CK was everyone’s favorite comedian. He had one bit that always hit home for me. In it he declared, “Everything is amazing and nobody is happy.” People are so eager to zoom in on perceived slights and to magnify trivialities into big things, all while ignoring the [...]
The Mets aren’t quite at the same low rate with strikeouts they were in the first week of the season but they’re still one of the best in baseball, as their team-wide rate of 19.2 is tied for the fourth-lowest K% in all of MLB. Among players with at least 10 PA, there are two [...]
The Mets fell behind by two runs before they came to bat. But they pecked away, scoring a single run in five different innings, and came away with a 5-2 win, taking the series against the Padres in the process. Juan Soto crushed a 2-run HR to open the scoring in the top of the [...]
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The Mets made it interesting in the ninth inning but could not overcome the two-run homer allowed by Dennis Santana in the top of the inning. They scored one off Josh Hader and had two runners on base but the rally came up short, with the Padres escaping with a 4-2 win Tuesday night at [...]
It’s early, but the Mets’ home attendance figures are looking very good. Opening day is generally a sellout for the Mets and many other teams, as was this year’s SRO crowd of 43,590 at CitiField. The bigger surprise was another SRO crowd of 42,306 for the second game of the year. The weather was chilly, [...]
In the first game of this much anticipated three game series, the Mets shut out the team that eliminated them in the National League Wild Card round last season, 3-0. Starting pitching matchup was a battle between two aces Yu Darvish and Max Scherzer, which was a rematch of Game 1 of the wild card [...]
Player Focus Piece Omar Narvaez is out of commission for an extended period of time which has left the Mets with no option but to activate their top prospect, Francisco Alvarez. On the front of, is Alvarez ready? We are all about to find out. We can expect Tomas Nido to see plenty of playing [...]
Carlos Carrasco gave up six runs, five of which came on homers, as the Mets failed to finish the sweep, falling to the Marlins, 7-2, Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. The Mets fell into an immediate hole, as Carrasco served up a three-run homer in the top of the first inning. He later gave up [...]