Step off the ledge Mets fans, it’s four games

In 2023, the Braves won 104 games. No rational person can claim that they weren’t a fantastic regular-season team. And yet they had three separate times when they lost four straight games. From 4/19-4/23 and again on 7/15-7/19 and once more on 9/15-9/18, the Braves lost four straight games. Of course, it helped when they [...]

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Gut Reaction: Tigers 5, Mets 0 (10 INN) 4/1/24

It’s hard to decide which one was more brutal – the Mets fielding in the 10th inning or their hitting throughout the game. Either way, they lost their fourth straight, with a 5-0 setback to the Tigers Monday night at Citi Field. Mets got the first two batters on in the first inning, followed by [...]

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Early Mets thoughts after three games

One of the great things about baseball is that the season is six months long.  There are peaks and valleys every year.  No team is out of it after the first series of the year.  In 2005, the Mets went 0-5 to start the season.  It felt like they were playing uphill the whole rest [...]

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