The Mets were held without a hit until two outs in the ninth inning and while they avoided that ignominy, they fell to the Braves, 4-1, Saturday afternoon in Citi Field. They wore their ugly City Connect uniforms and remain winless wearing those tourist-trap jerseys. Christian Scott got his second start and was not nearly [...]
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For the third time in his last four starts, Jose Quintana turned in a sub-par performance Friday night, as he allowed 4 ER in 5 IP, thanks to 3 HR allowed. It was a Game Score of 40, a metric designed so 50 is an average start. At least it was better than the game [...]
The Braves put together four hits in the third inning, with three of them being home runs, to down the Mets, 4-2, in a game delayed by rain and played in the rain drops for most of the contest. The loss drops the Mets below .500, at 18-19. Jose Quintana set down the side in [...]
Metsense Yesterday at 7:33 pm Rain delay, it should rain until at least 11:00 p.m. enjoy the Knick game instead. Brian Yesterday at 7:51 pm Alleged 8:05 start time Metsense Yesterday at 8:14 pm 1-2-3 start for Quint Brian Yesterday at 8:15 pm 63-58 Indiana at the half Lindor likes those high pitches Quintana gave [...]
Below is a transcript of an email conversation with Chris Flanders while we wait for the Mets to start a series against the Marlins, White Sox, Angels, Rockies – ok, fine, the 22-12 Braves. Brian: The Mets are 18-18 or about what we would have thought at the start of the season, when most people [...]
Brandon Nimmo got off to a horrible start this year, one that he’s still trying to work thru if you’re still stuck in the mid-20th Century and view things thru a prism of batting average. Nimmo started off 3-29, which is a .103 AVG. Since then, he’s raised it 126 points, which is nice, but [...]
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Brandon Nimmo and Pete Alonso both homered and drove in three runs to power the Mets to a 7-5 win over the Cardinals Tuesday night in St. Louis. The Mets clinched the series win and won back-to-back games for the first time since they won their sixth straight game on April 20. The Mets exploded [...]
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Both the greybeards and the ones who are no longer with us understand/understood that the ballpark plays a big role in how the at-bats turn out. A fly ball in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field or the elevation of Coors Field could easily be a home run, one that would be an out in [...]