The Mets’ chasing crew and swinging at 0-2 pitches way out of the strike zone

In Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS, Carlos Beltran struck out looking on a nasty curve that ended up in the middle of the strike zone. Fans have crucified Beltran ever since. And, seemingly, the Mets as an organization have decided that no key AB will ever again end with a player looking at a [...]

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Gut Reaction: Marlins 3, Mets 2 (8/18/24)

The Mets had two on and nobody out in the bottom of the ninth inning but couldn’t push across the tying run, as they lost to the Marlins, 3-2, Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. The loss kept them from a series sweep and left their record against their NL East foe for the year at [...]

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Valente Bellozo vs Paul Blackburn (8/18/24)

Roku Yesterday at 12:11 pm Blackburn looks better than he did against the A's Rick JM Yesterday at 12:16 pm Hello, roku, and thank you for presenting this Mets broadcast Roku Yesterday at 12:17 pm Vientos smokes that one Woodrow Yesterday at 12:29 pm Hey,the next 9 games might determine whether or not we have [...]

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The Mets’ .610 winning percentage against the ‘play us tough’ Marlins

Just because people say something over and over and over again – it doesn’t make it true. In politics, we see people lie consistently not necessarily because you’ll believe any particular lie; but rather so you don’t believe anything. But does that carry over to sports? That doesn’t sound right to me. Instead, it seems [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Marlins 0 (8/17/24)

Luis Severino pitched the Mets’ first complete-game shutout since Jacob deGrom in 2021, leading the Mets to a 4-0 win over the Marlins Saturday afternoon. The victory clinches both the series win and the season-series win over their NL East rivals. Severino retired the side in order in the first, sixth and seventh innings. He [...]

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In an inconsistent season for the Mets, Mark Vientos has been consistent

To say that it has been a wild year for the New York Mets would be an understatement. They opened the season with an 0-5 start, floundered to 11 games under .500 by June 2, and were suddenly resurrected by a purple mascot (or was it Francisco Lindor’s closed door meeting?). After a scorching hot [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Marlins 3 (8/16/24)

Jeff McNeil and Brandon Nimmo both crushed homers with an exit velocity of 107.7 mph in the fourth inning to power the Mets to a 7-3 win over the Marlins Friday night in Citi Field. The Mets have now scored 26 runs in their last four games after being held to one run in the [...]

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Gary Cohen and Ron Darling finally join Mets360 in criticizing modern SP usage

During Thursday’s game, Steve Gelbs mentioned an article that was posted on ESPN.com by Jesse Rogers, in which it was stated that MLB was considering a radical rule change, one which would require starting pitchers to go six innings. It prompted a lot of discussion among the broadcasters and those of us in the Game [...]

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Gut Reaction: A’s 7, Mets 6 (8/15/24)

Before the series started, if you were told that the Mets were going to score19 runs in three games, you’d feel pretty good that they won two games and it wouldn’t have surprised you if they swept. Instead, they won just once, and it wasn’t Thursday, as they fell to the A’s, 7-6, in a [...]

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