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For the second day in a row, the Mets used some late-inning offense -- the ol' "Five O'clock Lightning" -- to secure a win against the Arizona Diamondbacks and complete an unlikely sweep of the NL West leaders. Clay Bucholz started for Arizona. The last time Bucholz started a game, it was for the Phillies [...]
The sentimental among us were hoping to see David Wright and Jose Reyes take the field together one more time. But you can forgive anyone who feels like Wright has already retired and the clamor for Reyes to beat him to actually announcing the end of his career grows louder day by day. Many forget [...]
The Mets rallied from a late two-run deficit for a 5-4 walkoff win Saturday night against the Diamondbacks. It was the first time since the end of the team’s nine-game winning streak that the Mets had won back-to-back games. The day started off with the wonderful news that the club DFAd Jose Lobaton. And the [...]
On last year’s midseason MLB Pipeline rankings, which place the top 100 minor league prospects in order of their potential in the big leagues, there were two Mets organizational players on the list. One was first baseman Dominic Smith, who landed 41st on the list. All the way at number two on the list was [...]
Jacob deGrom slayed the snakes with 13 strikeouts and Michael Conforto led the way with four hits for a 3-1 victory. The game was a bit closer than it should have been as the Mets failed to add insurance in the eighth, stranding the bases loaded. Thankfully, Jeurys Familia was able to lock it down, retiring [...]
It feels like the third or fourth year in a row I've written this piece. The Mets have hit a rough patch and fans are despondent. It's a familiar refrain - the crushing disappointment of injuries, underperformance, losses, and clubhouse drama while the crosstown Yankees are tearing it up and some of our division rivals [...]
It's been another rollercoaster ride for Mets fans this week - lopsided wins and losses, rain outs, injuries and Keith's tweets. This weekend feels like a good time to get things turned around. Hopefully, the weather cooperates. Three games at home against the Diamondbacks with deGrom pitching the opener and Syndergaard closing it out. Let's [...]
Back in the early 80s, when Dale Murphy was one of the best players in the game, my brother had him on his fantasy team and thought he was the greatest. Looking to take him down a peg, I told him – you get to 0-2 on Murphy and throw him a curve out of [...]