The Cincinnati Reds barely needed to show up, but if they hadn't, they would have missed "The Noah and Duda Show." Noah Syndergaard pitched a masterful seven and two-thirds innings, surrendering five hits, walking none and striking out 11. The only smudge on his night came when he tired in the eighth and gave up [...]
Anyone can make a noteworthy entrance but few can make a memorable - for the right reasons - farewell. Perhaps you’re thinking about Lou Gehrig and his “Luckiest man alive” speech. Or maybe you’re thinking about Ted Williams, giving the figurative finger to the Boston press corps in a speech before his final game and [...]
While these last games of the season are primarily for securing the National League East division crown and playoff berth, and secondarily for fighting for home field advantage, there is clearly a third purpose – settling on a post season roster. As the team stands right now, we have 38 active players and we can [...]
The Mets got some critical rallies, and collected 12 hits on the way to their victory tonight. Daniel Murphy in particular has stayed hot over his past seven games, hitting .360/.385/.800, with two home runs, six RBI and just one strikeout. He was three-for-five tonight with a rare triple, while Lucas Duda appeared to be [...]
The Mets are taking slow, inexorable steps towards their first division title in nine years. By the calculations over here, they should clinch sometime in the September 30/October 1 area. Funny word, should. Similar things were said in 2007 and 2008 – and many fans right now are pushing the panic button, having horrible flashbacks [...]
The one thing we’ve learned this September is that we don’t know anything when it comes to the Mets. Who would have imagined that during the middle of September, with a nine-game homestand facing two teams around 30 games under .500 that the Mets would go 3-6, yet still hold a commanding 6.5 game lead, [...]
The story of this frustrating, infuriating game, as told by me on Twitter (@CharlieHangley): Just before the first pitch from Bartolo Colon: Let's goooooooooo Bartolooooooo Update from our Nation's Capital in the first inning: Baltimore 2 Washington nil... Bottom of the first, Daniel Murphy up with two outs: MURPH! Long blast! 1-0 Bottom of the [...]
He might be Manager of the Year!
Pennant-race baseball is a perverse, enervating affair. You can spend four innings on top of the world, grinning inside while your announcers blow sunshine straight up the verrett of an overperforming young pitcher, who then promptly folds like Superman on laundry day and turns a 1-0 lead into a 4-1 deficit that evolves into a [...]