1985 TOPPS TRADED PROTOTYPE ROGER McDOWELL I've pretty much always been a collector. There were the animal figurines that occupied an entire bookshelf in my childhood bedroom-- brass horses, polished marble elephants, blue glass monkeys, and the like. Monthly trips to the Gregory Museum in Hicksville netted me countless small rocks, nestled in square cardboard [...]
The Mets' eight game winning streak came to an end with a 9-3 setback to the Marlins Tuesday night. With a win by the Nationals, the magic number remains at 10. Jacob deGrom had another disappointing outing, as he allowed 10 hits and 6 runs in 5 IP. Is it just that the Marlins have [...]
Playoff baseball in Queens. It feels good to say that. In any event, the Mets are looking toward meaningful games in October (forget September) while some in the front office are inevitably looking forward to meaningful games next October. The big problem with that logic is probable departure of the stud we know as Yoenis [...]
Yoenis Cespedes has spent all of four seasons in the MLB, and has already had a stellar career. According to Baseball-reference.com, over a 162-game average he has a batting line of .272/.320/.489 with 30 home runs, 35 doubles, 11 stolen bases, 106 RBI, and 96 runs scored. Those are All-Star numbers to be sure, and [...]
And now the Captain joins the act. If it's a Monday, David Wright will get the big hit. Wright's ground-rule double with two on in the bottom of the seventh gave the Mets a 4-3 win over Miami, their eighth straight. Logan Verrett took Matt Harvey's start and made the most of it. He retired [...]
There are three things that we hold as inevitable in life: death, taxes and that chicks dig the long ball. It could be why there are so many female fans on the bandwagon. The Mets really are socking that ball. Michael Conforto and Daniel Murphy went deep yesterday. The team has nine homers in its [...]
We forget that Michael Conforto wasn’t promoted from AAA and that he ascended to his role as the Mets’ starting left fielder directly from AA. We forget that Conforto was the powerhouse of the B-Mets and a large reason the team had advanced that far. We forget that Gavin Cecchini had a resurgent year in [...]
The Kansas City Royals are starting to become a model organization in the American League, as they have an 11 game lead over the second place Minnesota Twins, and are on their way to a deep October run. Last year’s strength was their bullpen, which featured a three-headed monster in Wade Davis, Kelvin Herrera and [...]
