1985 TOPPS KEITH HERNANDEZ La Bonne Vie, they called it. The good life. That was the name of the apartment complex in East Patchogue where I spent my 1985. I discovered panic attacks, the Pogues, and the poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins that summer. I also had a brief existential crisis regarding my love of [...]
Oh wow... Baseball, man... In a game that defies recapping, the Mets widened their lead in the NL East to six games over the Washington Nationals and dropped their magic number to 19. It really wasn't as simple as that, though. With a chance to make a statement about his health and future, it seemed [...]
Five games ahead with 25 to go. Who could have predicted this? Not even the little Mets fan down the street would have thought the Mets could stand ahead of Washington during September. There have been a series of factors that have led to the demise of the Nationals and the rise of the Mets, [...]
Luis Guillorme was recently named the MVP of the SAL league. Having a prospect receive a league award is great whether they are a “Top Prospect” or “Organizational Filler” but Guillorme’s role within the organization is unclear. The Mets have been starting Ruben Tejada and Wilmer Flores at shortstop throughout 2015. They have Matt Reynolds [...]
The state of affairs surrounding Matt Harvey remains as lucid as mud. He will pitch. He won’t pitch. He may pitch. He may not pitch. Harvey and agent Scott Boras caught everyone off guard last week with a hard 180-inning limit, and he’s already at 166.1 innings. That includes the playoffs too, leaving Mets fans [...]
As much as yesterday's loss hurt, this one was euphoric. The Mets rallied back from a two-run deficit to beat the Nationals, 8-5, and extend their lead in the National League East to five games and lowered the magic number to 21. On paper, it looked like the Nationals were in a great position to [...]
Time to play hard and pick up the calm vibes from the dugout
With all the talk about Matt Harvey and innings limits yesterday, the Mets were lucky to get away from that as the game against the Miami Marlins went according to plan. Bartolo Colon stole the show by pitching a complete game shutout, and he has been pitching awfully well the past couple of starts. Will [...]
This one hurt. The Mets had the bases loaded with one out in the top of the ninth and did not score. The Marlins had the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the inning and after a 12-pitch, Martin Prado delivered an RBI single to give the Marlins a walk-off win, 4-3. [...]