Baseball is all about innovations. As the game evolves, it is the duty of managers to become more creative with their rosters. Throughout the history of the sport this has been apparent. Whether it's the creation of a new pitch, the emergence of the closer role, the addition of the DH or the changing of [...]
When New York Mets captain David Wright was diagnosed with spinal stenosis this past weekend, an alarm was set off in the minds of Mets fans that it may be the end of his career. For those who do not know exactly what spinal stenosis is, webmd.com defines it as “the narrowing of spaces in [...]
They say blondes have more fun. The blondies on the Mets decided they were going to sweep the Phillies, one way or another. Noah Syndergaard, Lucas Duda and Michael Cuddyer all conspired to bring that about. The story today was Syndergaard. In the best outing of his brief major league career, he pitched into the [...]
2014 TOPPS JUAN LAGARES FIRST EDITION My distant progeny will no doubt be thoroughly confused by aspects of my card collection. Sure, they'll probably understand all the Old Judge and T206 cards, although they might scratch their collective heads and wonder why each and every last card features a player from Brooklyn, be they Bridegrooms, [...]
Two extra-inning games, two walk-off wins. The Mets battled back from a disastrous eighth-inning bullpen implosion to take their second consecutive game from the phallin' Phillies. This was a game that for all the world looked like it would be a breeze. Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and threw darts all night. His only [...]
The Mets are bad. Really bad. After an impressive 15-5 start, the Mets have gone 10-16 and have largely failed to play professional baseball with any kind of aplomb. The pitching has scuffled (even Harvey has taken a turn for the worst), the defense is not great, and the offense is just putrid. The sad [...]
First off, there is no bigger supporter or optimist when it comes to David Wright than your’s truly. During our projection series, I said Wright would slug .480 with 90 RBI and wouldn't hit the DL for more than 15 days. I was a touch off. So the news that the team captain was diagnosed with [...]
Bartolo Colon pitched a quality start for the first time since May 5th and the Mets received home runs from Lucas Duda, Michael Cuddyer and Wilmer Flores to push past the lowly Phillies. I never get tired of saying "lowly Phillies". Cuddyer and Flores in particular needed to step up to Terry Collins' call-to-arms after [...]
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