For those of you who don't care about theater, there is a hit show both on Broadway and on tour entitled "Buyer & Cellar." In this play a young actor named Alex More gets propositioned into running a shopping center of old Hollywood and Broadway collectibles. The only hitch is that this shopping center is [...]
I was asked over the weekend, “Should the Mets fire Terry Collins?” My answer, “Yes.” My reason is not what most people might say. Collins is guilty of one solitary cardinal sin, in my eyes. He insisted on playing Ruben Tejada over Wilmer Flores. “But Flores wasn’t hitting!” Yes, as a pinch hitter/spot starter, he [...]
Recently on the radio and in the local papers, the Chicago Cubs Starlin Castro has come up as a player the Mets should pursue. This is a direct result of the Oakland A’s acquiring pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel from the Cubs for a package of prospects headlined by short stop Addison Russell. The [...]
Now in his fourth full-season spent on a major league roster, and the first in which he's been afforded adequate playing time, Lucas Duda is blossoming right before our very eyes. Is he a star? No. But is he developing into a good first baseman? Yes. After getting off to a slow start, he hit [...]
If asked to identify the strength of the team coming into the season, most people would have said the starting rotation. But here in early July, the strength of the squad for nearly the last month has been the bullpen. The relievers got off to a poor start but the Mets shuffled through some of [...]
We are past the 81 game mark, and it is time to give out awards to the players who have been playing the best throughout the season. Most Valuable Player Candidate 1: Juan Lagares entered this season being known for his excellent defensive skills, but the question was whether he could produce enough offensively. This [...]
Friday night Dillon Gee made a rehab start with the Brooklyn Cyclones and he allowed three hits and one walk in six innings and also fanned 10 batters. If he’s not ready for a return to the majors, he’ll need just one more tune-up in the minors. So the question becomes: Who do the Mets [...]
The Mets are now ten games out of first place as they begin an 11 game home stand that leads into the All-Star break. The last road trip through Pittsburgh and Atlanta was a “gut-punch” to a team that was striving so hard to get over a trend of losing close games. The Mets lost [...]
Daniel Murphy has become a hot topic of discussion recently. Murphy is having one of the best offensive seasons of his career. He is part of the heart and soul of the Mets. He also makes bonehead mistakes when he doesn’t get the chance to think about his actions before he does them. Basically, Murphy [...]