Most of Sunday afternoon’s game was must-see TV: a taut duel between starting pitchers you didn’t think had it in them. Rick Porcello had his best start as a Met, looking like the pitcher he was before his baffling, seemingly self-inflicted transformation into a pinata. The Braves’ Kyle Wright was fabulous too, throwing strikes and […]
 
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Friday was, thoroughly unexpectedly, one of the better days in recent Mets history. The Mets beat the Yankees twice in one day, coming from behind both times, and Steve Cohen was left as the last man standing in the competition to purchase of the team, despite repeated Wilpon hissy fits thrown in an effort to […]  12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  D.J. LeMahieu, Dellin Betances, J.D. Davis, Jeurys Familia, Luis Castillo, Robert Gsellman, Steve Bieser, Steve Cohen, Subway Series, Wilpons, Wilson Ramos, Yankees Hello from Long Beach Island, which has been our summer getaway every year but one since 2003. We booked this trip back in the spring, reasoning that this part of the Jersey Shore is normally pretty socially distanced anyway and the restaurant scene has never been the draw for us, so perhaps it wouldn’t be […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Drew Smith, J.D. Davis, Jeurys Familia, Jonathan Villar, Justin Wilson, Marlins, Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso, Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo The first win after one of those lengthy losing streaks always makes me feel a little sheepish. The Mets won. A spot of bother aside, it wasn’t even all that tense. And this after you spent five days being snarly and surly. Wasn’t that silly? Well, of course it was. But my goodness, it really looked like […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jacob deGrom, Jared Hughes, Jeurys Familia, Mike Soroka, Shifts, SNY, Travis d'Arnaud Pitchers and catchers reporting hasn’t done much for me for a number of years, which I say not in an effort to get you to feel the same way, but as an admission that I am a flawed human being. Because of course pitchers and catchers doing baseball stuff down in some dull Florida (or even […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Cards, Carlos Beltran, Jeff Wilpon, Jeremy Hefner, Jeurys Familia, Luis Rojas, Managers, Port St. Lucie, Spring Training, Yoenis Cespedes Welcome to the ninth chapter of Faith and Fear’s countdown of The Top 100 Mets of the 2010s. An introduction to the series is available here; you can read the most recent installment here. These are the more or less best Mets we rooted for as Mets fans these past ten years. Since a decade […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Asdrubal Cabrera, Bartolo Colon, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Johan Santana, Jon Niese, Jonathon Niese, Jose Reyes, Juan Lagares, Lucas Duda, Mets of the 2010s, Wilmer Flores The Mets were on YouTube Wednesday. I have no idea how that went, which is probably for the best, since that was a game crying out for some combination of Gary, Keith and Ron to provide perspective and perhaps solace, following the absurd bullshit of Tuesday night. The two factoids that will haunt me: The […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Howie Rose, Jeurys Familia, Justin Wilson, Nationals, Pete Alonso, Radio, Seth Lugo, Wayne Randazzo, Wilson Ramos Sometimes life — by which I mean, “that stuff scheduled around baseball games” — gets in the way. First there was dinner, then a podcast interview. I moved what I could thanks to the kindness of other folks involved, but only so much movement was possible, and the Mets would have to take a back seat […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Bryce Harper, Daniel Zamora, J.D. Davis, Jeurys Familia, Mickey Callaway, Scott Kingery, Zach Eflin Perhaps they showed up better on TV, but from Promenade at Citi Field, those Casper the Friendly Ghost tribute togs the Mets wore Friday night in deference to Players Weekend marketing concerns were hard to make out. White pants. White shirts. White caps. White numbers. An offensive attack that amounted to a collective white flag. […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Chilliness, Edwin Diaz, Eerily Quiet, Horrendous Uniforms, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Paul Sewald, Pitchers Hitting, Players Weekend, Strikeouts, Wilson Ramos A long time ago, it looked like Noah Syndergaard was on his way to a perfect game. That wasn’t 40 days and 40 nights ago — that’s the story of another Noah — but by the end of this deluged and drowned evening, with its two rain delays, it sure felt like it had been that […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Indians, Jeurys Familia, Marathons, Noah Syndergaard, Paul Sewald, Rain Delays, Tyler Naquin |
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