Scoring the two runs necessary to defeat the Chicago White Sox on Memorial Day was less a matter of pulling teeth than implanting them for the New York Mets. Virtually no baserunners for innings on end. Then baserunners. but none of them driven in. Ultimately, a sacrifice fly in the eighth and a sacrifice fly […]
 
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 7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Adrian Houser, Bubble Gum, Clay Holmes, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Huascar Brazoban, Jose Butto, Jose Castillo, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Old Friends, One-Third of a Season, Pinch-Running, Sacrifice Flies, Tyrone Taylor, Walkoffs OK, so it didn’t exactly look good early. Kodai Senga‘s second pitch of the night was redirected by Shohei Ohtani to Carbonation Ridge for a 1-0 Dodger lead. Senga’s fourth pitch of the night skipped under Mark Vientos‘ glove, allowing Mookie Betts possession of first base. Senga’s 13th pitch? Freddie Freeman smacked it to right-center for a double, […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dodgers, ESPN, Francisco Lindor, Freddie Freeman, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Landon Knack, Luis Torrens, Max Kranick, Max Muncy, Michael Conforto, Mookie Betts, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Ryne Stanek, Shohei Ohtani, Tyrone Taylor, Will Smith All hail David Peterson, who lasted seven-and-two-thirds innings in the game that directly followed the Mets playing thirteen. On its face, that scans as a highly commendable effort, especially since the Mets won Peterson’s Saturday night start over the Dodgers, 5-2, but consider the context and ramp up your commendations. The face of contemporary baseball […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Antidote for a Weary Bullpen, Brett Baty, David Peterson, Fravesties, Jared Young, Joe “Iron Man” McGinnity, Juan Soto, Postseason Grudges Friday night’s game … goodness, where do you even start? Let’s start with the weather. It wasn’t supposed to rain in New York, or at least not seriously enough to matter, but it’s done nothing but rain in New York all May, so if it isn’t doing that you check and see if it just did […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dodgers, Edwin Diaz, Extra Innings, Gho, Griffin Canning, Jeff McNeil, Luis Torrens, Luisangel Acuna, Max Muncy, Michael Conforto, Rain Delays, Reed Garrett, Starling Marte, Tanner Scott, Teoscar Hernandez, Tyrone Taylor “Thank you for sharing, Baltimore O, and thank you for offering Baltimore O your empathy, Pittsburgh P. Having to replace a manager so early in the season is always difficult. Remember, at Losing Baseball Teams Anonymous, we’re here to help one another without rendering judgment. Do you have anything you wish to add, Chicago WS?” “Hi, […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Francisco Lindor, Huascar Brazoban, Kvetching, Perspective, Stopping Losing, Tylor Megill Savor this. That’s always the warning when your baseball team is playing taut, crackling ball at a pinch me level. It seems inconceivable, but the good times will end. The hits will stop falling in, balls will start just eluding gloves, relievers will enter jams and emerge scathed. Baseball’s karmic wheel will turn and somehow joy […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Luck, Brandon Nimmo, Clay Holmes, Disappointment, Fenway Park, Losing Streaks, Red Sox, Walker Buehler The Mets haven’t lost more than two consecutive games all year. But they sure do pack a lot of defeat into their brief losing streaks. Sunday…yeech. Monday… more of that. The back-to-back scores — 8-2 and 3-1 — were dissimilar, but the trajectory duplicated itself. Mets fall behind. Mets stay in it. Mets loiter in […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dangerous Assumptions, Fenway Park, Jose Castillo, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Pete Alonso, Two-Game Losing Streaks As it turned out, the Mets played one classic in the first leg of the 2025 Subway Series, sandwiched by a pair of duds. Sunday night’s finale, narrated by an irritating ESPN crew that licked every Yankee uniform until it was shiny and clean, looked like it was in the running to be a classic for […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Adam Hamari, Bad Fundies, Clay Bellinger, David Peterson, Genesis Cabrera, Huascar Brazoban, Jorbit Vivas, Juan Soto, Mark Vientos, Max Fried, Paul Goldschmidt, Pete Alonso, Ryne Stanek, Subway Series, Yankees Who could or would be happy that the Mets beat the Yankees in the Bronx on Saturday? Us, obviously. The Mets beating the Yankees is a thing for us. We’re Mets fans. We like when the Mets beat anybody. We especially like the Mets beating the Yankees. We like Griffin Canning, he of the 2.47 ERA, […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos May, Edwin Diaz, Griffin Canning, Huascar Brazoban, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Jacob deGrom, Jim Gosger, Jim Marshall, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Luisangel Acuna, Mike Lecolant, Moment of Silence, Ralph Kiner, Reed Garrett, Rich Hill, Ron Swoboda, Subway Series, Tom Seaver Tylor Megill looked Niesean Friday night against the Yankees. If you know me and/or are a long-time reader, you know that’s pretty close to a deadly insult. Megill suffered some bad luck along the way to giving up four earned runs in 2 2/3 laborious innings in the Bronx: In the fatal third inning (which took […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Boone, Clay Bellinger, Jeremy Hefner, Jon Niese, Juan Soto, Paul Goldschmidt, Subway Series, Tylor Megill, Yankees, Yerry De Los Santos |
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