I liked the part where Juan Soto tripled. The ball he walloped to deep right at Coors Field in the top of the third Thursday afternoon would have been out of every other park, including the one with the Grand Canyon in it, but triples are fun. We’re here for the fun of baseball, aren’t […]
 
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 11 comments | |  Print This Post |  Andy Ibañez, Austin Slater, Austin Warren, Christian Scott, Coors Field, Craig Kimbrel, Grand Slams That May Have Gone Foul, Huascar Brazoban, Jake McCarthy, Juan Soto, Keith Raad, Led Zeppelin, Met-Libs, Rationalization, Series Win, The Mendoza Line, Triples, Vidal Bruján In The Year The Mets Lost Last Place, Ron Santo is spotted in the visitors’ dugout at Shea Stadium, prior to the afternoon game of July 8, 1969, examining the Mets’ starting lineup, one whose components had helped elevate the home team a surprising eleven games over .500 and an even more shocking five games […] A thumbnail guide to the baseball fan calendar: MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, April, Austin Slater, Baseball Fan Calendar, Bull Durham, Clay Holmes, Juan Soto, Looseness, Luke Weaver, MJ Melendez, Reality, Tightness David Peterson was bad and then OK and then bad again and then had a chance to give the karmic wheel another shove: Mets down two in the fourth, bases loaded, James Wood at the plate, 0-2 count. The 0-2 part was positive considering Peterson has been mashed by lefties and you could argue he shouldn’t […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Slater, David Peterson, Ludicrously Bad Baseball, Nationals, Rain, Sean Manaea “Trade or release everybody!” is an understandable if impulsive answer to the question, “What the hell should the Mets do next, now that they’ve been swept at home by the Colorado Rockies, having shown no more than scant traces of life in losing their Sunday doubleheader?” Within reason, it may also be the correct one. The Mets […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2026 Mets, Austin Slater, Bill Veeck, Carl Edwards Jr., Carson Benge, Juan Soto, Ludicrously Bad Baseball, Nolan McLean, Tommy Pham, Trade or Release Almost Everybody |
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