When the Mets edged the Braves in the afternoon portion of Wednesday’s day-night “doubleheader” at Citi Field (if they scan for tickets twice, then it’s really just two wholly separate games played on the same day), it was both satisfying and mystifying. The satisfaction came mainly from the Mets having extended a winning streak to […]
 
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Wednesday started, more or less, with Michael Conforto robbing A.J. Ewing of a potential extra-base hit. Conforto was playing right field for the Cubs eleven years after he began playing left field for the Mets. He was the hope of outfield future in the summer of 2015, a first-round draft pick whose elevation to Citi […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1962 Mets, 27th Man, A.J. Ewing, Absurd Infield Defense, Bo Bichette, Cole Mathis, Cubs, Dansby Swanson, David Clayton-Thomas, David Peterson, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Francisco Lindor, Jonathan Pintaro, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Michael Conforto, Moment of Silence, Nolan McLean, Norwegians, Soap Opera Names, Soccer, Sweeps, The Dean, Victor Newman You know it’s bad when you’re relieved your team isn’t playing. After getting curb-stomped by the 100-loss Pirates, the Mets didn’t play baseball Monday and that felt like a respite. Then they got rained out Tuesday and that felt like a gift. One could be forgiven for thinking, “Maybe they’ll be rained out for the rest […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blade Tidwell, Brandon Nimmo, Brewers, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Jacob Misiorowski, Jake Bauers, Joey Ortiz, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett We’ve all heard Keith Hernandez say it, that common word that a California accent (or maybe it’s just Keith being Keith) strips of one familiar consonant. And Lord knows we felt it on a long Sunday that wound up for naught. The Mets took walks. and the Mets pounded balls all over Busch Stadium against a […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andre Pallante, Blade Tidwell, Cardinals, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Erick Fedde, Frustration, JoJo Romero, Juan Soto, Michael McGreevy, Nolan Arenado, Pete Alonso, Ryan Helsley, Tylor Megill On May 9, 1972, it rained in New York, which, then as now, is an unfortunate occurrence when a baseball game is scheduled in the Metropolitan Area. The Mets were to play the Dodgers at Shea Stadium that Tuesday night, meaning that baseball game would have to be made up. The good news was the […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1972 Mets, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Joey Lucchesi, M. Donald Grant, Max Scherzer, Michael Perez, Nationals Shenanigans, Rain, Team History, Willie Mays The Wednesday morning news where Detroit was concerned was good. The Spinners, the enduring, melodious R&B group out of Ferndale, Mich., had made it at last to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Their most fervent fans — a cohort that surely includes me — had been waiting what felt like forever to hear […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Day-Night Doubleheaders, Eric Haase, Javy Baez, Jimmy Yacabonis, Joey Lucchesi, Max Scherzer, Miguel Cabrera, Team History, The Spinners, Tigers, Zach Muckenhirn None of that should have worked. Presented to you is a short sentence in which “that” is carrying a heavy load, referring to two games played over more than nine hours, the first of them featuring an emphatically run-suppressing wind, and the Mets spending both games not so much stumbling as failing to deliver a knockout […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Christopher Morel, Cubs, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Doubleheader Sweeps, Eduardo Escobar, Edwin Diaz, Frank Schwindel, J.D. Davis, Mark Canha, Max Scherzer, Mychal Givens, Pete Alonso, Yan Gomes, Yoan Lopez The Mets needed lengthy starting pitching in their Saturday afternoon makeup of Friday night’s snowout, since it was to be followed by a regularly scheduled Saturday night game, and they pretty much got it. Carlos Carrasco, in his first Coors Field start (and probably the first game he’s pitched on May 21 that was postponed […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Carlos Carrasco, Coors Field, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Drew Smith, Necessities, Patrick Mazeika, Seth Lugo, Six-Out Seth Lugo, Snow, Starling Marte, Unswept The Washington Nationals opted to charge their fans (and discerning fans of their opponents) once for one short game this afternoon and charge them again later for another short game this evening. Bah, Natbug! Here at Faith and Fear, we give you a regular-sized blog post for each discrete game of the Saturday day-night doubleheader, especially […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Francisco Lindor, Pitchers Hitting, Seven-Inning Scams Technically, Sunday afternoon’s Mets win over the Nationals was the day half of a day-night doubleheader, but you’d be excused for confusion in that the day game itself proceeded like day and night from a Met perspective. Maybe that was appropriate at the end of a week that commenced with a solar eclipse. DAY BREAKS: Asdrubal […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alejandro De Aza, Amed Rosario, Asdrubal Cabrera, Daniel Murphy, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Doubleheaders, Edwin Jackson, Gary Cohen, Great Calls, Hansel Robles, Juan Lagares, Relief Pitching, Strike Zones, Tommy Milone, Travis d'Arnaud, Travis Taijeron, Wilmer Flores |
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