Is this glass half-empty or half-full? Griffin Canning left early with an ankle injury, one that looked innocuous on the field but decidedly less so when Canning had to be helped to the dugout. (It appears to be an Achilles injury, which would quite likely be season-ending.) But even as dark clouds gathered overhead, the […]
 
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 6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Austin Warren, Braves, Dedniel Nunez, Edwin Diaz, Grant Holmes, Griffin Canning, Hope, Injuries, Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso, Relief Pitching, Ryne Stanek, Uniforms The Mets won a misbegotten mess of a game against the Pirates Monday night, a contest simultaneously wonderful and awful, with eerily parallel mistakes ahead of a Mets closing kick that left you asking, “Wasn’t there an easier way to get here?” Nothing seemed all that stange in the early innings, as David Peterson (excellent) dueled […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Brett Baty, Brian Reynolds, Caleb Ferguson, David Bednar, David Peterson, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Lindor, Henry Davis, Huascar Brazoban, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Jared Triolo, Jeff McNeil, Joey Bart, Jose Butto, Juan Soto, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Luisangel Acuna, Paul Skenes, Pete Alonso, Pirates, Tyrone Taylor Hey Mets fans? Which National League teams do you hate? The most common answer is that we hate — in the operatic sports pantomime sense of the word, you understand — the Braves and the Phillies. This is the way of the world, as those two teams are our principal antagonists in the National League East. […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Brett Baty, Clay Holmes, Cubs, Dansby Swanson, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Hatred, Jameson Taillon, Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto, Kyle Tucker, Phillies, White Sox Thanks, Gare. Like you said, it’s midnight in Manhattan, and this is no time to get cute, yet as we know, every first Monday night of May marks the return of the Met Gala to Manhattan, and whenever the Mets are playing at midnight Eastern Time on that same night, the game is stopped, wherever […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Mendoza, Dedniel Nunez, Diamondbacks, Edwin Diaz, Fashion, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Griffin Canning, Huascar Brazoban, Met Gala, Milestones, Molly Shannon, Pete Alonso, Steve Gelbs, The Pajama Game, Tyrone Taylor Oh, it was a fun year. Such a fun year! The fuel light came on and the engine quit a little ways short of the Promised Land, but what a joyride until then! We got 34 new Mets, five of them making their MLB debuts. Some look like pieces of the future, others remind us […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Adrian Houser, Alex Young, Baseball Cards, Ben Gamel, Christian Scott, Cole Sulser, Danny Young, Dedniel Nunez, Eddy Alvarez, Eric Orze, Harrison Bader, Huascar Brazoban, J.D. Martinez, Jake Diekman, Jesse Winker, Joe Hudson, Joey Wendle, Jorge Lopez, Jose Iglesias, Julio Teheran, Luis Severino, Luis Torrens, Luisangel Acuna, Matt Festa, Michael Tonkin, Pablo Reyes, Paul Blackburn, Phil Maton, Ryne Stanek, Sean Manaea, The Holy Books, Ty Adcock, Tyler Jay, Tyrone Taylor, Yohan Ramirez, Zack Short A night after looking all but moribund against Joe Musgrove (seriously, you’re the wise one if you slept through it), the Mets put together one of their more satisfying wins of the season against Michael King and the rest of the Padres. A common exhortation heard on my couch is, “C’mon, don’t let him get out […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Lindor, Jurickson Profar, Luis Arraez, Manny Machado, Mark Vientos, Michael King, MVP Voting, Padres, Pete Alonso Plan A, in all likelihood, was not to have Jake Diekman face Juan Soto and Aaron Judge with the Mets clinging to a smidge of a one-run lead. You could hear that judgment in Gary Cohen’s voice as WPIX went to the break before the bottom of the ninth at Yankee Stadium. You probably heard […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Adam Ottavino, Alex Young, Ben Rice, Christian Scott, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Lindor, Harrison Bader, J.D. Davis, Jake Diekman, Jeff McNeil, Jose Quintana, Luis Gil, Luis Severino, Luke Weaver, Michael Tonkin, Phil Maton, Relief Pitching, Subway Series, Yankees There’s a lot of disinformation circulating out there regarding current events. We would like to use this platform to help you sort out reality from fiction in one area of interest. MYTH: The Mets always lose to the Marlins. MYTH: The Mets never win […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1-0 wins, Dedniel Nunez, Edwin Diaz, Facts, Francisco Alvarez, Jose Butto, Luis Severino, Myths, The Marlsoleum We’ve all said it. Made it a mantra, even. Enemy runner on first, maybe other bases too, maybe they’re loaded. Outs? Not enough of them. Maybe just one. Maybe none. C’mon, get a ground ball. It’s been called the pitcher’s best friend for a century or more — the ball put in play that yields two outs […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Pulsipher, Brendan Rodgers, Christian Scott, Citi Connect, Dedniel Nunez, Double Plays, Elias Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Jose Butto, Kevin Elster, Luis Torrens, Rockies, Ryan Feltner, Viktor Vodnik The basics of Tuesday night’s game all look good in the recapping. The Mets scored seven runs, powered by homers from Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor, All-Stars in our hearts even if they aren’t accorded that status next week. Nimmo’s homer was a summer-night special, an apparent fly ball that got high up into the humid […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Bad Relief Pitching, Dedniel Nunez, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Harrison Bader, Jake Irvin, Jose Quintana, Nationals, Phil Maton, Reed Garrett, Relief Pitching |
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