Jacob deGrom returned, as promised, and was more or less as we remembered — he hit 102 on the D.C. gun, looked like his old lanky and deadly self, and befuddled various Nationals with most of his arsenal. The lone blemish came in the fourth, when deGrom’s location eluded him and Victor Robles and Luis […]
 
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 11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Billy Eppler, Cory Abbott, Darin Ruf, David Peterson, Farewells, Francisco Lindor, Ghosts, J.D. Davis, Jacob deGrom, Joey Lucchesi, Joey Meneses, Josh Bell, Juan Soto, Kramer Robertson, Lefties, Luis Garcia, Mychal Givens, Nationals, Sam Clay, Stephen Nogosek, Steve Cohen, Thomas Szapucki, Trade Deadline, Trades, Yadiel Hernandez, Yoan Lopez Taijuan Walker looked to be experiencing back discomfort on the mound and in the dugout throughout Thursday afternoon at Nationals Park. He pitched seven shutout innings while fielding his position like an athlete who happens to be the pitcher. We should all experience such discomfort. “A little tight, nothing serious,” was Tai’s postgame self-diagnosis. The National […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Double Plays That Oughta Be, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Josh Bell, Juan Soto, Luis Guillorme, Mark Canha, Seth Lugo, Starling Marte, Taijuan Walker I had a lousy Tuesday. No need for condolences — nothing of any real consequence went wrong, just a dog’s breakfast of bureaucracy and mischance and annoyances waiting at every turn. But it was enough to leave me in a foul mood, one that I tried to shake walking home over the Brooklyn Bridge, hopeful that […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Edwin Diaz, James McCann, Jeff McNeil, Joely Rodriguez, Josh Bell, Juan Soto, Nats After 45 years as a baseball fan, I’m pretty much fully formed: I have my habits as a fan, a few rituals (for instance, if you’re at the stadium, you get food or hit the john while the Mets are up, not while they’re in the field), and I’m set. But I’m not completely formed. For […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Drury, Disappointment, Edwin Diaz, Hope, J.D. Davis, Jonathan Villar, Juan Soto, Mason Thompson, Nationals, Rain The beginning of a baseball season is light and consequence-free — with six months of games ahead, you can relax a bit, allowing yourself to simply enjoy having baseball as a companion again. Starting in June, things begin to get serious — you’re conscious of the standings, of opportunities taken and missed and lost. This […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Edwin Diaz, Guillermo Heredia, Juan Soto, Justin Wilson, Kurt Suzuki, Michael Conforto, Robinson Chirinos The Mets face challenges in this 60-game improv season: iffy defense, shredded starting pitching, an uncertain bullpen. An added challenge, for those of us watching from the socially distanced cheap seats, is how quickly it’s all going by. I don’t buy the each game is equal to four and change thing, because it has nothing to […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Dom Smith, Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto, Seth Romero, Tomas Nido In doing my nightly postgame statistical rounds, I noticed that the score by which the Mets beat the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, 11-6, had been gathering dust for quite some time. Until Wednesday, when the Mets exploded with practically unimaginable amounts of offense and it still seemed barely enough to fend off one particular precocious […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anibal Sanchez, Juan Soto, Keeping Count, Robert Gsellman, Ryder Chasin, Scores, Tradition Who were those slick-fielding ballplayers on display in blue and orange Wednesday night, and what have they done with the New York Mets? The Mets’ current incarnation is not heavy on “leather guys,” to use Davey Johnson‘s mildly disparaging phrase — the strategy in recent years has been to limit enemy runs with good, strikeout-heavy starting […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andres Gimenez, Billy Hamilton, Defense, Dom Smith, J.D. Davis, Juan Soto, Luis Guillorme, Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello Five Sundays prior to the most recent Sunday, I went to Citi Field. It was the last game before the All-Star break. The Mets weren’t going anywhere, so when they continued to go nowhere, it made me no never mind. Zack Wheeler gave up four runs in the first; Aaron Nola flirted with a no-hitter; […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Asdrubal Cabrera, Brad Brach, Edwin Diaz, Gut-Wrenching Baseball, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Joe Panik, Juan Soto, Kurt Suzuki, Nationals, Stomachs Tied in Knots, Sundays, Winning Streaks Halted The rocket ride, amazingly, continues. In front of a packed, delirious house, the Mets kept on playing baseball with verve and swagger and a talent for the impossible whenever it was necessary. From Noah Syndergaard shaking off some early stumbles (though Juan Soto will make even a sure-footed pitcher miss a step or two) to home-run […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Fathers and Sons, J.D. Davis, Joy, Juan Soto, Luis Guillorme, Nationals, Noah Syndergaard, Seth Lugo, Wilson Ramos |
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