Symptomatic of the proliferation of Interleague scheduling, the Mets opened their home season against the Toronto Blue Jays this past April, winning three straight. It was fun in the moment, even if the moment didn’t portend anything special for the 2025 Mets in the long run. It also didn’t indicate there were any obstacles the […]
 
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 20 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1977 Mets, Andres Gimenez, Blue Jays, Bob L. Miller, Chris Bassitt, Dale Murray, Elimination Day, Expansion, Jackson Todd, Jerry Koosman, John Olerud, Juan Berenguer, Lee Mazzilli, Mark Bomback, Max Scherzer, Mookie Wilson, Nino Espinosa, Roy Lee Jackson, Team History Hey, why don’t they make the whole pitching staff out of Nolan McLean? Statistically, McLean’s start Tuesday night against the Tigers was the least of the four he’s made so far in his very young career. But it might have been the most impressive for all that. McLean reported for duty having trouble landing his curveball […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Higginson, Chris Paddack, Juan Soto, Justin Verlander, Kevin Herget, Luis Torrens, Max Scherzer, Nolan McLean, Pete Alonso, Ryne Stanek, Sawyer Gipson-Long, Tigers I didn’t expect a giddy stretch related to the 2024 Mets, and yet here we are. I was playing mini-golf and eating ice cream, meaning I was late to my assigned duties (sorry not sorry) and yet was only mildly surprised to find it was Forces of Good 7, Defending But Currently Not So Hot World […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew Knizner, Brandon Nimmo, David Peterson, DJ Stewart, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Grimace, Jon Gray, Laughers, Mark Vientos, Max Scherzer, Pete Alonso, Rangers, Steve Gelbs, Winning Streaks I met one of MY FAVORITE SEASONS, FROM LEAST FAVORITE TO MOST FAVORITE, 1969-PRESENT on the street last night. It seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. And we talked about some old times, and we drank ourselves some beers. Still Metsie after all these years. Actually, that’s Paul Simon’s version of events. Here’s […] Of all the key offseason hires approved by Steve Cohen, I haven’t seen the name Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O’Malley Armstrong appointed as Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, or whatever title would imply a person has been brought in to help the Mets figure out what to do next. No wonder she’s not in Flushing, […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2023 Mets, David Robertson, Dido, Drew Gilbert, Justin Verlander, Luisangel Acuna, Mark Canha, Max Scherzer, Nikon Camera Mets Player of the Year, Quick Draw McGraw, Ryan Clifford, Sensible Surrender, Sometimes You Don’t Gotta Believe, South Park, Steve Cohen, Tommy Pham Some days can’t possibly be summed up by one post. So consider this one just the start of a conversation that kicks off tonight but will go on in some form for years. The Mets traded pretty much everybody. Justin Verlander went back to the Astros, where — as I semi-seriously predicted — he’ll now face […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy Eppler, Dominic Leone, Embarrassment, Francisco Alvarez, Josh Walker, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Rafael Ortega, Royals, Steve Cohen, Tommy Pham, Trade Deadline, Trades Having ten days earlier properly commemorated the 50th anniversary of making Flushing my recurring personal destination, I opened my second half-century of going to Mets games Sunday afternoon by taking a left field Promenade Box eye’s view of The Great Justin Verlander proving effective enough to a) quell the Washington Nationals by a score of […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Basketball, Beautiful Days for Ballgames, Billy Pierce, Conversations, Dilson Herrera, Eras, Football, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Pedro Borbon, Repurposing, Trade Deadline So now we know how Max Scherzer‘s conversation with the brass went — it turned out to be an exit interview, as Scherzer is on his way to the Rangers (along with $35.5 million through next year) in return for Luisangel Acuna, whom you probably didn’t know is the younger brother of Ronald Acuna Jr. […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Carlos Carrasco, Disappointment, Francisco Alvarez, Luisangel Acuna, Max Scherzer, Perspective, Reed Garrett, Ronald Acuna Jr., Steve Cohen, Trade Deadline It’s not quite Max Flack and Cliff Heathcote switching teams between games of a doubleheader, but spare a moment of consideration for David Robertson, who was a Met when it started raining and a Marlin when it stopped. That’s a strange one. A strange one, but probably not the only oddity heading our way: There was a […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Bromstad, David Robertson, Mackenzie Gore, Max Scherzer, MLB At Bat, Nationals, Pete Alonso, Radio, Reed Garrett, Trade Deadline The Earth keeps going around the sun; the Mets keep going in circles. On Sunday night they dropped the rubber game of their series with the Red Sox in numbingly familiar fashion: no hitting, bad pitching, bad defense. To which we might add that they looked torpid and useless, trudging around morosely while being dismantled by […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brooks Raley, Carlos Carrasco, David Robertson, Joely Rodriguez, Justin Verlander, Mark Canha, Max Scherzer, Pete Alonso, Red Sox, Tommy Pham |
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