The great Pete Hamill, whose death at the age of 85 was announced this morning, expressed a necessary baseball truism during Spring Training of 1987 within the essential profile of Keith Hernandez that he wrote for the Village Voice. After revisiting the instantly legendary mound summit among Hernandez, Gary Carter and Jesse Orosco from the […]
 
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 3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Jay Horwitz, Mets vs Defending Champions, Moment of Silence, Nationals, Pete Hamill, Team History It’s early 2005 at something nobody’s ever heard of called Faith and Fear in Flushing. We’re blogging for the first time. We have Carlos Beltran coming to camp for the first time. We have the Washington Nationals coming to the National League East for the first time. Beltran was just an Astro. The Nationals were […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2005 Mets, 2008 Mets, 2019 Postseason, 2020 Mets, Carlos Beltran, Davey Martinez, Max Scherzer, Mets Managers, Nationals, Ryan Zimmerman, Stephen Strasburg The best part about the Nationals sweeping the Cardinals in the NLCS, aside from the Cardinals being swept, is it left us plenty of time to get around to extending congratulations to our division rival on advancing to its first World Series. Washington won its first National(s) League pennant on Tuesday night, a week ahead […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2019 Postseason, Braves, Cardinals, Division Rivals, Expos, Grudges, Marlins, Nationals, NL East League Champions, Phillies, Pirates, Sportsmanship (Sort Of) When the League Championship Series are over, there is a certainty that the more sporting among us will feel compelled to say something nice about at least one team we don’t care for. Whoever emerges between the Nationals and Cardinals we’re not naturally inclined to praise. Half of the ALCS already potentially looms as a […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2006 NLCS, 2019 Postseason, Animus, Astros, Cardinals, League Championship Series, Nationals, The Malachi Crunch, Villains, Yadier Molina Baseball’s League Division Series round is completing its 25th iteration today and tomorrow with winner-takes-some drama. St. Louis at Atlanta. Washington at Los Angeles. Tampa Bay at Houston. Lose and go home, win and go on. That’s not winner taking all, but it’s plenty of stakes. That’s stakes that — save for the 1981 postseason […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2019 Postseason, Astros, Braves, Brewers, Cardinals, Day Games, Dodgers, League Division Series, Nationals, Rays The Mets were on YouTube Wednesday. I have no idea how that went, which is probably for the best, since that was a game crying out for some combination of Gary, Keith and Ron to provide perspective and perhaps solace, following the absurd bullshit of Tuesday night. The two factoids that will haunt me: The […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Howie Rose, Jeurys Familia, Justin Wilson, Nationals, Pete Alonso, Radio, Seth Lugo, Wayne Randazzo, Wilson Ramos On a scale of 1 to 10, Tuesday night’s inarguably epic Mets defeat at Washington, in which for the first time in their history they gave up a ninth-inning lead of six runs to lose ASAP, was a Brian Jordan. The second Brian Jordan Game, to be exact, September 29, 2001, Mets leading the Braves, […] 39 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2001 Mets, A Chorus Line, Armando Benitez, Brian Jordan, Edwin Diaz, George W. Bush, John Franco, Kurt Suzuki, Nationals, Paul Sewald With the Mets in a pennant race again, I’ve been remembering all the little stresses that come with meaningful games in September. Here’s one of them: Getting to within an hour or two of the game and thinking that this could be Execution Day — the day where, if they don’t win, you can pretty much […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, J.D. Davis, Jeff McNeil, Joe Panik, Joe Ross, Nationals, Noah Syndergaard, Rene Rivera 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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