Jeff Francoeur’s three-run home run off the Marlins’ Tim Wood in the seventh inning of today’s game not only tied the score, but it created a three-way tie for the all-time Citi Field slugging lead. That was Frenchy’s seventh ball to have soared above the Citi walls (4 last year, 3 this year), giving him […]
 
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 1 comment - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Citi Field, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Fernando Tatis, Home Runs, Jeff Francoeur, Team History Jonathon Niese endured. Ike Davis awoke. David Wright served the main course to one lucky Acela Club patron. The Florida Marlins learned that no one — and I mean no one — comes into our house and pushes us around (hubris not applicable on final days of seasons). And while all this was going on, […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1977 Mets, 2009 Mets, 2010 Mets, Acela Club, Bad Luck, Bernie Williams, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Chase Utley, Citi Field, Daniel Murphy, Darryl Strawberry, David Wright, Duke Snider, Gary Sheffield, Gil Hodges, Home Runs, Ike Davis, Injuries, Jimmy Sheckard, John Milner, John Stearns, Jon Niese, Kelvim Escobar, Mark Teixeira, Mel Ott, Mickey Mantle, Mike Jacobs, New Yankee Stadium, Polo Grounds, Renovated Yankee Stadium, Rod Barajas, Rudy, Shea Stadium, Steve Henderson, Steve Zabriskie, Team History, Tim Jordan, Washington Park, Yankee Stadium Friday night was an extraordinary pitchers’ duel. The only thing that would have made it perfect would have been a better result, both in terms of reversing the identities of the winning and losing teams and if Johan Santana had, like Yovani Gallardo, pitched all nine innings in the process. This is not a rant about […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1996 Mets, 1997 Mets, 2002 Mets, 2005 Mets, Cory Lidle, Don Cardwell, Dual Complete Games, Gary Gentry, Glendon Rusch, Jack DiLauro, Jerry Koosman, Jim McAndrew, Johan Santana, Mike Maddux, No-Hitters, Nolan Ryan, Paul Wilson, Pedro Feliciano, Pedro Martinez, Relief Pitching, Rick Reed, Ryota Igarashi, Shawn Estes, Starting Pitching, Takashi Kashiwada, Team History, Tom Seaver, Wayne Granger, Yovani Gallardo The Mets took a lead, held a lead and only made you think it possible, not probable, that they would blow the lead. Progress! A good win for the Mets over the Yankees at Citi Field Saturday night. A good win beats any kind of loss, though I have to say in the fourteenth season of […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2000 Mets, Al Leiter, Armando Benitez, Beauty, Benny Agbayani, Bobby Valentine, Edgardo Alfonzo, Frankie Rodriguez, Jason Bay, Jenrry Mejia, John Franco, Joy, Mike Piazza, Pain, Rationalization, Rick Reed, Subway Series, Team History, Timo Perez, Turk Wendell, WFAN That was a brutal way to lose a baseball game. I’m referring to Wednesday afternoon against Roger Bernadina and the Nationals, though I could be referring to Monday night against the Nationals, Sunday afternoon against the Giants, last Wednesday against the Reds or last Monday against the Reds. Actually, the same could apply to the […] Update: Here’s this story revisited for NPR. Near the end of winter my neighbor’s younger brother died unexpectedly. Emily and I are friendly with our neighbor, and offered him our condolences. But we don’t really know each other, for all the usual city reasons that you regret on one level but mostly look past while you’re […] 35 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Cards, Bill Dillman, Moment of Silence, Team History, The Holy Books “This is Country Time lemonade mix. There’s never been anything close to a lemon in it, I swear!” Upset that the Mets don’t have a plan? Please. The Mets have never had anything close to a plan in them. I swear. It would be too easy to say “plan” is a […] 47 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2008 Mets, 2009 Mets, Aaron Cook, Abraham Nunez, Angel Pagan, Brady Clark, Brandon Knight, Chris Aguila, Chris Ianetta, Damion Easley, Dexter Fowler, Died A Met, Fernando Nieve, Gustavo Molina, Jason Bay, Jeff Francoeur, John Maine, Jon Niese, Jose Reyes, Matt Wise, Mike Jacobs, Moises Alou, Pedro Feliciano, Raul Casanova, Raul Valdes, Ricardo Rincon, Ricky Gervais, Rockies, Rod Barajas, Ryota Igarashi, Team History, Tony Armas Jr., Trot Nixon Say — or should I say hey — you know who was a really good baseball player? Willie Mays. You probably knew that already, but you’ll really know it if you read Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend by James Hirsch. You’ll know a ton by the time you float through its 560 pages of text. […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1972 Mets, 1973 Mets, Citi Field, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, James Hirsch, Joan Payson, New York Giants, Polo Grounds, Shea Stadium, Team History, Willie Mays After Sean Green — who elicited the first visceral couch-to-TV reaction of 2010: “Get Sean Green the fuck off my team!” — gave up the laser shot home run to Dan Uggla in the seventh, building the Marlin lead to 6-1, I filed Tuesday night’s game in that one third you’re going to lose, per […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, 1991 Mets, 2006 Mets, Brian Giles, Fernando Tatis, First Loss of the Season After a Win, Gary Sheffield, Hisanori Takahashi, Jenrry Mejia, John Maine, Marlins, Ruben Tejada, Sean Green, Team History I have seen the past, and its name is the Mets Hall of Fame & Museum. To all who thought the Mets loathed their own history, their self-hatred has come to a merciful end. To all who thought the Mets didn’t listen to their customers, their hearing tests came back with belated flying colors. To all […] |
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