(Editor’s Note: Welcome to an alternate-history version of Michael Conforto’s Mets career.) The Situation: It’s September 1, the time of year when rosters expand and fans get a look at some of the young, exciting players on the farm. And if the excitement of meaningful games in September isn’t enough for Mets fans, they will […]
Day: September 1, 2016
See You In September!
September is upon us. The leaves are changing, the Mets are still on the edge of the playoff race, and major league teams can recall up to 40 players to the active roster. Four call-ups have already been confirmed by Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. I brought out my Magic 8-Ball to predict […]
Conforto and Plawecki’s Late Summer Revival Tour
The old maxim, as it goes in baseball, is that you can’t trust what someone is doing in spring or September. There’s just too many variables that keep the context of the at-bats and games from their normal level of meaning. Or something like that. Whatever. When September actually rolls around this year (today!), the […]
Game recap August 31: Kelly Johnson saves the day, season, world
WHO WON: KELLY JOHNSON…and also the Mets WHAT HAPPENED, BARTOLO DOES HIS THING: Bartolo Colon was great Wednesday night in such a Bartolo Colon way. The big man didn’t blow it by many hitters, but that isn’t what he does at this stage of his career. Colon came out, gave the Mets seven strong innings […]