The Mets beat the Padres by a score of 6-4 yesterday afternoon, capping off their first series win since May, which fittingly came against the only team in the National League with a worse record than them. By taking the series, the Mets kept themselves out of the bottom of the league standings, and actually opened up […]
Author: David Capobianco
Game Recap July 11: The Happiest Recap
The past 15 months of Mets fandom have been, well, terrible. There’s been quite a lot to get depressed about, and even more to get frustrated over. The Mets suck at baseball, are dumb as hell and keep playing the accused domestic abuser with a .168 batting average to the benefit of nobody and the appeasement […]
Game recap July 4: Jose, Can You See?
It’s cool when the Mets prove they can actually win a game once in a while. The Mets defeated the Blue Jays last night by a score of 6-3, for just their seventh victory in their last 30 games. Apparently, wins are so rare for the Mets nowadays that they now call for firework celebrations —or at […]
Game recap June 27: There’s nothing left to say
I’m not one to really quote music too much in life, and especially not in my own works. It’s not that I feel I’m more poignant or poetic than most musicians, but I just like to find my own words for things and express thoughts my own way, if that makes any sense. Plus, it makes […]
Game Recap June 20: This park is stupid
Coors Field, in theory, is a lot of fun. It’s a place where the baseball magically flies further, with dingers all over the place and double-digit run totals all the time. It’s extra-base hit galore, and every home run goes 450 feet. It’s like some kid messed with the settings on a video game. It’s a mythical […]
Game Recap June 13: At least it was quick
We all know the saying about the certainties in life: death, taxes, yada yada yada. But the truth is, there are hundreds of other things that may not be literal certainties by the true definition of the word, but we take them as certainties every single day, because they’re as close to certain as they come. When we […]
Game Recap June 6: They’re dead, Jim
The worst team in baseball is coming to town, they said. Maybe this can help turn the Mets around, they said. At least they can get a couple cheap wins, they said. Yes, the worst team in baseball, the Orioles, came to town, loaded with one of the worst pitching staffs in baseball. The Mets […]
Game recap May 23: deGrom deServes better
When you start one of the five best pitchers in baseball against one of the five worst teams in the league, you generally expect to win most of the time. When that pitcher fires seven shutout innings, you really expect to win. When Fangraphs gives you a 92.2% chance to win in the ninth inning […]
Game Recap May 16: Bringers of rain
So it is technically my job to recap the Mets game yesterday to you, the reader, and talk about things you would care about reading. It is not my job to make it about myself, because you probably don’t care too much about me or my personal experiences. That said, I feel the best way I can fully convey the misery […]
Game recap May 9: Oh look, it’s this team again
We all make mistakes. It happens. We misread things, we sign on the wrong dotted line, we go out into traffic or change lanes when we probably shouldn’t, whatever it is. We all mess things up. One time, I accidentally checked off the “I am a convicted felon” box on a job application. I am not […]