WHO WON: Sunday? The Mets. In the year of our Lord, 2018? Well… WHAT HAPPENED, DON’T YOU EVER TELL ME THERE IS CONSEQUENCES: The odd thing about having the final recap of the season is that, well, this article can go in multiple directions. Do you focus on Game 162 like it was any other? […]
Author: Shawn Brody
Game recap September 16: King deGrom
WHO WON: The other team. I think their socks are red, or something. WHAT HAPPENED, SUNDAY-GROM: Another day, another good start by Jacob deGrom. As the soon-to-be National League Cy Young winner has done all season, deGrom truly put the Mets in the best position to win. Without the third inning, deGrom really doesn’t have […]
Game recap September 9: My guy
WHO WON: The Mets, who are suddenly good WHAT HAPPENED, WE’VE GOT CONFORTOOOO, ON A CLOUDY DAY: Michael Conforto is good again, and this is reason to rejoice. The lefty outfielder drove in four runs on Sunday, made some phenomenal plays on defense, and beat out a groundball to first. These are happy times — […]
Game recap September 2: Synder-God
WHO WON: The Mets, but on the West coast WHAT HAPPENED, THE NOAH SYNDERGAARD SHOW: Sunday featured some interesting storylines. Michael Conforto homered. Jeff McNeil and Todd Frazier recorded a pair of hits. Most important? Noah Syndergaard was freaking good. It’s no secret that August was a rough month for Syndergaard, whose 2018 has been […]
Game recap August 19: The all-singles album
WHO WON: The Mets! Another series! Rejoice! WHAT HAPPENED, VARGY DOES HIS THING: It’s no secret that Jason “Vargy” Vargas has faced his share of struggles. Entering Sunday as one of the worst starters of the year, the lefty managed to look just good enough to hold the Phillies for five innings. Sure, the only […]
Game recap August 12: The Jose Reyes Problem
WHO WON: The Mets, who apparently win series now. WHAT HAPPENED, ON JOSE REYES: On Sunday, Jose Reyes recorded his third home run of August. However, it should also be noted that Jose Reyes is bad. I could list all the reasons why this is true, but you’re reading the game recap of the 49-66 […]
Game recap August 5: Shoulda, woulda, coulda
WHO WON: An NL East team…but not the Mets WHAT HAPPENED, FOCUSING ON THE POSITIVES: Though you might consider Sunday’s action against the Atlanta Braves to be one of the many soul-crushing defeats that the Mets have suffered this year, it wasn’t all bad. Some good occurred. Salvageable in a game where the Mets blew […]
Game recap July 24: Jeff McNeil, welcome to the circus
WHO WON: The Mets! WHAT HAPPENED, THERE IS ONLY ONE ZACK WHEELER: On Tuesday, Zack Wheeler was effective once again. Maybe it’s motivation to make it onto a competitor, maybe he is actually good. Whatever the case may be, Wheeler is putting on quite the audition for contending teams targeting the Mets most-likely-to-be-traded starting pitcher. […]
Game recap July 15: A welcome break
WHO WON: For the 55th time, it wasn’t the Mets WHAT HAPPENED, THAT PESKY SEVENTH: Before the seventh inning, there was rain. Corey Oswalt held the Washington Nationals to one run in five good innings of work. Welp, now you’re all caught up with what happened before the seventh inning. It was a Mets team […]
Game recap July 8: Not a perfect game
WHO WON: For the 51st time, it wasn’t the Mets. WHAT HAPPENED, THE GOOD: There were plenty of bad things that happened on Sunday, but cheer up. It wasn’t all for naught, right? There were…some good things that happened. Right? …Right. Here were the positives that came out of Sunday: Brandon Nimmo singled in the seventh to […]