WHO WON: The navy-colored not-Mets WHAT HAPPENED, NOTHING REALLY MATTERS: Things looked great for the first six innings of this one. Asdrubal Cabrera and Rene Rivera used the long-ball to give the Mets a 3-0 lead. Bartolo Colon was doing Bartolo Colon things, as he allowed no runs, walked nobody and struck out six batters. […]
Author: Shawn Brody
Game recap September 14: Robert Gsellman can’t do it all
WHO WON: The red and white first-place not-Mets WHAT HAPPENED, IT WAS A GOOD GAME: It’s not as if the Mets got blown out, or the Mets couldn’t get a runner on base, or played sloppy defense, or really did anything poorly at all. Rookie starter and apparent wizard Robert Gsellman turned in a strong […]
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 […]
Game recap August 24: A flirtatious smile, a hint of hope, a reminder of reality
WHO WON: The red-and-white arched not-Mets WHAT HAPPENED, ALRIGHT, WHO MESSED WITH THE DIAL ON JACOB DEGROM’S BACK? That’s a real question, in case you were wondering, because Jacob DeGrom looked rather…uninspiring. When all was said and done, deGrom surrendered five runs across 4.2 innings, but that just scratched the surface. Three of the 12 hits […]
Game recap August 17: A ghost tale
WHO WON: Welp, it wasn’t the Mets WHAT HAPPENED, THE SLOW DESCENT INTO OBLIVION THAT IS THE NEW YORK METS: You could argue that a long standing dogma for our favorite Metropolitans is a slow decent into oblivion. A paralyzing, inevitable downward spiral towards inadequacy. We hope for the best, sure, but we also come […]
Game recap August 16: Scraping by on good hair and a nice smile
WHO WON: The blue and grey Mets WHAT HAPPENED, BATS, BLUNDERS, AND WELL-HIT BASEBALLS: Early on there wasn’t much offensive activity of note. The Mets tried to lead a charge in the second inning with Kelly Johnson and T.J. Rivera on base, however the Mets’ old nemesis—hitting with runners in scoring position—decided to rear its […]
Game Recap July 22: Run of the mill win still a win
WHO WON The blue-hatted, grey jersey’d Mets. WHAT HAPPENED, METS PITCHING BEATS MARLINS BATTING It’s not that Logan Verrett dominated the Marlins. He didn’t. He did, however, give the Mets five solid innings of work while locked in what one might call a pitchers-duel with Marlins pitcher Adam Conley. Verrett was able to hold the […]
Game Recap July 20: Bart and Bats struggles in loss to Cubs
WHO WON The 1988 blue and white small bears—not the Mets. WHAT HAPPENED: BARTOLO STRUGGLES Putting it bluntly, Bartolo Colón was bad in his second start following the All-Star Break. In four and a third innings on Wednesday, Colón surrendered six runs on eight hits, striking out one and walking two. The 43-year old seemed […]
Game recap June 29: So close, yet so far
WHO WON: The red and white not-Mets WHAT HAPPENED, THE FIRST SEVEN: In short, the first seven innings of this one were bad. With the focus being on the bats, Max Scherzer dominated an already poor Mets lineup. He struck out 10, and the only runners to reach base against him did so in the […]
Game recap May 30: Hello, Good Harvey, we haven’t seen you around these parts lately
WHO WON: The Memorial Day-themed camouflaged Mets WHAT HAPPENED, PITCHING IS FUN WHEN IT IS GOOD: For me, this game in general was fun to watch. Maybe that’s because I love pitching, and the return of good Matt Harvey gave this one an element of dueling aces. Speaking of Harvey’s return, it was exactly what […]