MLB: Game One-New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies

Game recap August 16: This is why we can’t have nice things, because baseballs hit them in the hand

Game One: Mets 24, Phillies 4 Game Two: Phillies 9, Mets 6 Just over two weeks after an epic drubbing by Washington — where they lost by 21 runs on July 31 — the Mets saw things from the other side of the equation as they scored the most runs in franchise history, which included […]

MLB: Miami Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies

Stat Preview: Philadelphia Phillies, August 16-20

As we enter the final month and a half of the season, the Mets and Phillies will match up 11 times, which is more than any other opponent for either squad. The Mets, then, will play a starring role in Philadelphia’s push for the playoffs. The two teams have already affected each other’s futures by […]

MLB: New York Mets at New York Yankees

Conforto’s Revenge

While Michael Conforto’s early April debut was seen as a triumph after a devastating shoulder injury ended his stellar 2017 season, a complete power outage soon left doubts that he was – or maybe ever would be – fully recovered. But his midseason turnaround has been so compelling that, even in a short sample, it’s […]

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Game recap August 14: Bad baseball

Primer The Orioles are one of the few teams that are having an even more depressing season than the Mets, sitting at 35-84. Jason Vargas is on the mound against the much-better-but-still-boring-and-bad Andrew Cashner. As a cherry on top of this shitty game sundae, Gary Cohen is on vacation for this series, with Wayne Randazzo […]

MLB: Baltimore Orioles at Texas Rangers

Stat Preview: Baltimore Orioles, Aug. 14-15

As the Mets travel to Baltimore for a short two-game series, it is a good time to remember that it could always be worse. The Orioles are on pace for 48 wins and find themselves in a race to the bottom with the Royals. A team that, like the Mets, made the playoffs and lost […]