What Happened: After a long and painful day, the Mets got to celebrate a franchise-record 201 home runs in a season as Curtis Granderson hit a game-tying homer in the 11th and a game-winning homer in the 12th. Fans probably walked in to yesterday’s game a little bummed out. It was Jacob deGrom hair hat […]
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Game recap September 1: The Christian Yelich Show
Some team sports are more dependent on individual performances than others. Baseball, pitchers aside, is much more of a holistic endeavor than, say, watching LeBron James carry a “Who’s Who? No, Really, Who?” lineup to deep playoff runs in multiple seasons. But on certain nights, all roads lead through one player’s singular performance. For the […]
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 18: Ace-off!
In a sentence A pitcher’s duel ended in a 10-7 Giants win, just like we all wrote it up. The good Seven runs! With Neil Walker out for the third straight game with lower back stiffness, Justin Ruggiano’s unlikely grand slam and Ty Kelly’s unlikely two-run triple provided most of the offense against San Francisco […]
Game recap August 13: Of pitcher wins and walkoffs
Entering the second of three games against the Padres on a four-game skid, the Mets looked to their most consistent starter in Jacob deGrom to climb back to .500 for the season. Jarred Cosart, the former Marlin sporting a 5.79 ERA on the season, started for the Padres. Prior to the game, the Mets sent […]
Game recap August 8: A redemption of sorts
THE RUNDOWN Jacob deGrom does his part and Neil Walker seals the Mets win for the second Sunday in a row as he blasts a ninth-inning home run off of K-Rod. QUIET BATS Every statistic besides the number of runs scored indicates that the Tigers should have won this game. They had 11 hits, to the […]
No No-Hitters (Or How The Mets are Statistical Unicorns)
Two Sundays ago my grandma took my dad to the Mets game in Philadelphia. It had been his birthday present, booked months in advance, and by the time the day arrived even I was looking forward to them going (the hype was out of control). I was a little worried the outcome would be depressing, […]
Game Recap August 2: de, De, d’ and Debuts
Executive Summary deGrom dealt. De Aza, d’Arnaud dingered. Mets 7, Yankees 1. Discussion and Analysis New and controversial acquisition Jay Bruce debuted in right field, batting third. He popped out to left field, grounded to first and struck out looking twice. Of course, Bruce was not acquired for his bat, but instead to inspire the Mets to […]
Game Recap July 28: Forgive Me, But You Look Familia
The timing of today’s New York Mets – Colorado Rockies game was apt. Played at lunchtime, this game was a lot like the meal itself. At the beginning, it was light and easy, stress-free without great substance. But then it was left out in the sun for three hours, and things started to sour and […]
Game Recap July 23: deGrom Exits With Velocity
Executive Summary Jacob deGrom couldn’t complete the fourth inning against Miami ace Jose Fernandez—Marlins 7, Mets 2. Discussion and Analysis We don’t give Giancarlo Stanton enough credit. He should be discussed alongside Aroldis Chapman as a new breed of ballplayer, one who’s performing at a level nobody’s seen before. Chapman gets headlines for throwing harder than […]