It’s incredibly difficult to reach and succeed as a hitter in the big leagues. It’s also incredibly difficult to reach and succeed as a pitcher in the big leagues. That’s why you rarely, if ever, see a two-way player in baseball anymore (Shohei Ohtani is the exception). It’s not surprising that Jacob deGrom – who’s […]
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Game recap July 23: Hand, Foot, Mouth and Loss
On the field Jacob deGrom was on the mound last night which meant – you guessed it – little run support. The Mets’ ace, and probably the best pitcher in baseball in 2018, was handed a 1-0 lead after the third inning. Amed Rosario and Wilmer Flores manufactured a run after the speedy shortstop (not the […]
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 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 […]
Game recap July 6: Grand finale
Most of America has been celebrating the Fourth of July all week, and on Friday night the Mets provided their own fireworks complete with a grand finale. Jose Bautista appeared done earlier this year when the longtime Blue Jay was cut by Atlanta, but since signing with the Amazins, he’s become a surprisingly successful reclamation project. […]
Game recap June 30: No Patrick, THIS is rock bottom
Marlins 5, Mets 2 Remember when we thought rock bottom was batting out of order during a little slump? Or calling Dom Smith up for a weekend series against the Phillies, only to give him a single at-bat before sending him down again? Well, I have news for you: This, this right here, this is […]
Game recap June 23: “In the middle”
DODGERS 8, METS 3 While watching another night of the dumpster fire that is New York Mets baseball, a particular Sandy Alderson quote from Friday’s pregame presser interrupted my train of thought. The Mets general manager stood in front of the New York media and proclaimed that this team, the same team 12 games under […]
Game recap June 18: Unsurprisingly Nimmo, surprisingly rest of team back the dominant deGrom
Ah, Coors Field. The first play of Monday night’s game indicative of what was to come when Brandon Nimmo, who grew up two hours from Coors, continued his scorching hot play as he opened up the Rockies series with an inside-the-park home run. The hitting To no surprise, the hustling Nimmo was home to home in […]
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 8: Wasted
I’d say the Mets’ offensive ineptitude is getting ridiculous, but that narrative is beyond redundant. On Friday night, New York dropped their series opener with the Yankees 4-1, making them losers of all seven games on their current home stand. In those seven contests, the Mets have scored eight runs. EIGHT. They’ve scored three times […]