Over the past few days, we’ve had a theme here at BP Mets of running game recaps with acronyms in the headlines. Because memes are never fun until they’re solidly beaten a mile into the ground, and also because I was made in a factory and am desperate to fit in with the cool kids, […]
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Game recap August 24: RIP Conforto
Diamondbacks 3, Mets 2 Final The Mets lost to the Diamondbacks on getaway day as they head off for a 10-game road trip to nowhere. That the road trip starts in Washington is painfully fitting; they can watch Daniel Murphy carve up his former team and, as he circles the bases, perhaps ask their old […]
Diamondbacks Series Preview August 21-24
New York welcomes Arizona to town for four games after dropping yet another series to Miami over the weekend in which the frustrations of a lost season showed up between the white lines. Less than 48 hours after watching two more well-liked teammates in Curtis Granderson and Rene Rivera set sail for playoff contenders, mental […]
Game recap August 19: Oh yeah, this is what winning is like
Going in to the season, everyone in baseball assumed the San Diego Padres would be the league’s worst team by a mile. After losing every game so far this week, the Mets began Saturday tied with those lowly Padres! The best thing for the Mets might be losing five or six games a week. Baseball’s […]
Game Recap August 14: Hansel Pitched, Hansel Pointed, Hansel Blew It
In this lost season, most Mets games — especially the losses — have followed a similar pattern, almost resembling that of a Choose Your Own Adventure. If the Mets are able to piece together some hits and score some runs, they might get a few solid innings from their starting pitcher before the bullpen inevitably […]
Yankees Series Preview August 14-17
The Mets (53-62) make the short trek into the Bronx on Monday to face their crosstown rivals in this year’s edition of the unofficial Subway Series, at a time where both clubs are playing for very different stakes. When the schedule was released over the winter, many looked at this week as a potential showcase […]
Game recap August 9: Rafael Montero in the morning
There’s something about Rafael Montero at noon, before lunch or even that third cup of coffee, that can send you reeling. Thankfully, Rafael Montero is exactly what we thought Rafael Montero was. He was bad and the Mets were bad and the Rangers, who are also bad, were just good enough to skip town by […]
Rangers series preview August 8-9
Amed Rosario is a Met. The future is now. Right? You would think this would have been an exciting week for the Mets considering the arrival of hopefully their next franchise player. Wrong. First fans had to stomach the Mets dropping two of three to the Colorado Rockies. Don’t get me wrong, the Rockies are a […]
Game recap August 3: Shrimp
Mets 4, Rockies 5; Final In the end, even the arrival of Amed Rosario was too much good to be enjoyed. A lost season? Once-in-a-generation pitching on the shelf? All that was needed was a slapstick end to this road trip to make sure no one mistook this team for contenders any time soon. As […]
Rockies Series Preview: August 1-3
It’s the time of year when good teams are acquiring talent and bad teams get to euphemize meaningless games by trying to play spoiler. The Rockies still hold the second wild card, so the Mets can at least pretend that these games matter to both participants. Oh also, Amed Rosario is here. WHEN AND WHERE […]