Wednesday afternoon in Oakland, the Mets did something for the 26th time in their history: they won a ballgame by the score of 8 to 5. This iteration of that same old song was as pleasing as 24 of its 25 predecessors in the sense that a win is a win is a win. An […]
 
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Good morning. In case you missed Tuesday night’s late Mets game in Oakland, the previously slumping A’s won by a comfortable margin; the Mets collected more than their customary four hits, but to no avail; Travis d’Arnaud homered with nobody on; Dillon Gee struggled through five and two-thirds innings; Gonzalez Germen wasn’t particularly effective in […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Dillon Gee, Gonzalez Germen, Sleepy Performances, Travis d'Arnaud The following account is issued as a public service as well as for cheap jokes. If you are over 50 years of age, please consult your physician. Bartolo Colon was supposed to start Monday afternoon’s Mets game, but was called away due to a family health emergency. I was supposed to have a colonoscopy during Monday afternoon’s […] For 90 seconds or so, there was joy in Metville. We’d punished the Cubs for removing Jake Arrieta, whose curveball had jelly-legged Met knees and kicked out Met fannies and turned Met bats into fan blades throughout another insanely beautiful August afternoon. We’d reminded ourselves that we do too like Curtis Granderson, who broke a seemingly centuries-long […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cubs, Curtis Granderson, Jake Arrieta, Joan Payson, Matt Szczur, Rafael Montero The mood at Citi Field turned properly solemn as the reading of the will began: “I, Jonathon Joseph Niese, being of sound mind — except when I begin to lose it at least once per game when the slightest little thing goes wrong — and body — except for my annual stint on the disabled list […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Boyz II Men, Inherited Runners, Jon Niese, Vic Black The Mets are chocolate and the Cubs are peanut butter: We’ve got a surplus of young pitching and not enough bats; they’ve got a surplus of young bats and not enough pitching. So plenty of baseball matchmakers want to know what, exactly, is taking so long: Send some prospects from Column Mets west while some prospects […] Who among us doesn’t remember being a kid in the backyard, dreaming — if only for a second — of a career in the big leagues? I’m Lucas Duda. It’s the last out of another ass-kicking administered by the Nationals. I’m standing sort of near the plate, looking out at Rafael Soriano standing sort of near […] You must have heard Ninth inning. Travis d’Arnaud has homered off Rafael Soriano to cut the Nationals’ lead to 3-2. Matt den Dekker has singled. After an ill-advised as well as poorly executed bunt attempt by […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fernando Martinez, Impatience, Josh Thole, Patience, Pete Townshend, Thomas Jefferson Tuesday night in August means Chasin Time at Citi Field for the Princes. For the Chasins, it means Prince Time. It’s a good time for all every year for five years suddenly, as time lives up to its reputation and flies. Stephanie and I have been meeting up with erstwhile Bar Mitzvah boy/sharp-eyed sleepover correspondent […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Torres, Citi Field, Nationals, Rafael Montero, Ryder Chasin, Tradition The good news to come out of August 11, 2014, is that the Mets beat the Phillies, 5-3, producing all sorts of sunny sidebars in Philadelphia while doing so. Universally beloved Jon Niese pitched seven strong; Buddy Carlyle bridged the eighth like Benjamin Franklin bridges the Delaware; Jeurys Familia, thanks to replay review, did not surrender […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1994 Mets, Anniversaries, Doug Linton, Eric Gunderson, Jason Jacome, Jim Lindeman, Mauro Gozzo, Milestones, Rico Brogna, Roger Mason |
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