You don’t want to have to win a game by using five relievers to cover 8.2 innings, but you surely don’t want to lose a game under those circumstances. They were unavoidable Wednesday night once Bartolo Colon was forced to leave in deference to a liner off his right thumb from Royals leadoff hitter Whit […]
 
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 16 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2015 World Series, Addison Reed, Bartolo Colon, Bullpen, Dilemmas, Dillon Gee, Erik Goeddel, Field Of Dreams, Hansel Robles, Jerry Blevins, Jeurys Familia, Jose Reyes, Royals The night started with 42s everywhere and ended with a 7 in your scorebook. I couldn’t miss the former on Jackie Robinson Day, but had to look up the latter, as sensory overload must have gotten to me, sending this correspondent nodding off to dreamland as the bottom of the eighth commenced. The last thing […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Addison Reed, Alejandro De Aza, Bartolo Colon, Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee, Collin Cowgill, Commercials, Curtis Granderson, David Wright, Expos, Grady Sizemore, Indians, Jackie Robinson, Jesse Orosco, Jeurys Familia, Juan Uribe, Keith Hernandez, Longevity, Marlon Byrd, Michael Conforto, Neil Walker, Nolan Ryan, Ron Hodges, Socks, Yoenis Cespedes No need to stop the presses, as the Mets finally maintain a 2-0 lead versus the Royals. All that gold in which the world champion Kansas City Royals draped themselves over the past two games is now dust. Gold dust. They can cram it into tiny tubes, authenticate it, mark it up and sell […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Addison Reed, First Wins, Jeurys Familia, Jim Henderson, Neil Walker, Noah Syndergaard, Royals I’d love to tell you I just got around to writing this after staying out all night partying because there’s nothing like the Mets beating the Yankees in the first game of a Subway Series…WOO! But, honestly, I fell asleep not long after Friday night’s contest ended and couldn’t get myself going early this morning. Nevertheless, […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Addison Reed, Armour Hot Dogs, Daniel Murphy, Juan Uribe, Lovin' Spoonful, Lucas Duda, Steven Matz, Subway Series In the land of small sample sizes, the curious factoid is king, so all hail this minuscule nugget: The current series against the Red Sox represents the first series in which the Mets have dropped the first two home games versus Boston since the 1986 World Series. Obviously, a world championship is just days away. Until then, […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, Addison Reed, Bartolo Colon, Bobbleheads, Eric O'Flaherty, Jacob deGrom, Jesse Orosco, Joe Kelly The Mets used to go down to defeat pretty easily. At best, they practiced a form of passive-aggressive behavior that dared otherwise reluctant opponents to remain on the field long enough to incidentally vanquish them. It often manifested in 15- or 20-inning episodes of offensive ineptitude, but you didn’t leave those losses feeling that if […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Addison Reed, Chris Sale, Conor Gillaspie, David Wright, Eric Young Jr., Gordon Beckham, LaTroy Hawkins, Marlon Byrd, Nellie Fox, White Sox, Zack Wheeler |
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