I turned on the Mets game a couple of minutes after my Metro-North train starting trundling south out of Waterbury, Conn., picking up the voices of Keith Raad and Pat McCarthy from distant West Sacramento. I switched trains in Bridgeport as old friend Luis Severino won an extended battle with Brett Baty even as he […]
 
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No doubt as the Mets’ traveling party gathered for its team Seder on Saturday evening in Sacramento, one of the elder statesmen at the table — my guess is bench coach John Gibbons — noted that the 3-1 score by which the club lost in the afternoon was the first 3-1 loss the Mets had […]  3 comments | |  Print This Post |  1973 Mets, A's, Athletics, Brandon Nimmo, Brett Baty, Carlos Mendoza, Catfish Hunter, David Peterson, Faith, George Stone, Jeremy Hefner, John Gibbons, Jose Siri, Mark Vientos, Passover, Sacramento, Starling Marte, Team History, Team Seders, Tom Seaver, Unleavened Offense, West Sacramento, Yogi Berra Oh, right. Winning streaks don’t continue into eternity. I’d almost forgotten. If the Mets had to lose for the first time after doing nothing but winning for six games, the way they went down on a chilly, sunny Wednesday at Citi Field was about as acceptable an aberration applicable to the assignment as could be asked […] Spring Training, you gotta stop making real news. Frankie Montas’s lat last week. Nick Madrigal’s shoulder over the weekend. Sean Manaea’s oblique as the Monday surprise du jour. We’re here for bright skies and optimism and megastars presenting vehicles to would-be stars in exchange for jersey numbers. That’s the news we can consume and smile about. All injuries […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 22, Al Leiter, Alexander Canario, Brett Baty, David Wright, Dom Smith, Donn Clendenon, Frankie Montas, Injuries, Jimmy Carter, Juan Soto, Moment of Silence, Nick Madrigal, Presidents, Ray Knight, Retired Numbers, Rituals, Roberta Flack, Sean Manaea, Spring Training Injuries, Team History, Uniform Numbers The Mets’ ebullient recent narrative showed a couple of cracks Friday night against the Reds. Francisco Lindor continued his hitting streak and made a nifty play at shortstop, but he didn’t walk off the Reds or solve the Middle East conflict in an idle moment between innings, somewhere between surprising and shocking given how he’s been […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alexis Diaz, Brett Baty, Edwin Diaz, Elly de la Cruz, Hebrew Tattoos, J.D. Martinez, Jake Fraley, Jose Butto, Jose Iglesias, Justin Wilson, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Reds, Reed Garrett, Sean Manaea, Spencer Steer, TJ Friedl, Walkoffs John Olerud was at Citi Field for the Mets game on the fourth Sunday in May, just as he was at Shea Stadium for the Mets game on the fourth Sunday in May a quarter-century before…though “just as” might be a stretch. In 2024, Olerud was a visitor, sitting in the stands, brought to the […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1999 Mets, Adrian Houser, Brett Baty, Curt Schilling, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Gary Cohen, Harrison Bader, James Schapiro, John Olerud, Joy, Logan Webb, Omar Narvaez, Pinch-Running, Sean Manaea, Starling Marte, Tyler Rogers, Walkoffs I’d like to put 6:10 pm start times on the list of things that I thought would be good, or at least novel, and turned out to be terrible. First off, I completely forgot. I was doing something non-baseball-related, noted it was around 6:35 pm, and reflexively went back to what I was doing, because 6:35 […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ben Lively, Brett Baty, Guardians, J.D. Martinez, Josh Walker, Manny Gonzalez, Nick Sandlin, Starling Marte, Tomas Nido, Tylor Megill There’s honestly not a lot of insight to be had comparing a mediocre baseball team with a very good one. Very good teams make plays and get hits when it matters; mediocre ones sometimes do and sometimes don’t. Christian Scott, forced to cosplay as a chimney sweep for his first-ever Citi Field start, was pretty […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Brett Baty, Christian Scott, Futility, Humiliation, J.D. Martinez, Joe Jimenez, Max Fried, No-Hit Bids, Raisel Iglesias Good call Friday night wearing the reimagined (apparently during a bout of gloom) black jerseys in which the Mets wordmark, the player name and the numbers on the front and back sink forlornly into the fabric as if they followed Carole King’s example of staying in bed all morning just to pass the time. The […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Black Jerseys, Brett Baty, Carole King, Dark Moods, Foul Balls, Jose Quintana, Recidivist Mets, Yohan Ramirez I don’t know if therapy rays are actually a thing (they probably are), but I’ve been to Tropicana Field, which has the affect of the world’s largest basement rec room and smells vaguely like pool cleaner, and the most interesting part of the stadium is the oft-shown pool where cownose rays swim around in a […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Harrison Bader, Luis Severino, Pete Alonso, Randy Arozarena, Rays, Stolen Bases, Tropicana Field |
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