It isn’t a beautiful night at normally beautiful Wrigley Field, as the Mets have fallen further behind the Chicago Cubs, and now manager Luis Rojas comes out of the dugout to have a word with home plate umpire Bruce Dreckman, apparently ready to make a change to his lineup. After conferring with Dreckman, Luis walks […]
 
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 9 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bob Murphy, Casey Stengel, Cold, David Peterson, Errors, Francisco Lindor, Gil Hodges, J.D. Davis, Luis Guillorme, Luis Rojas, Pete Alonso, Position Players Pitching, Radio, Redeeming Features, Team History, Wrigley Field I love J.D. Davis, from his weirdo back-construction nickname (“Jonathan Gregory Davis” doesn’t obviously suggest “J.D. Davis,” but “Jonathan Davis” plus a little repetition does) and his shrill heckling to his postgame manic episodes and general air of just being tickled to play baseball. But a thinking J.D. Davis is his own worst enemy. I’ll paint […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cubs, Eric Sogard, J.D. Davis, John Libka, Strike Zones, Taijuan Walker, Umpires, Wrigley Field Jacob deGrom gets hit like Jacob deGrom never gets hit. Then Jacob deGrom leaves with an injury like Jacob deGrom does in our worst nightmares. Then the Mets, down by three in the third, turn to Michael Wacha, a lapsed starter the Mets resist turning to as a matter of course. Then the Mets run […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andres Gimenez, Injuries, J.D. Davis, Jacob deGrom, Michael Wacha, Robinson Cano, The Pinch-Running Files, Unlikely Events The Mets were supposed to be off Thursday, which would have been fitting given the sad news Wednesday night that Tom Seaver — No. 41, the Franchise, the most essential and irreplaceable figure in team history — had died Monday at 75. Thursday would have been a day to mourn and reflect on the memory […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Aroldis Chapman, Billy Hamilton, Edwin Diaz, Farewells, J.A. Happ, J.D. Davis, Justin Wilson, Manny Sanguillen, Miguel Castro, Pete Alonso, Robert Gsellman, Steve Cohen, Tom Seaver, Tyler Ford, Yankees Friday was, thoroughly unexpectedly, one of the better days in recent Mets history. The Mets beat the Yankees twice in one day, coming from behind both times, and Steve Cohen was left as the last man standing in the competition to purchase of the team, despite repeated Wilpon hissy fits thrown in an effort to […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | D.J. LeMahieu, Dellin Betances, J.D. Davis, Jeurys Familia, Luis Castillo, Robert Gsellman, Steve Bieser, Steve Cohen, Subway Series, Wilpons, Wilson Ramos, Yankees In the bottom of the eighth Saturday night, with the Phillies leading by more runs than were worth counting, the Mets employed an extreme shift against Didi Gregorius that sort of worked and sort of didn’t. It sort of did because third baseman J.D. Davis, stationed in right field, fielded the ground ball Gregorius pushed […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Nola, Didi Gregorius, Dom Smith, J.D. Davis, Jesse Jackson, Keith Hernandez, Philosophical Puzzles, Shifts, Steven Matz Hello from Long Beach Island, which has been our summer getaway every year but one since 2003. We booked this trip back in the spring, reasoning that this part of the Jersey Shore is normally pretty socially distanced anyway and the restaurant scene has never been the draw for us, so perhaps it wouldn’t be […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Drew Smith, J.D. Davis, Jeurys Familia, Jonathan Villar, Justin Wilson, Marlins, Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso, Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo Who were those slick-fielding ballplayers on display in blue and orange Wednesday night, and what have they done with the New York Mets? The Mets’ current incarnation is not heavy on “leather guys,” to use Davey Johnson‘s mildly disparaging phrase — the strategy in recent years has been to limit enemy runs with good, strikeout-heavy starting […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andres Gimenez, Billy Hamilton, Defense, Dom Smith, J.D. Davis, Juan Soto, Luis Guillorme, Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello The Mets finally got to play baseball Friday afternoon, and while no one can say what the next week or even the next day will bring, getting to play baseball was a much-needed respite and relief. It was also a pretty damn good baseball game, one with exactly the right amount of tension — some thrills […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2020 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, Chris Martin, Edwin Diaz, Ender Inciarte, Freddie Freeman, J.D. Davis, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Pandemics, Ronald Acuna Jr., Yoenis Cespedes Somehow even people who aren’t baseball fans know that spring is about renewal. Bare tree branches begin sprouting tender green buds. Flowers and bright shoots of grass poke out of the earth. The sun’s around a little longer and starts to feel a little warmer. Everything feels fragile, but with the promise of heat and […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Cards, Dominic Smith, J.D. Davis, Jacob deGrom, Jed Lowrie, Joe Panik, Marcus Stroman, Michael Wacha, Mrs. Met, Pete Alonso, Rick Porcello, Unforeseen Interruptions |
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