I don’t consider myself particularly prescient, but I did have three recent thoughts that perhaps indicate I have a knack for sniffing out certain strands of Met debacle before they unspool.
1) “Miller Park is a stealth Mets disaster zone,” […]
 
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One out, two on, T.J. up, A’s lead… Lucas […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A's, Addison Reed, Bob Melvin, Hansel Robles, Jerry Blevins, Joe Piscopo, Michael Conforto, Ryon Healy, Steven Matz, T.J. Rivera, Topical References from 1982, Yoenis Cespedes In case you didn’t stay up Thursday night, the Mets stayed down again in Los Angeles. They lost all four games they played there this week. They lost in such numbing fashion that when they appeared on the verge of losing in a fairly professional manner, it felt like victory. Then the professionalism seeped away […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cody Bellinger, Dale Murray, George Bamberger, Jerry Blevins, Justin Turner, Paul Sewald, Pedro Baez, Steven Matz, Terry Collins Gladys Knight wasn’t wrong when she concluded, over radios everywhere as 1973 became 1974, that she really had to use her imagination to keep on keepin’ on. Yet her compadres the Pips couldn’t have been more right when they offered her this message of positive reinforcement: You’re too strong not to keep on keepin’ on. If you’ve […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Addison Reed, Comebacks, Cubs, Curtis Granderson, Gerry Goffin, Gladys Knight, Injuries, Jerry Blevins, Jose Reyes, Josh Smoker, Juan Lagares, Kyle Schwarber, Lucas Duda, Matt Harvey, Neil Walker, Paul Sewald, Pinch-Hitting, Pitchers Hitting, Rafael Montero, Steven Matz, The Pips My preferences have little impact on determining the outcome of baseball games I sit down to watch, or maybe you’ve noticed the unbroken winning streak the Mets haven’t been on for the past five decades. Nevertheless, I decided I was going to be reasonably content with a Mets loss Wednesday night provided Zack Wheeler and […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1974 Mets, Curtis Granderson, Elvis Andrus, Jay Bruce, Jerry Blevins, Jose Reyes, Matt Reynolds, Pitcher Wins, Rangers, Yu Darvish, Zack Wheeler You so knew this was coming, you could’ve baked a cake. The Mets were leading, but they could’ve been leading by more. Five batters in, you realized the Mets were bracing you for what lied ahead three-plus hours later. With two out in the top of the first, Jay Bruce homered. Mets up, 1-0. Great. […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew McCutchen, Cake, Gerrit Cole, Jay Bruce, Jerry Blevins, John Jaso, Juan Lagares, Lucas Duda, Neil Ramirez, Pirates, PNC Park, Travis d'Arnaud, Tyler Pill, Zack Wheeler The story is possibly apocryphal, but it’s worth retelling. On a Friday night in 2017, the phone rang in the office of a New York-area baseball blog. The caller had a question: “How many runs did the Mets give up today?” The person working the desk reported, “None.” The caller had a followup: “Did they win?” Yes, […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1964 Mets, Addison Reed, Andrelton Simmons, Angels, Ben Revere, Cameron Maybin, Damn Yankees, Danny Espinosa, Internal Affairs, Jacob deGrom, Jerry Blevins, Jimmy Breslin, Joan Payson, Jose Reyes, Losing Streaks, Michael Conforto, Mike Scioscia, Mike Trout, Paul Sewald, Rene Rivera, Ricky Nolasco, The Americans, The Waltons, The West Wing, Welcome Back Kotter People go to the movies and yammer. They go to the symphony and fail to silence their phones. They go to museums to take selfies and be dumb. There’s no art form created by humanity that can’t be ruined by the presence of humans. Why should baseball be any different? The always-dizzying Mets have had quite the run of […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Buster Posey, Jacob deGrom, Jerry Blevins, Matt Harvey, Neil Walker, Stupid Bullshit A few weeks ago I came across an article previewing brand spanking new SunTrust Park. It said that Braves fans were certain to enjoy some fantastic feature or another, which caused me to chuckle internally, because nobody really has an inkling of what a ballpark is going to turn into until experience replaces expectation. After […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Rendon, Braves, Jerry Blevins, Jose Reyes, Julio Teheran, Kevin Plawecki, Leadoff Home Runs, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard, Position Players Pitching, Relief Pitchers Hitting, Sean Gilmartin, SunTrust Park, Team History, Unknowables, Weathervane Rooting |
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