Marcus Stroman, intermittent instigator of excitement, monitored a Wednesday afternoon nap in Cincinnati as if moonlighting as a day camp counselor for the six-and-under set. He authoritatively lulled the Reds’ offense to sleep and relaxed Mets fans no end with eight innings of shutout ball. Marcus plunked leadoff hitter Jonathan India to begin the game, […]
 
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 13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1982 Mets, Decorum, Dom Smith, Dusty Baker, Emotion, Jonathan Villar, Luis Guillorme, Marcus Stroman, Media, One-Hitters, Terry Leach There are games you’re clearly fated to win, ones you’re pretty much guaranteed to lose, and ones where the outcome teeters and totters between joy and horror while your heart tries to keep pace. And then there are games like Monday night’s in Cincinnati — ones where the sheer insanity of everything gobbles up logic […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Banda, Dave Jauss, Dom Smith, Edwin Diaz, Errors, James McCann, Jeff McNeil, Jerad Eickhoff, Jesse Winker, Joey Votto, Kevin Pillar, Luis Guillorme, Mac Scarce, Pete Alonso, Reds, Seth Lugo, Trevor May, Unlikely Events Give this much to the Mets during their current run of troubles: They’re finding new ways to lose. But then that’s appropriate for the ballpark they were trapped in Thursday night: White Flight Stadium (or whatever the Braves are calling their shameful taxpayer-extorted shrine to suburbia these days) may not quite be the house of horrors […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Riley, Braves, Braves Who Are Pains in the Ass, Dom Smith, Ehire Adrianza, Ender Inciarte, Freddie Freeman, Guillermo Heredia, Jacob deGrom, Luis Guillorme, Ronald Acuna Jr., Seth Lugo, Walkoff Losses For my birthday I went back to Citi Field, and that was wonderful, even with zip-tied seats for social distancing and vaccination checks and mandatory masks. Last week I went to my second game and it was even nicer, because those three things were gone and the only strange note was how normal all the […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy McKinney, Brett Baty, Brooklyn Cyclones, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Hector Neris, Jacob deGrom, Jersey Shore Blueclaws, Kevin Pillar, Lowell Spinners, Luis Guillorme, Luke Williams, Michael Conforto, Pandemics, Phillies, Rhys Hoskins, Ronny Mauricio, Travis Blankenhorn Perhaps you’ve heard or at least heard of the classic Jack Benny bit in which the comic entertainer who cultivated a notorious tightwad persona is held up at gunpoint. The robber makes clear he wants Benny’s wallet, and he wants it now. “Your money or your life.” There’s a pause. The pause extends. The pause simply will not end. The […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Nola, Carvel, Cosmic Bargaining, Dan Aykroyd, David Peterson, Dom Smith, Doubleheaders, Francisco Lindor, Jack Benny, Luis Guillorme, Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso, Records, Seth Lugo, Strikeouts, Taijuan Walker, Tom Seaver One of the many fun things so far about 2021 is the Mets winning games that in a lot of previous years you’d expect them to lose. On Tuesday night I was nervous after the Mets took a 3-2 lead and stubbornly refused to extend that to a safe distance, because I was all too aware […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cubs, Defense, Dom Smith, Eric Sogard, Jake Marisnick, James McCann, Javier Baez, Jonathan Villar, Kevin Pillar, Luis Guillorme, Seth Lugo, Taijuan Walker, Willie Harris The Mets, undermanned and improvised though they are, beat the big bad San Diego Padres yet again Saturday afternoon, taking the season series from a fellow playoff team and getting their 33 games in 31 days stretch off to a positive start. It was what baseball should be — fun! It was fun watching Marcus Stroman […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Defense, Fernando Tatis Jr., Francisco Lindor, Jonathan Villar, Luis Guillorme, Marcus Stroman, Padres 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 […] 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 So Seth Lugo faced the Phillies last week and let’s just say it didn’t go well. Lugo got strafed. He started out the game fanning Andrew McCutchen, but then gave up back-to-back-to-back homers, also yielding a triple and a run-scoring single in the inning while fanning two more. Can you strike out the side and have […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blake Snell, Guillermo Heredia, Luis Guillorme, Pete Alonso, Robinson Cano, Seth Lugo, Todd Frazier The Phillies played the first half of Friday night’s game like they were recreating a Benny Hill skit. The Mets once again showed resilience, losing a lead and promptly regaining it on back-to-back homers. Luis Guillorme continued to reward the Mets for finally giving him playing time. Walker Lockett — summoned when Jacob deGrom was […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy Hamilton, Bryce Harper, Frustration, J.T. Realmuto, Luis Guillorme, Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Ramon Quinn, Seth Lugo, Walker Lockett, Wilson Ramos |
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