Blue Jays came a-courtin’ Monday night. They know how to woo the Mets on the Mets’ home turf, especially as the hour grows late. As they had on nine previous Shea-based occasions, they brought a ripe opportunity for the Mets to win. The Mets graciously accepted what the Jays presented them and said “thank you […]
 
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 20 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Barry Bonnell, Brett Cecil, Danny Valencia, Lucas Duda, Mark Buehrle, Michael Cuddyer, Noah Syndergaard, Ruben Tejada, Wilmer Flores It seemed like a good idea. With our kid headed off to California with grandparents, I asked Emily if she wanted to go to the Mets game. Noah Syndergaard was pitching, and tickets were 66% off. She thought it was a capital idea. We snagged two seats in the front row of the Left Field landing, […] 32 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Heston, Citi Field, Giants, No-Hitters, Noah Syndergaard, Rob Drake, Wilpons The good news: Nobody had to mention walking to describe Noah Syndergaard’s problems in San Diego Wednesday. The less good news: David Wright had to mention walking to describe his own problems before the same game that quickly became the worst of Syndergaard’s career. “Syndergaard’s career” is, to date, a five-start proposition, so except for denying us […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Benny Bell, Carlos Delgado, David Wright, Goodfellas, Injuries, Noah Syndergaard, Octavio Dotel, The Sopranos, Youth I first laid eyes on Noah Syndergaard in July 2013, when he pitched for the USA in the All-Star Futures Game at Citi Field. (His opponent: Rafael Montero.) The Futures Game was lightly attended, and I wound up sitting with my pal Will in the luxe seats, the ones with padding where people will bring […] 29 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlton Willey, Dwight Gooden, George Stone, Mike Hampton, Noah Syndergaard, Pitchers Hitting, Sean O'Sullivan, Tom Seaver, Walt Terrell The Mets played a lame, losing game in Pittsburgh Friday night. I won’t argue the point or by any means embrace the result. But I truly enjoyed watching young, strong Noah Syndergaard throw baseballs past as many Pirates as he could. And if I didn’t enjoy watching young, strong Gerrit Cole throw baseballs past as […] Jon Niese has a suspect shoulder that demands periodic trips to the 15-day DL, and a mental approach to his craft that calls for the 80-year DL. He begins a game with a plan, and was born with the talent to execute it. But he’s incapable of adjusting if anything goes wrong, whether it’s his location or which pitches […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, Darrell Ceciliani, Jonathon Niese, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz They didn’t much hype The First Home Start In The New York Mets Career Of Noah Syndergaard, did they? Just as well. When they hype that sort of thing, it seems to implode. They hyped Matt Harvey’s Citi Field debut in 2012 and it was one of the worst outings he’s ever thrown. They hyped […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Darin, Carlos Gomez, Citi Field, Myths, New York, Noah Syndergaard “It was a start. I believe in starts. Once you have the start, the rest is inevitable.” Presumably somebody somewhere waited breathlessly for Bob Moorhead to make his major league debut, but it seems safe to say he didn’t carry quite the cachet to his impending initiation that Noah Syndergaard did […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Bob Moorhead, Met Debuts, Noah Syndergaard, Team History, The Commitments “I hit behind Yogi in one ballgame […] somebody threw him a fastball up in his eyes and Yogi banged it up the middle for a single and I was sitting there on deck going, ‘This is not a game for which I’m familiar…good god.’ To bat behind Yogi Berra, that was awesome.” It wasn’t […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1965 Mets, Al Jackson, An Appreciation, Jim Bethke, Johnny Monell, Mets Catchers, Noah Syndergaard, Team History, Yogi Berra When you’re sending your ace of aces out to face the dregs of the dregs, you can’t help but have high hopes…high in the sky apple pie hopes. In this corner, we had the undefeated Matt Harvey, author of the best day (sometimes two days) of every week. In the other corner, there sat the […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1776, 2002 Mets, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, Dillon Gee, Freddie Galvis, Hansel Robles, Injuries, Jonathan Papelbon, Matt Harvey, Mets Fan Instinct, Monty Python, Noah Syndergaard, Phillies, Ryan Howard |
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