True confession time: Your recapper earns no accolades for being an attentive student of the game Wednesday night, dozing off before the conclusion of Game 1 (“Did they lose?” I asked Emily when roused) and remaining groggy and befuddled for a good chunk of Game 2. Just as well, since I figure we don’t particularly […]
 
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 11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Ali Sanchez, Cardinals, Doubleheaders, Ghosts, Jonathan Villar, Jordan Yamamoto, Kevin Pillar, Marcus Stroman, Patrick Mazeika, Paul DeJong, Tomas Nido If you’d like some good news from Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the Cardinals, there’s this: Somehow, we’ve reached a juncture where the idea that Jason Vargas might be absent from duty is a cause for concern instead of mild relief. That sounds like a dig but isn’t — Vargas has been genuinely good of late, a […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brooks Pounders, Chris Flexen, Jason Vargas, Paul DeJong, Wilmer Font I put off writing the recap of Friday night’s Mets baseball — the completion of Thursday’s suspended game and Friday’s regularly scheduled contest with the Cardinals — in hopes that a night’s sleep would take the sting out of it. Oh ha ha ha ha ha. Nope, in the clear light of morning it hurts just as […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brodie Van Wagenen, Bullpen, Edwin Diaz, Jeurys Familia, Paul DeJong, Pitchers Hitting, Vexing Losses The Mets don’t actually travel the earth with a black cloud over their heads, but it sure does seem that way sometimes. From Zack Wheeler to Hansel Robles to Yoenis Cespedes, Monday night’s game was one stomach punch after the other, almost as if baseball was trying to point out the folly of continuing to subject ourselves […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Hansel Robles, Michael Conforto, Paul DeJong, Yoenis Cespedes, Zack Wheeler Last games before All-Star breaks are an intriguing subgenre. I can clearly remember the Mets going out on high notes that were microcosms of the momentum they rode as first halves closed. You don’t want the pause in the schedule, you don’t want the bats put away, you can’t wait to get back to baseball […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | All-Star Breaks, Amed Rosario, Energy, Hype, Patience, Paul DeJong, Prospects, Slight Delusions of Contention, Steven Matz, Tired Blood |
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