In my non-baseball life, I am fairly obsessed with soccer. But I couldn’t help thinking of the Mets while reading an article, Just The Ticket, in the August 2011 issue of the English import soccer magazine When Saturday Comes. Hartlepool United, a League One club (third tier in the English… Read More →
“The foursome of [Zack] Wheeler, the pitching prospect acquired in the Carlos Beltran trade, [Jeurys] Familia, [Matt] Harvey, and Jenrry Mejia, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, form a nice future nucleus. Throw in Dillon Gee and Jon Niese, perhaps even Mike Pelfrey, and the Mets should have the… Read More →
Tonight’s game has been postponed due to, well, look up and you’ll see. No makeup date yet, though the Marlins return from August 29-September 1, so figure that one will now be the rare five-game series. All four are 7:10 starts, so brace yourselves for a possible single-admission doubleheader. I… Read More →
Turner’s errant throw Keeps the Mets from gaining ground K-Rod: Sorely missed
Well, the Mets suffered a second consecutive loss under vaguely excruciating circumstances last night. It isn’t easy to immediately follow the restoration of hope a two-out, ninth-inning home run provides with a defeat brought about by bullpen collapse. But what many people took from last night’s game was yet another… Read More →
Big Pelf is solid Duda’s blast gives Mets new life Stanton crushes dreams