News and Views: Opportunity Knocks, But Not Every Met Answers the Door
Mike: So Jimmy, the winner of the fifth starter job is. . . .to be determined. Basically, the Mets paid Matsuzaka $100,000 to hang around a few more days in Port St. Lucie while they wait out Jon...
View ArticleThe Big List of 45 Predictions, Including Won-Loss for 2014
Mike: Well, look at that, Opening Day beckons, our second as bloggers. As we did last year, we have looked into our respective crystal balls and offer our faithful readers our Big List of Predictions....
View ArticleNo Need To Panic
I woke up yesterday, looked out my back window, and snapped the photo above. That didn’t look like Opening Day weather to me, and I live 20 minutes from Citi Field. But it was a false alarm, a speed...
View ArticleLosing Is One Thing, Not Trying Is Another
There were some good things and bad things again during the season’s first homestand. Some positive surprises, so far so good, Jose Valverde. Negative surprises too, goodbye and good luck Bobby...
View ArticleTop 13 Things We’ve Learned So Far About the 2014 New York Mets
Jimmy & Mike: * Oh, maybe now Terry Collins will start to realize why it only took Colin McHugh to get Eric Young. * The first base position will never, ever be resolved by a...
View Article2 Guys Talking: Sandy Finds a Keeper in Anthony Recker
Jimmy: Anthony Recker really impressed me on Saturday night, and I’m not talking about the 13th-inning, game-winning homer. It was his post-game comments about Jose Velverde’s blown save. Said Recker:...
View ArticleBaseball 101: Fans Just Wanna Have Fun
Have you ever gone to a Broadway play? It requires some effort. In my case, living upstate, it’s not quite the invasion of Normandy, but there are a lot of details. If we bring the kids, that’s four...
View ArticleClosing Time With the Mets: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Mike: After Jose Valverde’s latest implosion this weekend he was removed from his tenuous hold on the Mets closer’s job. Kyle Farnsworth has been named the current closer. Farnsworth, remember, was...
View ArticleThe Mets Are a Franchise Heading Nowhere, Full Steam Ahead
Dave Hudgens, former hitting coach. “I am not a hitting coach” – Sandy Alderson, after firing Dave Hudgens As I mentioned yesterday, I went to the game, and sadly the game was just one more example of...
View Article2 Guys Talking: The Mets Bullpen No Longer Scares Us
Mike: Stress is a terrible thing. It can really wear you down. When it came to watching the Mets early in the year I had two major stress points. One was the Mets horrific bullpen, the other was the...
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