Articles by metstradamus (1419)
Sign Of Life And Shades Of Death
The Astros mercifully ended the Mets stay in Houston by completing their sweep with an 8-6 victory on Sunday. But…
Read moreHouston Heals, Harvey Battered, Flores Fried
Baseball always does its best to heal. The healing, though nowhere near finished in Houston, started today. [protected-iframe id=”15edd118560d4cbb1c5b2f134e774fd6-114320562-13745575″ info=”https://www.mlb.com/video/share/hinch-addresses-crowd/c-1800631383?tid=6479266″…
Read moreHelping Out On a Day Without Baseball
Major League Baseball usually features a full slate of baseball on summer Fridays. Today, there will be two teams missing….
Read moreWe Interrupt This Tank Job To Give You … Rafael Montero?
I don’t know why I tweeted this before the game: Remember not to jinx Rafael Montero's no hitter. — Metstradamus…
Read moreGet Shady For Brady
The Mets are pulling off a tank job so good you’d think Andrew Luck was in the draft. And they’re…
Read moreWas That … Fun?
After blowing a 5-0 lead built on a three run home run by Asdrubal Cabrera and a two run home…
Read moreHow Many More Of These Do We Have To Watch?
Augusts and Septembers of long seasons are for evaluating who should come back and who should be jettisoned to the…
Read moreLa Propenso a Lesiones
I’ve been thinking a lot over the last week or so how nice it is to see Yoenis Cespedes play…
Read moreQuiet, Jon Heyman is Sleuthing
I never know what to make of these reports. Reports say something, and then two weeks later somebody says the…
Read moreAn Arrow Through Our Hearts
The beauty of baseball is that you can go to thousands of games and see something you’ve never seen before….
Read moreWhere Future And Past Meet
The future is adding some fragrance to the present. Michael Conforto had two RBI, and Dominic Smith (home run) and…
Read moreNo Context
The grand return of Tommy Milone went awry as J.D. Martinez hit a 3-run homer in the first inning to…
Read moreThe Path Of Total Disarray
I wrote this recently: … the fact that a young pitcher who has as much talent as Steven Matz can…
Read moreJacob, Jacob, He’s Our Man! If He Can’t Win On A Sunday We’re All Doomed To Hell!
Giancarlo Stanton had that look in his eye. He probably always has that look in his eye, but I noticed…
Read moreMusic To My Ears
So we’re waiting on line to get in early to get our Cespedes bobbleheads and we overhear a conversation behind…
Read moreIn Appreciation Of Curtis Granderson
When Curtis Granderson signed with the Mets after playing four seasons with the Yankees, he said that “Mets fans were…
Read moreI Hear The Voices
I’ve said this once before. General managers, managers, coaches … they get fired after series like this. They didn’t get…
Read moreR Train To Hell
I wanted to say that Terry Collins was at fault for using Hansel Robles for a second inning of work….
Read moreNeil Walker Latest to Depart, Will Find Spark In Beer Town
Lucas Duda and Addison Reed were one thing. But with Jay Bruce going to Cleveland for a song, it signaled…
Read moreNet Positive
7-6 victories over the Phillies mean very little at this point … other than the fact that the Mets currently own…
Read moreGuess Who’s Back In The Division!
The Miami #Marlins have finally been sold, to Derek Jeter's group, according to @clarkspencer, for $1.2 billion — Bob Nightengale…
Read moreThe Pitcher Is Strong, The Pettiness Is Stronger
So if that extra $3.7 million went to lock up Jacob deGrom so that he can continue his streak of…
Read morePour One Out For Jay, And Our Sanity
You never know where a night without baseball is going to take you. I expected to sit down to talk…
Read moreA Refreshing Revision
Not only did the Mets win a ballgame on Tuesday, but they defeated the Rangers 5-4. It was the first Rangers 5-4…
Read moreSilly Season
Here’s how much I now expect big losses to the Dodgers: Sunday night’s loss didn’t even get me mad. Justin…
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