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Willie Mays 24 Retired

Say Hey To The Old Timers And The Young At Heart

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The first thing I noticed when SNY commenced their coverage of Old-Timers Day was the effusive praise heaped upon owner…

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Alonso Marte Arm Bash 2

Control Without The Cruise

I tend to bury the lede sometimes. The lede tonight should probably be Jacob deGrom going into the 5th inning…

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Alonso bat break

The Ballad Of Frankei Igawa Gray Whitson Pavano Irabu de Vazquez Montas

At first glance, the season series between the Mets and Yankees was no harm no foul, as both teams won…

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Max Scherzer Confused

At Least The Yankee Stadium Press Room Table Is Safe

Max Scherzer had a weird night. He went back and forth from being brilliant and getting eight pitch innings to…

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Canha To The Heavens

Bye Philliecia!

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During Sunday’s rain delay of about 45 minutes, SNY was showing “Amazin Finishes” from 2010. I got to thinking a…

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Bailey Falter

Bailey Falter Lies Not In Our Stars, But In Ourselves

You could feel the worm turn on Saturday night when Jeff McNeil was up with the bases loaded and two…

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Michael Perez Tag

The Trevor Hershiser Ballet

In the bottom of the 4th inning with the score tied at bagels, the Mets found themselves in a very…

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Keith Hernandez Approved

8/20/2022 Game Preview: New York Mets At Philadelphia Phillies (The Keith Hernandez Approved Doubleheader Edition)

After another series opening win that put the Mets at 29-9 in such contests this season, the Mets will try…

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Alonso Marte Arm Bash

Mola Ram Approved

One thing the Mets have accomplished this season is that they have completely ripped Aaron Nola’s heart out of his…

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Lindor Baserunning

You Make Your Own Luck

We’ve been waiting for Jacob deGrom to be a little less than superhuman. It sucks that even a slight drop…

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Brett Baty

Friedrich Nietzsche Never Watched A Mets Game

“What does not kill you makes you stronger.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich is going to have to come back to life…

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Taijuan Walker Injury

If Only The Real Aquaman Could Save Us (Oh Wait, We Have Max Scherzer)

The last thing the Mets needed at this moment in time was a third straight day with an injury to…

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Carrasco Grabs Side

I’ve Seen Rain, And I’ve Seen A Dumpster Fire

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Usually there isn’t a whole lot to say about a 13-1 beating. But one has to wonder what the thinking…

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Vogelbach Alonso Handshake

Domination With A Side Of Apprehension

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I said a lot of nice words about the Phillies yesterday. I might need to take them all back. It…

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deGrom strikeout

Beauty And The Beasts

There’s something inherently beautiful about a 1-0 pitchers’ duel. For the one we saw tonight, it was beautiful for both…

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Canha Primal Scream

You Oughta Know

The Mets finished off their sweep of the Reds with a very relaxing 10-2 victory. Francisco Lindor tied the Mets’…

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Buck Showalter Red

Buck Is Red, Bruises Are Blue, The Mets Won Again, But the Braves Did Too

The Mets threatened to make Tuesday’s victory a rocking chair win, entering the 7th inning with a 4-0 lead on…

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Bassitt Strikeout

Release The Hounds

I’m sure there’s an alternate universe where, on August 8th, 2022 the year of our Lord, Justin Dunn pitched at…

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deGrom walks off mound

What Do They Have To Say Now?

I’m not here to say I told you so, necessarily. Because nobody could have expected Jacob deGrom, in his second…

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Alonso Celebration

Pete, Max, And Greasing The Replay Folks Since 2008

By no means did everything go right, even though it sure as hell seemed that way after the Mets swept…

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MLB: Chicago Cubs at New York Mets

8/6/22 Game Preview: Atlanta Braves At New York Mets … Supersized Doubleheader Edition

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After last night’s 9-6 Mets loss, the Mets and Braves have now split the first two games of their five…

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Guillorme Out at Plate

A Bad Start And A Bad Decision

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It’s impossible to tell how much of the bad start that Taijuan Walker had was due to ineffectiveness, how much…

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Taijuan Walker Surprised

Buck Picked Six And Hit The Jackpot

The only thing keeping Thursday’s game from feeling like a true playoff game was the 7 train having issues getting…

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Vogelbach Alonso

Mets Win 9-5 (But Billy Eppler Lost 5-4 Apparently)

Wednesday’s 9-5 victory was a laugher in more than one way. It was a laugher when it was 9-0. Pete…

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deGrom return

No Big Deal, But A Big Deal

It was like Jacob deGrom had never left. Electric stuff and no run support. But he did leave. He left…

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Lindor Look To The Heavens

Residue Of The Revenge

The game started out with rare vapor locks by the Mets defensively. Of course they came after I praised them…

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Canha Smile

Sunday Fish Fry

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The Mets had 12 hits against Pablo Lopez before he got eight outs. That should tell you all you need…

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Carlos Carrasco Ovation

Josh Willingham Ain’t Walkin’ Through That Door …

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… and neither are the Houston Astros, which was a huge relief to Mets fans who have seen Marlins walkoffs…

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Canha Crazy

Broken Record

Chris Bassitt was a victim of some well placed contact in the first inning of Friday’s game against the Marlins,…

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