Articles by metstradamus (1423)
Small Encouragement Through The Windstorm
Updated:Waiting for the dust to settle on a tough season can be brutal … especially on a day like today…
Read moreRing The Bell That Tolls For Thee
Updated:The Mets were eliminated from playoff contention on Friday. Perhaps you could say that the Mets were eliminated from playoff…
Read moreThe End Justified That Baseball Is Mean
In the top of the 9th inning, Pete Alonso faced Jose Alvarado as the go ahead run with the Phillies…
Read moreThe Ballad Of D.J. Stewart’s Ice Pack
Updated:There were more outstanding performances for the Mets tonight in their 8-3 victory over the Marlins tonight than there were…
Read moreIf Trevor Gott Loses A Game In A Forest And Nobody Sees It …
Updated:This game would have really bothered me had it meant something. The Marlins started this game by whining at every…
Read moreThe Long Game
I’ve been waiting 15 years for a chance to knock the Marlins out of the playoffs. Seven games in the…
Read moreBig Dummy Misses Big Sexy
I was really excited about coming home and watching the Reds/Mets game on my DVR, and bringing you my irrepressible…
Read morePitches Were Made, Lessons Were Learned
I’m really just paying attention to Ronny Mauricio at this point. So let’s get this out of the way: Chaosball…
Read more9/16/23 Game Preview: Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets
The Mets continue to play because the schedule says so, and tonight they will face the Reds in the middle…
Read moreSteers, But No Trumpets
After the trade deadline, the Mets started to take on a new personality. It was inevitable, with the structure of…
Read morePro Tips On Seating And Food (And Kodai Senga On The Side)
Pro tip for you sweeties out there: If you ever find yourself at a 4:00 start, don’t sit in section…
Read moreThem’s The Rules
I’m going to put this out there with the NL Wild Card race tightening up tonight with all the teams…
Read moreHail To The Chief
Updated:It was the worst kept secret in baseball for about a season and a half. Now it looks like it’s…
Read moreTrevor Gott and Drew Smith Walk Into A Bar
Updated:Jose Quintana pitched very well, but the bullpen … stop me if you heard this before. The Mets had a…
Read moreJaxed Up, Despite What Ya Heard
Let me roll you through Pablo Lopez’s career starts against the Mets before Sunday: 2018: 2 runs in 6 innings…
Read moreCan Rick Peterson Fix Drew Smith? I’ll Even Give Him 20 Minutes!
At least David Peterson looked halfway decent today. I mean, he gave up a 2-0 lead by giving up two…
Read moreLearning In The Minnesota
A huge mark of good pitchers is what they do when they don’t have their good stuff. The start that…
Read moreWe Paid Chris Flexen For That
Jose Butto deserved better than that nonsense. Butto, the latest entrant in the “wheel of starting pitching doom” pitched very…
Read moreA Baby Cycle
Updated:Brandon Nimmo hit two home runs, Pete Alonso hit a rocket, and Francisco Lindor went deep to help provide Jose…
Read moreThe Mets Stop The Unstoppable (Or At Least Slightly Annoy The Unstoppable)
The Mariners had lost one series since July 17th. Somehow, our rag tag group of also rans became the second…
Read moreDaniel Dearest
I know I’ve talked before about a loss being “The Quintessential 2023 Mets Loss” which, if you remember, was the…
Read moreJust Like Ronny Sang
Updated:It might be too little, too late. But at least the Mets are giving us a lreason to be curious…
Read moreDisasters, Naturally
It’s too bad that D.J. Stewart hasn’t been around all season. First off, because he is turning out to be…
Read moreWe All Deserve A Nice Cool Drink
Of the seven home runs that Drew Smith has given up this season, four came in tie games, one came…
Read moreGet Gott A Tribute
Updated:It was a shame to see a good Tylor Megill start wasted, but in this age where the games only…
Read morePutting Lipstick On A Cookie
It really is sad seeing what is happening to Carlos Carrasco. Cookie gave up five runs in an inning and…
Read more8/26/23 Game Preview: Los Angeles Angels at New York Mets
The Mets will try to bounce back against Shohei Ohtani and the Angels tonight at Citi Field. They will also…
Read moreThat Noise You Heard Was A New Tenant In The Basement
Last place. The Mets 3-1 loss to the Angels tonight combined with the Nationals’ victory over the Marlins have given…
Read moreWell I’m Glad That’s Over
Updated:Those are the Mets we’ve come to know and be depressed about. Charlie Morton was just brilliant. He struck out…
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