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Baffling And Yet Predictable
Updated:Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Mets lost to the Dodgers again. By one run, again. J.D….
Read moreA Liberal Definition Of Fun
Updated:Up until the top of the 8th inning on Friday, this game was wash, rinse, repeat for the Mets, only…
Read moreBeating Fans To The Exits
Updated:A good friend of mine asked me during last Friday’s game at Citi Field: “Is there a point during a…
Read moreThe Collapse Continues In Candy Land
Updated:It really is impressive, in a sadistic way, how far the Mets have fallen in August. Entering the month, the…
Read moreDon’t Sing It … Bring It
Updated:So when last we were together, I mentioned that the Mets didn’t need an extreme act of torch burning. To…
Read moreA Quick Mirage
Updated:When Pete Alonso hit a two run triple to tie the game in the top of the 5th, and Dom…
Read moreA Disclaimer Disguised As A Rallying Cry
Updated:It’s tempting to overreact to a 14-4 loss. Remember that there are still 11 games left to go against the…
Read moreA Crisp Loss Is Still A Loss
Updated:Whereas Friday night’s loss was a game that the Mets easily could have won had they hadn’t been so sloppy,…
Read moreThere Are Sac Flies, And There Are Sac Flies
Updated:We had the theater of the obvious, which was Luis Rojas’ righty heavy lineup against Julio Urias. It was the…
Read moreFriends … Ones You Can Depend On
Updated:The Mets did what they had to do. It’s really that simple, yet the Mets have a history of making…
Read moreTwists, Turns, A Win, And More Rain
Updated:I guess Zack Scott’s match lit a fuse. After there were reports that Scott’s talk ruffled some feathers in the…
Read moreDon’t Mind The Dark Clouds, They’re Part Of The Family
The Mets badly needed to come out of the gates firing against the Nationals on Tuesday night after losing three…
Read moreTrust The Process? Or Heed The Results?
Updated:I don’t know what to say about Sunday’s loss except: Thanks a f*cking lot, Jeffy and Brodie. Taijuan Walker gave…
Read moreWritten By The Bots
There was a big kick a few months back where people would ingest book transcripts and song lyrics into bots,…
Read moreWell, It Was Fun While It Lasted
Updated:The sun will rise tomorrow. And when it does, the Mets will be in second place. I can’t believe that…
Read moreIt’s A Disease
Thursday afternoon in Miami will be the point in time where the Mets officially became a caricature of themselves. As…
Read moreMadness And Magic
Updated:The day started with Luis Rojas gathering around and talking to his team “as a family“. Now I know that’s…
Read moreCrossroads
Updated:I had it planned to do a deep dive about Javy Báez’s runs above average against the slider, and comparing…
Read moreJavy Baez Is A Slasher Flick Hero
Updated:We all knew that Javy Báez was the hero we didn’t know we needed. We all hope that Javy Báez…
Read moreDon’t Tell The Mets They Can’t
Updated:You can’t get just three hits in seven innings of Vladimir Gutierrez. You can’t give up five hits to Max…
Read moreFrom History To Hysteria In Six Inches
Updated:Javy Báez’s two run home run in the 6th inning in his first game as a Met had cut the…
Read moreBack In Black … As In Our Black Hearts
I’m not sure if anybody is going to produce a five day special out of this trading deadline, but the…
Read moreA Flop And A River
Updated:With a 6-3 loss to the Braves, the Mets now stare the trade deadline directly in the face. The cards…
Read moreJerad Eickhoff, Time Portals, And Old Aaron Glenn Jerseys
Updated:Forgive me if I’ve made this comparison before, but I’m reminded again of my brother’s Aaron Glenn jersey, which he…
Read moreCan You Split a Championship Belt Six Ways?
Updated:You can thank the bullpen for that huge win in Game 2 of the doubleheader against the Braves.With the next…
Read moreA New Bane Of My Existence
Updated:The Braves finally DFA the other bane of my existence, Ender Inciarte, and now I gotta deal with Kyle Muller…
Read moreSquirrels Eat Blue Jays, Don’t They?
Updated:The Mets, after losing two out of three to the Pirates, have now taken four out of six from two…
Read moreA Blowout Even After The Exchange Rate
Updated:Saturday’s 10-3 loss to Toronto is really easy to sum up: If Gary DiSarcina holds up Brandon Nimmo with two…
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