Articles by metstradamus (1419)

New York Mets v Houston Astros

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…

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New York Mets v Houston Astros - Game One

Houston 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″…

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Rockies v Astros

Helping 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….

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New York Mets v Cincinnati Reds

We 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…

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New York Mets v Cincinnati Reds

Get 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…

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New York Mets v New York Yankees

El P****o

When we last left you, Keith Hernandez was wondering what El Peñaco meant in the first game of a doubleheader…

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Was That … Fun?

After blowing a 5-0 lead built on a three run home run by Asdrubal Cabrera and a two run home…

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New York Mets v Washington Nationals

How 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…

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New York Mets v Washington Nationals

La Propenso a Lesiones

I’ve been thinking a lot over the last week or so how nice it is to see Yoenis Cespedes play…

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Quiet, Jon Heyman is Sleuthing

I never know what to make of these reports. Reports say something, and then two weeks later somebody says the…

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Rodney Arrow

An 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….

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Arizona Diamondbacks v New York Mets

Where Future And Past Meet

The future is adding some fragrance to the present. Michael Conforto had two RBI, and Dominic Smith (home run) and…

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Arizona Diamondbacks v New York Mets

No Context

The grand return of Tommy Milone went awry as J.D. Martinez hit a 3-run homer in the first inning to…

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New York Yankees v New York Mets

The Path Of Total Disarray

I wrote this recently:  … the fact that a young pitcher who has as much talent as Steven Matz can…

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Miami Marlins v New York Mets

Jacob, 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…

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Flores HR

Music To My Ears

So we’re waiting on line to get in early to get our Cespedes bobbleheads and we overhear a conversation behind…

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New York Mets v New York Yankees

In Appreciation Of Curtis Granderson

When Curtis Granderson signed with the Mets after playing four seasons with the Yankees, he said that “Mets fans were…

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New York Yankees v New York Mets

I Hear The Voices

I’ve said this once before. General managers, managers, coaches … they get fired after series like this. They didn’t get…

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New York Yankees v New York Mets

Catch 22

It seemed to be impossible to find a moment in 2017 that could top Noah Syndergaard walking off the mound…

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New York Mets v New York Yankees

Attitude

Carrying a losing team on your back must cause fatigue. You saw it in Jacob deGrom on Tuesday, as he…

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New York Mets v New York Yankees

R Train To Hell

I wanted to say that Terry Collins was at fault for using Hansel Robles for a second inning of work….

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New York Mets v Philadelphia Phillies

Yo-Yo

Things went great through four innings in Philadelphia. Steven Matz had a no-hitter going, and Yoenis Cespedes worked out a…

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Neil 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…

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New York Mets v Philadelphia Phillies

Net Positive

7-6 victories over the Phillies mean very little at this point … other than the fact that the Mets currently own…

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World Series X Jeter

Guess 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…

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New York Mets v Philadelphia Phillies

The 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…

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New York Mets v Philadelphia Phillies

Pour 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…

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Texas Rangers v New York Mets

A 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…

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Los Angeles Dodgers v New York Mets

Silly 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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