Articles by metstradamus (1419)
Say Hey To The Old Timers And The Young At Heart
Updated:The first thing I noticed when SNY commenced their coverage of Old-Timers Day was the effusive praise heaped upon owner…
Read moreControl Without The Cruise
I tend to bury the lede sometimes. The lede tonight should probably be Jacob deGrom going into the 5th inning…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreAt 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…
Read moreBye Philliecia!
Updated:During Sunday’s rain delay of about 45 minutes, SNY was showing “Amazin Finishes” from 2010. I got to thinking a…
Read moreBailey 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…
Read moreThe Trevor Hershiser Ballet
In the bottom of the 4th inning with the score tied at bagels, the Mets found themselves in a very…
Read more8/20/2022 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…
Read moreMola Ram Approved
One thing the Mets have accomplished this season is that they have completely ripped Aaron Nola’s heart out of his…
Read moreYou 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…
Read moreFriedrich 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…
Read moreIf 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…
Read moreI’ve Seen Rain, And I’ve Seen A Dumpster Fire
Updated:Usually there isn’t a whole lot to say about a 13-1 beating. But one has to wonder what the thinking…
Read moreDomination With A Side Of Apprehension
Updated:I said a lot of nice words about the Phillies yesterday. I might need to take them all back. It…
Read moreBeauty 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…
Read moreYou Oughta Know
The Mets finished off their sweep of the Reds with a very relaxing 10-2 victory. Francisco Lindor tied the Mets’…
Read moreBuck 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…
Read moreRelease The Hounds
I’m sure there’s an alternate universe where, on August 8th, 2022 the year of our Lord, Justin Dunn pitched at…
Read moreWhat 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…
Read morePete, 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…
Read more8/6/22 Game Preview: Atlanta Braves At New York Mets … Supersized Doubleheader Edition
Updated:After last night’s 9-6 Mets loss, the Mets and Braves have now split the first two games of their five…
Read moreA Bad Start And A Bad Decision
Updated:It’s impossible to tell how much of the bad start that Taijuan Walker had was due to ineffectiveness, how much…
Read moreBuck 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…
Read moreMets 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…
Read moreNo 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…
Read moreResidue Of The Revenge
The game started out with rare vapor locks by the Mets defensively. Of course they came after I praised them…
Read moreSunday Fish Fry
Updated:The Mets had 12 hits against Pablo Lopez before he got eight outs. That should tell you all you need…
Read moreJosh Willingham Ain’t Walkin’ Through That Door …
Updated:… and neither are the Houston Astros, which was a huge relief to Mets fans who have seen Marlins walkoffs…
Read moreBroken 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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