Tag: Dom Smith
At Least Wil Myers Touched Second Base … Eventually
Tuesday’s game, probably more than any game so far this season, shows the gulf between 2022 and 2023. That’s not…
Read more »A Rare Feat
Updated:When it was 2-1 Nationals in the 7th inning, it felt like it was 9-1. Part of it was the…
Read more »My N.L. East Predictions That You Won’t Like
Updated:So we did a roundtable on the new KinersKorner.com where we all went through our predictions for the N.L. East…
Read more »The Path To Glory Is Paved In High Fastballs And Lower Back Tightness
Updated:Today might have been a pivotal day for the 2022 Mets. And I state that not to overstate it. The…
Read more »Double Nickel
Updated:The Nationals have become the Bill Dixon of Major League Baseball. They show up, they cut bad promos, and they…
Read more »Mad Rationalizing
It had started well. The Mets brought a little bit of everything to the bottom of the 5th inning. An…
Read more »No Rewrites Here
Updated:Well finally the Mets get to play baseball. But all momentum from Thursday night’s scintillating victory has apparently vanished over…
Read more »Take That With You
Updated:The game was over. Chasen Shreve and Adonis Media were mopping up for Taijuan Walker, who hadn’t had the best…
Read more »Don’t Give Up, Keep Runnin’, Keep Hidin’ …
Memories of last season’s five game series against the Braves have been prominent in a lot of people’s minds after…
Read more »The Rivalry Is Alive And Well
Well ESPN certainly got its money’s worth tonight. They got Max Scherzer stomping around like a bull for the first…
Read more »Was There A Clock Involved?
Updated:There were two outs in the top of the 9th. Max Scherzer and Miles Mikolos had just tidied up a…
Read more »The One Where Wilmer Flores Beats Us With His Defense
We couldn’t have expected Chris Bassitt to go through an entire season without giving up a run. (I mean, Jerry…
Read more »Requesting A Larger Measuring Stick
After building up a 6-3 record against the likes of the Nationals, Diamondbacks, and Phillies (settle down, Philly … you’re…
Read more »The Charm Of Baseball
The bottom of the 6th inning was so enthralling and fascinating that it probably would have bored the hell out…
Read more »4/16/22 Game Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks At New York Mets
So we’re a week into the season and the Mets are 6-2. They look to continue their hot start with…
Read more »The Final Hurrah?
The conversations I’ve been having with my Mets fan friends have revolved around the same general theme: Who stays and…
Read more »Definite Joel Piñeiro Vibes
Updated:At about 11:30 this morning I got an e-mail titled “We Want You Back”. Yup, a Mets season ticket representative…
Read more »The Signs Are There If You Look Closely
Updated:Once again, the Mets did what they had to do, beating the Marlins 4-3, sweeping the series, and continuing for…
Read more »The Olive Branch
Updated:There were eight innings of frustration during a game that actually started on April 11th. Taijuan Walker gave up three…
Read more »Amazing In Their Monotony
Usually when a Mets team goes south for the summer, it’s a team effort. Mets teams have been no.torious for…
Read more »Don’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 more »Written By The Bots
There was a big kick a few months back where people would ingest book transcripts and song lyrics into bots,…
Read more »Well, 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 more »It’s A Disease
Thursday afternoon in Miami will be the point in time where the Mets officially became a caricature of themselves. As…
Read more »Madness 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 more »Crossroads
Updated:I had it planned to do a deep dive about Javy Báez’s runs above average against the slider, and comparing…
Read more »From 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 more »Squirrels 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 more »A 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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