Tag: Dom Smith
Process? Results? They’re Both Good
Updated:If Marcus Stroman was in the exact same situation that he was in before today’s game, except that the timeline…
Read more »Chaos Isn’t A Pit … Chaos Is A Ladder
Updated:The problem, when you starting playing too many wacky games in a row, is that eventually your games will be…
Read more »Let The Weirdness Flow Through You
Updated:I’m not sure there’s a narrative that this game fits. And that’s fine. Because not every game has to contain…
Read more »The Curse Of Billy McKinney
Updated:Friday night’s game was some bullshit. Oh, you want me to expound? Gladly. The first thing you should know is…
Read more »The Ace Ambush And The Timely Heat
The way Brandon Woodruff was going, I’m shocked the Mets got to him. He entered the 7th inning at 64…
Read more »Son Of A Nutcracker
Updated:It’s hard to say that all the Mets offense might have been missing all season was Brandon Nimmo. But if…
Read more »deGrom In Retrograde, Mercury Inciarte
Updated:When deGrom Night Observed lands on the same day as Bobby Bonilla Day, the planet heads to some sort of…
Read more »Double Bobble
Sequels usually suck anyway, right? The Mets tried a “second verse, same as the first” approach in game two of…
Read more »Asterisks And Clutch Comebacks
Updated:Well that was something. Aaron Nola’s game one performance was one of the most dominating games of his career. He…
Read more »That’s Why It’s A Challenge
Updated:I titled my last post “The Avoiding Injury Challenge” in reference to Jacob deGrom, but as you know from rooting…
Read more »The Avoiding Injury Challenge
Updated:The third inning of game one of today’s DH against Atlanta showed you just how dominant Jacob deGrom is. And…
Read more »The Fix Is In
Updated:With all the questions surrounding David Peterson, this was probably the game out of the next four that the Mets…
Read more »Split Diego
Updated:You younger fans might not fully appreciate the enormity of this weekend. The Mets played four games in San Diego,…
Read more »Two Right Fielders At Turner Field West
Updated:Taijuan Walker didn’t have his best stuff on Thursday. A little less pop, a little less control than we’ve gotten…
Read more »Reinforced With Grit, Polar Power, And Bad Decisions
Updated:The Mets entered Phoenix with a 25-20 record, despite missing like, four entire teams. But in first place by 3…
Read more »Complaining After A Win? Sure, Why Not!
Updated:I’ve been really chill about the Mets 3-7 stretch. So you’d think I’d be ecstatic over the Mets 3-1 victory…
Read more »Attrition Is A Constant Battle
Updated:The Mets fought like hell before the Marlins finally got their annual walk-off win against the Flushing Nine. And even…
Read more »Bracing For The Impact From Ghosts And Their Runners
Updated:Ever since Miguel Castro threw a fat changeup down the middle to Garrett Cooper which turned into a game tying…
Read more »The Timeline Nobody Expected
Updated:If you had told me back in 2015 that in about five years there would be a global pandemic, and…
Read more »Mazeika > Valaika
Tonight’s Harvey Day prequel featured two great starting pitching performances, two Mets injuries, two notorious Mets killers teaming up to…
Read more »When The Sublime And The Ridiculous Start With Walk
Updated:To think that Taijuan Walker was just sitting on the free agent wires … for months … before anybody decided…
Read more »Splitting Spares
Updated:Game 2 of the Wednesday doubleheader was the product of a couple unfortunate events. First was Jacob deGrom’s sore right…
Read more »Thinking, And Rethinking
I didn’t have a lot of hope for Monday’s game because it was a bullpen game, and just about half…
Read more »Is Michael Conforto Good?
Updated:On our podcast (which was recorded on Friday afternoon and am shamelessly linking to here so please listen because it…
Read more »Anger In The Wind
I mean, this was a true “only the Mets” loss. First off, to lose a game where the two runs…
Read more »The Set Up
Updated:Garrett Richards had the Mets on a string all night. Is that really saying much these days? Probably not. But…
Read more »Hey Chicago, Whaddaya Say? The Mets Are Gonna Get Swept To-Day!
Updated:It’s rare that the Mets get swept and evoke a different mode of feeling from each loss. Tuesday they just…
Read more »This Team Has Vibes
Updated:The increments are small, and the pace is slow. You don’t want this team peaking in April anyway. But the…
Read more »2019, Now With More Masks
Updated:I really thought it was going to be different this year. I really thought that the delay in the season,…
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