Tag: James McCann
6/4/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at San Diego Padres
This weekend’s series at Petco Park is a huge test for the New York Mets (27-22) and they are already…
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 »6/3/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at San Diego Padres
Updated:The first leg of their nine-game road trip was a success for the New York Mets (27-21), who won two…
Read more »A Hot Bullpen In The Dry Heat
Updated:YouTube can be a rabbit hole. You can watch videos for hours upon hours and whittle your time away. And…
Read more »The Other Edge Of The Motivational Sword
Updated:Any loss to a bad team stinks. But a loss where you had a 4-0 lead over a bad team…
Read more »The Friends We Make Along The Way
Updated:I have a complaint upfront: It’s the bottom of the second, and the Mets are up 1-0 thanks to professional…
Read more »5/29/21 Game Preview: Atlanta Braves at New York Mets
The Mets, despite being held together with spit and sunscreen, are in first place after winning 3 of 4 from…
Read more »The End Of The Adrenaline
Updated:The 3-6 road trip looks disappointing when you’re just looking at numbers. But of course you know that when you…
Read more »5/24/21 Game Preview: Colorado Rockies at New York Mets
Updated:The New York Mets (21-19) are back home after a disappointing 3-6 road trip but closed with a solid 3-3…
Read more »That’s It, That’s Poteet (And That’s The Road Trip)
Updated:Jordan Yamamoto was tasked with getting the Mets through one more game against Miami, his former team, in one piece….
Read more »5/23/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Miami Marlins
Updated:The New York Mets (21-18) had plenty of good defensive plays but saw their luck evaporate in the ninth inning…
Read more »Despite Their Best Efforts
Updated:Look closely: This is the lineup the Mets put out there tonight … Tonight’s lineup. #LGM pic.twitter.com/ZzJ1Hh1jh7 — New York…
Read more »5/19/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Atlanta Braves
Updated:The injury bug is no joke for the New York Mets (20-16), who sent out the equivalent of a spring…
Read more »5/15/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Tampa Bay Rays
The New York Mets (18-14) saw their seven-game winning streak come to an end last night. David Peterson pitched very…
Read more »Failure To Prepare Is Preparing To Fail
Updated:David Peterson struggled in the second inning, giving up a double to Yandy Diaz and walking two batters to load…
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 »5/11/21 Game Preview: Baltimore Orioles at New York Mets
Updated:The New York Mets (16-13) are coming off a wild week. Whether it was doubleheaders, a debate about rats and…
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 »Everyone Goes Hungry
Updated:I knew that Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader against St. Louis wasn’t going to go well when Paul Goldschmidt hit…
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 »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 »The Eternal Struggle To Block Out The Noise
Updated:Well Marcus Stroman wasn’t going to dominate every game. The picket fence that the Nationals put up on him over…
Read more »4/24/21 Game Preview: Washington Nationals at New York Mets
Going through a three-game losing streak is tough but the New York Mets (8-7) got to end theirs thanks to…
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 »Cold, Dark, And Angry
Updated:It seemed like an uglier game to play than it was to watch, what with the low temperature, the lack…
Read more »Eight And One Leads To Seven And Four
Updated:The first eight innings of Sunday’s win against the Rockies belonged to Marcus Stroman. He had had success in other…
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 »It’s The Stro Show, With Brandon Nimmo And Special Guest Star Jonathan Villar
Not even the exclusive weather forecaster could screw this up. The first game of Tuesday’s double header featured an early…
Read more »Opening Cray
My Opening Day posts usually have more fanfare than the what this one is about to provide. Then again, Opening…
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