Tag: Jerry Blevins
The Ballad Of Handsome Art Howe
"I'd make that move 100 times out of 100" – Mickey Callaway on his decision to remove Steven Matz from…
Read more »Well You Got ONE Squirrel To Stop Being Aggressive
Updated:I knew it was a bad omen when I read this today: Squirrels in New York City are on the…
Read more »When It Precipitates …
Updated:“It never rains on the ’69 Mets” -Howie Rose “It pours on the ’19 Mets” -Metstradamus It was a very…
Read more »Former Met Jerry Blevins Signs Minor League Deal With Oakland A’s
Updated:One of the New York Mets’ most consistent relievers of the past few years has a new home. Lefty Jerry…
Read more »Well That Took Long Enough
Updated:Brodie has had a nice offseason. Not spectacular, but nice. But the question has long been asked: When is that…
Read more »Mike’s Mets Player Review Series: Jerry Blevins
Updated:Now that the 2018 season is over for the New York Mets, we have been looking back at the year…
Read more »New York Mets 2018 Season In Review: Bullpen
Now that the New York Mets’ 2018 season is over, we are going to take a look at the year…
Read more »Three Is A Trend
Noah Syndergaard came into Wednesday’s game against Philadelphia with a 1-1 record and a 5.51 ERA against the Phillies. His…
Read more »Love, Loss, and Progress
The Mets did a commendable job keeping close to the Red Sox on Saturday, fighting Rick Porcello with a pea…
Read more »Save Some For …
Updated:The Mets were nice enough to try to put Saturday’s game to bed early. Tomas Nido smacked a three run…
Read more »New York Mets Play .500 Ball In Meaningless August
Updated:The 2018 season is starting to wind down, and for the New York Mets there is just one month left…
Read more »Mets Score 30 Runs … And Somehow Lose A Game In The Process
Think of the absurdity of that title. If you score 30 runs in a day, you’re supposed to win. If…
Read more »This Isn’t Norweigan, This Is Flushing
This was the first game in a long, long time that felt like the Mets were … at least at…
Read more »Is Anybody Out There?
Updated:I forgive you if you stopped reading this blog in the middle of May. Even in the virtual world, this…
Read more »Did We Just See Anti-Mickey?
We heard a lot all season (and off-season) about how Mickey Art Howellaway was going to do different things with…
Read more »Logic, And Jerry Blevins Fastballs … Both Fly Over The Wall
The Nationals were 46-46 coming into tonight’s game. They play shoddy defense and their best hitter has looked more like…
Read more »Report: New York Mets Willing To Listen To Offers On “Virtually Everyone”
Updated:The New York Mets may finally feel like they are back on an upswing with three straight wins, but they…
Read more »Jerry Blevins’ Down Year Is A Big Part of the New York Mets’ Bullpen Struggles
While everyone on the planet knows that the New York Mets can’t hit to save their lives right now, not…
Read more »Luke Has No Father In Flushing
My wife turned to me at the game tonight and asked me a very interesting question. “Do you miss yelling…
Read more »Redefining Insanity Again And Again
Updated:First off, it’s fair to say that this is all Rob Drake’s fault. Robert Gsellman’s 3-1 pitch to Jesus Aguilar…
Read more »Holy Hansel Robles!!!
Even when the Mets were down 3-2 in the ninth inning, it had been a very good ballgame up until…
Read more »Sometimes a Bad Pitch Is Just That
Updated:Mother’s Day was weird. The Mets were already coming off a rainout on Saturday, then Sunday was delayed by about…
Read more »Echinacea For The Soul
That’s how you reward a good outing. Jacob deGrom has been snake bitten by his bullpen lately, having one sure…
Read more »Dr. Jekyll And Matt Harvey
On Friday night, the bullpen pitched six scoreless innings to steal a victory. On Saturday, the bullpen blew a 3-0…
Read more »Playing Nicely With Fire
Updated:It’s nice when you can throw out all the mental notes that you made to go back to when you’re…
Read more »We’ll Get ‘Em Next Year
Updated:Regression to the mean is a bitch, ain’t it? The Mets took a 6-1 lead into the eighth inning on…
Read more »Blooming And Booming (With Apologies To Clyde Frazier)
Updated:It’s April. I know. But there’s something very intriguing about this team from the manager on down. You were intrigued…
Read more »So Far, So Good
The visions for Matt Harvey came to fruition in his first game of 2018. First was Mickey Callaway’s vision that…
Read more »Know Your 2018 … Friends? Your New York Mets
Updated:Consider yourselves lucky, kids. You’re getting not one, but TWO Mets previews in two days! The first one came yesterday. The…
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