Tag: Phil Bickford
Mike’s Mets Player Review Series: Phil Bickford
Now that the 2023 season is over for the New York Mets, we have been looking back at the year…
Read more »The Long Game
I’ve been waiting 15 years for a chance to knock the Marlins out of the playoffs. Seven games in the…
Read more »We Paid Chris Flexen For That
Jose Butto deserved better than that nonsense. Butto, the latest entrant in the “wheel of starting pitching doom” pitched very…
Read more »We All Deserve A Nice Cool Drink
Of the seven home runs that Drew Smith has given up this season, four came in tie games, one came…
Read more »Putting Lipstick On A Cookie
It really is sad seeing what is happening to Carlos Carrasco. Cookie gave up five runs in an inning and…
Read more »Well I’m Glad That’s Over
Updated:Those are the Mets we’ve come to know and be depressed about. Charlie Morton was just brilliant. He struck out…
Read more »Two Roads Diverged In Truist Park
If the Mets had let Allan Winans shut them down two starts in a row, then they probably should have…
Read more »Two In A Row? Yo, No Way?
Updated:After the latest edition of “Because The Schedule Says So”, it would be disingenous of me to say “well, nice…
Read more »Flex Seal On The Titanic
Jose Quintana was excellent in Game 2 of the Mets’ doubleheader from hell. He gave up one run on four…
Read more »Hartwig And The Angry Bullpen
Updated:I wonder if if the Cubs, at some point after the season is over, will look back upon this series…
Read more »Winging It
During the early stages of tonight’s game, Gary, Keith and Ron were discussing how they had to attend an advance…
Read more »Well, He Didn’t Walk Anybody
Tylor Megill returned to the majors tonight against the Orioles. Not so much becuase he all of a sudden found…
Read more »The Mets Paid $9.5 Million For That
We’re in the part of the season where we should expect losses like Friday’s loss to happen. I mean, it’s…
Read more »It’s Gonna Be A Long Two Months Of Hardtack
Updated:In the new version of the Oregon Trail, there are situations where the flour gets spoiled, and your only option…
Read more »The Dark Backstreets Of Rebuilding
Updated:In retrospect, I should have known this day was coming when I played my morning six letter Wordle: In what…
Read more »8/1/23 Game Preview: New York Mets at Kansas City Royals
Things sure look a lot different for the New York Mets (50-55) than they did a week ago. A successful…
Read more »Eight Big Runs, One Big Out
It would have been an absolute shame for the Mets to lose a game where they scored five runs off…
Read more »It’s Only Fair
I’ve picked on J.D. Davis a lot over the last few days. Deserved? Maybe. But it’s only fair to focus…
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