Tag: Rafael Montero
Quiet, Jon Heyman is Sleuthing
I never know what to make of these reports. Reports say something, and then two weeks later somebody says the…
Read more »An Arrow Through Our Hearts
The beauty of baseball is that you can go to thousands of games and see something you’ve never seen before….
Read more »8/24/17 Game Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets
The New York Mets (55-70) finally managed to pick up a win over the Arizona Diamondbacks (69-58) last night. The…
Read more »I Hear The Voices
I’ve said this once before. General managers, managers, coaches … they get fired after series like this. They didn’t get…
Read more »R Train To Hell
I wanted to say that Terry Collins was at fault for using Hansel Robles for a second inning of work….
Read more »8/14/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at New York Yankees
The New York Mets (53-62) are back in the city after having a successful weekend in Philadelphia, winning three out…
Read more »8/3/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Colorado Rockies
The New York Mets (49-56) picked up a nice win last night, coming back for a 10-5 win over the…
Read more »Happy Returns
Friday night featured a couple of returns: Michael Conforto to his home region in Seattle, and Neil Walker to the…
Read more »7/28/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Seattle Mariners
The New York Mets (47-53) began their sell off yesterday when they shipped first baseman Lucas Duda to the Tampa…
Read more »It Should Rain Harder On Sundays
Give it to the Mets: They tried to get a game rained out for a drizzle. Who could blame them?…
Read more »7/23/17 Game Preview: Oakland A’s At New York Mets
The New York Mets (45-50) sure have found interesting ways to win games on this homestand. Two days after winning…
Read more »7/18/17 Game Preview: St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets
After looking like they were about to turn the corner, the New York Mets (41-49) fell flat on their faces…
Read more »A Big Top for Aaron Altherr’s Circus
Two years to the day of Terry Collins suggesting human sacrifice as a way to get out of the dog…
Read more »7/2/17 Game Preview: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets
The schedule has been weak, but the New York Mets (38-42) have taken full advantage of playing mediocre competition. The…
Read more »San Francisco’s Soft Landing
The Mets have bounced back nicely from their debacle in Los Angeles by completing a sweep of the awful San…
Read more »As Long As Jacob Doesn’t Request a Trade …
Updated:Don’t worry, we’ll touch on Asdrubal Cabrera. But lost in that whole mess is that the Astros have declared interest…
Read more »Authorization To Tap Dance
There was something not right with Terry Collins’ pre-game newser. A day after he told us that he wasn’t at liberty…
Read more »Why Baseball Gods Get Pissed: A Vade Mecum
It used to be that when the Mets gave Matt Harvey a 2-0 lead before he ever throws a pitch,…
Read more »The Bailout
I was fine with Rafael Montero starting on Friday. Look, his career numbers as a starter haven’t been great, but his…
Read more »The Band Is Dissolved
We all know about the Mets’ struggles this season with their batting average. The one portion of the set list…
Read more »Jose Reyes Wobbles And The Ball Falls Down
It was all going so swimmingly. The Mets had a 2-1 lead over the Phillies at Citi Field. Zack Wheeler…
Read more »Infuriatingly and Frustratingly Beautiful
It’s what makes baseball infuriatingly beautiful, right? Thursday night, the Mets win a game they have no business winning. Then…
Read more »Mascots Tell No Tales
This has been an annoying weekend. First you had Saturday, where it had become abundantly clear that while the top…
Read more »Old Fashioned
This was always going to be a game with a little extra energy with Bartolo Colon coming back to the…
Read more »And It Begins
+–cd=-0p going so well too. Jacob deGrom was throwing at full capacity. Matt Harvey was hitting mid-90’s. Even Travis d’Arnaud…
Read more »Hummin’ Along
<![CDATA[The Mets have had a good couple of days. None of it would have been possible if Luis Guillorme didn't…
Read more »Bullpen Potpourri
There was a baseball game in between Tim Tebow sound bites on Monday. And in that baseball games, the results…
Read more »Intangibly Overreacting
It’s always a challenge for us as a species to not overreact to the first game of spring training. Especially…
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