Tag: Rich Hill
Mets Throw Away Another Shot At A Win
Pittsburgh– The scary thing about watching a team playing bad baseball is that there may be a lower point to…
Read more »6/9/23 Game Preview: New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates
Things have managed to go from bad to worse for the New York Mets (30-33) rather quickly. A disaster series…
Read more »Mike’s Mets Player Review Series: Rich Hill
Now that the 2021 season is over for the New York Mets, we have been looking back at the year…
Read more »New York Mets 2021 Season in Review: Revisiting Second Half Questions
Now that the 2021 season is over for the New York Mets, we will spend the next several weeks taking…
Read more »New York Mets 2021 Season in Review: Starting Pitching
Now that the 2021 season is over for the New York Mets, we will spend the next several weeks taking…
Read more »New York Mets complete collapse in September and fade out of the playoffs
Updated:The final month (and three days in October) of the regular season completed another miserable collapse for the New York…
Read more »9/30/21 Game Preview: Miami Marlins at New York Mets
The good news for the New York Mets (75-83) last night was that they got a gem from Taijuan Walker…
Read more »Arm Care
I gotta give credit to Taijuan Walker. We’ll get to his pitching in a minute, but there was no reason…
Read more »They Died In Which They Lived
Updated:The Mets were eliminated from playoff contention tonight. The Phillies’ victory over the Pirates made the inevitable official. The Mets…
Read more »9/25/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Milwaukee Brewers
The inevitable elimination of the New York Mets (73-80) from playoff contention could come at any moment. The Mets lost…
Read more »The Final Hurrah?
The conversations I’ve been having with my Mets fan friends have revolved around the same general theme: Who stays and…
Read more »9/19/21 Game Preview: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets
A week of wasted opportunities has all but buried the New York Mets (72-77) in the playoff race. The Mets…
Read more »Definite Joel Piñeiro Vibes
Updated:At about 11:30 this morning I got an e-mail titled “We Want You Back”. Yup, a Mets season ticket representative…
Read more »9/13/21 Game Preview: St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets
Sunday night’s game was dramatic but it allowed Francisco Lindor to start building his legacy in Flushing. Lindor slugged three…
Read more »There Isn’t Enough Smart Water In The World
Updated:This entire game felt like it was watching a loved one get tortured. Rich Hill had his best outing as…
Read more »9/8/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Miami Marlins
Finding ways to get wins is the name of the game for the New York Mets (70-69), who took care…
Read more »The Dramatics Are Sticking Around To Sing A Happy Tune
So Rich Hill (who a friend of mine dubbed “Eddie Harris” tonight) gave the Mets his best start in the…
Read more »9/3/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Washington Nationals
There is exactly one month left in baseball’s regular season and the New York Mets (66-67) are trying to get…
Read more »Amazing In Their Monotony
Usually when a Mets team goes south for the summer, it’s a team effort. Mets teams have been no.torious for…
Read more »8/27/21 Game Preview: Washington Nationals at New York Mets
Updated:A 13-game run through the National League West’s elite teams essentially broke the New York Mets (61-66) season. The Mets…
Read more »Baffling And Yet Predictable
Updated:Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Mets lost to the Dodgers again. By one run, again. J.D….
Read more »8/21/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers
The season is slipping away from the New York Mets (60-62), who have seen a 3.5 game lead in the…
Read more »A Quick Mirage
Updated:When Pete Alonso hit a two run triple to tie the game in the top of the 5th, and Dom…
Read more »8/16/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at San Francisco Giants
Updated:Things are getting dire for the New York Mets (59-58), who are in the middle of a 13-game stretch that…
Read more »Twists, Turns, A Win, And More Rain
Updated:I guess Zack Scott’s match lit a fuse. After there were reports that Scott’s talk ruffled some feathers in the…
Read more »8/5/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Miami Marlins
There are certain games that qualify over the course of a season as must-wins and the New York Mets (56-51)…
Read more »New York Mets add Javier Baez as they remain in first place through July
Updated:There was a bit of bad news for the New York Mets in July as they underachieved against a potentially…
Read more »7/31/21 Game Preview: Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets
Updated:The best news of Friday for the New York Mets (54-48) came in the form of a trade. The Mets…
Read more »Squirrels Eat Blue Jays, Don’t They?
Updated:The Mets, after losing two out of three to the Pirates, have now taken four out of six from two…
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