Tag: Seth Lugo
Joining An Exclusive List Of Visceral Anger
Updated:You might not believe what I’m about to say, but I so rarely get angry over Mets games. Bummed? Yes….
Read more »Hey, This Bullpen Isn’t A Disaster Anymore
Updated:Special guest writer Casey Trent wanted to discuss how the Mets’ bullpen has gone from imminent disaster to workable cog….
Read more »Lending A Hand To Quantify Magic
Updated:You make your own luck. That’s very important when you remember all of this. When you start talking about the…
Read more »Three Jakes, A Loogy, And A Luis Sojo
The latest “biggest game of the year” saw Jacob Junis (I guess he wants to be called “Jake” now) match…
Read more »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 »Streaks Are No Match For Slop And Superstition
Soaring with every win means paddle boarding in the mud with every loss. Today, we paddle board in the mud….
Read more »Scientific Proof Of a Special Season
Updated:Saturday was Friday-Lite. Same general script: Juan Soto hits an early home run, the Mets get multiple jacks to tie…
Read more »New York Mets rebound in strong July to creep back into the race
Updated:When July began, the New York Mets appeared to be dead and buried in the standings. The Mets started the…
Read more »Figuring Things Out
Each passing win is a siren … one that calls out to re-join the fray and believe that the Mets…
Read more »The Tunnel Of Terror
Updated:Steven Matz was getting knocked around the ballyard in Minnesota tonight. His seemingly innocuous line of five hits and one…
Read more »Mets Win A Road Series, But Can’t Get Their Stories Straight
Updated:The Mets are exhausting. On the one hand, they finally won a road series for the first time since early…
Read more »Everybody Is Angry
Updated:So we’ve had Mickey calling a reporter a motherf***er. We’ve had Jason Vargas threatening to knock said motherf***er out ……
Read more »Our World Series
Updated:One day there will be a season where a Subway Series game is just another game on the schedule for…
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 »Compassion Before Hilarity
It’s like a Chuck Lorre sitcom at this point. Maybe Ashton Kutcher replaces Charlie Sheen. Maybe Robinson Cano replaces Jay…
Read more »Driven Into Darkness By A Caravan Of Clowns
Updated:I suppose we should go about this chronologically, shall we? First, the Mets trotted out a lineup on Sunday that…
Read more »Idealism Becomes Reality
I’ve had this thought about Jeff McNeil for a while now. But it really became crystal clear during today’s 5-4…
Read more »Luck Is The Residue Of A Pitcher Who Pinch Runs
Updated:So there’s three main points that I want to make about the Mets’ 8-7 victory on Saturday, a win where…
Read more »Three Years In The Making
Updated:The thing about Saturday’s 5-3 Mets win over the Rockies that shouldn’t go unnoticed was Steven Matz going up and…
Read more »Handsome Art Howe
I can’t defend Mickey Callaway tonight. Heaven knows I’ve tried. And I still don’t believe that a managerial change is…
Read more »New York Mets struggle through trying May
Updated:The month of May has come and gone, and it wasn’t too pretty for the New York Mets. The Mets…
Read more »A Confluence Of Events
Updated:I settled in to tonight’s game just in time to see home plate ump Jim Wolf get clocked by a…
Read more »5/31/19 Game Preview: New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks
Updated:The road has not been a kind place for the New York Mets (27-29), who are just 12-20 away from…
Read more »The Annals Of Crazy Days
Updated:In the list of crazy days surrounding this franchise, it’s safe to say that nothing beats the Midnight Massacre ……
Read more »Unintentional Hell
Updated:Little did Pete Alonso know when he hit a game tying home run in the ninth inning what hell he…
Read more »He Went To Jesuit … That’s A Private School!
Not since B-Rabbit defeated the Free World at the Shelter has a player exhibited such a turnaround after choking just…
Read more »Sugar, Spice, And Most Everything Nice
The Mets didn’t waste the opportunity they had to win a Jason Vargas start. Of course, because of a ton…
Read more »Found
As this young season has progressed, I have wondered when the right time would be to write that “when should…
Read more »New York Mets’ bullpen has been a complete mess
Updated:There have been a lot of bad bullpens in baseball in the early season. The Washington Nationals have a terrible…
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