AAA International League: Buffalo 4/8/0, Durham 0/1/1 RA Dickey gave up a hit to the first batter he faced, then retired 27 in a row for a CG 1 hitter. The Bisons scored all they’d need in the 4th, with a lone run. Overall, they had 8 hits, while going just 1 for 6 with RISP, leaving 1 on base and striking out 3 times. Jesus Feliciano had the only multi hit game, while Jason [...]

The Mets are proving that winning baseball isn’t just measured by pure numbers such as batting averages or home runs or even low walk totals. Winning baseball is a mishmash of that along with solid clutch playing and a really big chaser of luck. Luck isn’t something the Mets are used to lately not to mention their fans. The start of the 2010 season was beginning to feel like a bad epilogue to 2009 as [...]

On what should have been a 3 day series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, due to a rainout Monday, the Mets achieved one of the most unlikely feats – winning three games in 24 hours. It all begun Monday, when due to a steady rain the Mets/Dodgers game was postponed and moved to a very rare, single admission double header beginning at 4 PM Tuesday. Once the Mets began playing, on a very windy Tuesday [...]

Before you jump to post a comment about how you hate Sabermetrics, or how you find them useless. Please at least read this? For starters, I’m terrible at Math. It was my worst subject in school, and I literally had zero interest in it unless it revolved around baseball stats. I don’t read about Sabermetrics, I don’t go to church on Sunday and pray to the God that is Bill James, and I don’t think [...]

I hate off days… Especially when we’re on a seven game winning streak! So on this slow Mets news day, I dug around and came across a cool post I wrote not too long ago that seems very appropriate today. This post was originally published in February, back when the Mets were the laughing stock of baseball. Back then, I wanted to let everyone know why I believed the Mets had what it takes to create some magic this season. [...]

AAA International League: Buffalo 2/9/0, Durham 9/10/0 Tobi Stoner had a rough outing tonight, giving up 4 runs on 6 hits, including 3 homers, for his 3rd loss of the season. Bobby Parnell, in his first outing since leaving to deal with a personal issue on the 22nd, got ripped for 2 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks in 1.2 innings. The Bisons offense had 9 hits and a walk, but were just 2 [...]

The Mets are undoubtedly the hottest team in baseball right now.  They have the best record over their last ten games, going 9-1 on their recent homestand and winning seven in a row.  And now, it’s off to Philly, where only one of two things can happen.  Either the momentum of this seven game winning streak carries over against the Phillies, or eventually this team has to lose, and they do it now. This series [...]

  “We’re playing pretty good baseball. I knew once those middle of the order guys hit, it could be a lot of fun. The good thing is we have won games when they haven’t hit; now that they’re hitting it’s more of an all inclusive thing.”  ~  Jerry Manuel   “It’s great to see that everybody is contributing to what we want to accomplish, which is to win games, as many games as possible.”  ~  Johan [...]

Maybe I should move more often.  My family moved from Tennessee to Wisconsin two weeks ago, and about that time the Mets were slipping deeper and deeper into a funk, starting out with a 2-6 record.  It looked like Jerry Manuel and Omar Minaya might not last until the end of April with the team. But then something happened.  After Mike Pelfrey won a stunning 5-0 decision in Colorado, the Mets took one game out [...]

God, I love this sport. Regardless of the drama, the headlines (good and bad), and the storylines that are interwoven throughout the league. This is indeed my favorite sport. I’m one of the biggest NY Giants fan on the planet and still there is something about baseball that transcends color, gender, and culture. It can bring people together from different parts of the world and unite them with one rallying cry and a swing of [...]