The Mets and Nationals play game two tonight in Citi Field. Both teams will have starters making their first start of the season as the Mets will try out new pitcher Chris Capuano and the Nationals will try out their new pitcher in Tom Gorzelanny. Last night was a fairly frustrating game to watch as walking 9 batters just does not sit well. The Mets look to reverse that tonight and get some hits on [...]

Dont bother to answer the question I posed in the title, it’s sort of a trick question intended only to separate the die-hards from the band wagoners. If you believed in this team six or seven days ago, than that couldn’t have possibly changed so quickly and so early into a brand new season… right? Matt Cerrone of MetsBlog, said this morning that he saw three groups or types of Mets fans while at the game [...]

R.A. Dickey had ZERO control today, and that seemed to be a recurring theme for the Mets as they took a loss in their home opener to the Nationals, 6-2. Game Notes R.A. Dickey just couldn’t find it today. Dickey allowed three runs on six hits in five innings, walking five and striking out three. Dickey finished the game throwing 98 pitches, 53 for strikes but those numbers didn’t begin evening out until the 4th [...]

I’m sure one of my esteemed co-bloggers will have a recap up later, and I know a couple of them were at the game, but I had to jump in and express my utter disappointment in today’s home opening  6-2 loss to the Nationals. Hey, you can’t win them all, but this game was just a total bummer on many levels. Clutch Hitting – The Mets were 0-10 with runners in scoring position, and 0-6 with [...]

We want to wish the Mets the best of luck for their Home Opener which begins in about an hour. So get you’re hot dogs, grab a cold one and don’t forget the Cracker Jacks!!! We love the Mets around here, and here are some graphics I made just for the occasion, just the infielders mind you!   LETS GO METS!

Time for another Mets Trivia Contest to celebrate today’s Home Opener at Citi Field… WE ARE GIVING AWAY FIVE FREE BOOKS! 162-0: Imagine a Mets Perfect Season A brand new release by author Howie Karpin that just came out this week and includes a foreword by David Wright. It imagines the unimaginable by bringing to life 162 of the best and most memorable Mets wins in franchise history. Need I say more? The book is aptly organized [...]

Today I envy anyone who is actually going to the ball park – it’s a great baseball day and there will be an excitement felt in this ball park that hasn’t been there before. Yes, the guys on the field – although it’s a mixed group, some veterans and some new guys – there is a sense of a new group, and new ways of doing things for this team. Sandy and Terry have certainly [...]

Mets Lineup Jose Reyes SS Angel Pagan CF David Wright 3b Carlos Beltran RF Ike Davis 1B Willie Harris LF Brad Emaus 2B Josh Thole C R.A. Dickey P Mets Notes WRIGHT ON: David Wright has collected at least one hit in every Home Opener since making an Opening Day roster in 2005 (six straight)… Wright has hit a home run in each of Citi Field’s two Home Openers… Overall, he’s batting .360 (9-25) with five [...]

Jonathon Niese & the Mets pitching staff was mauled today, and the offense struggled to get a rhythm against Roy Halladay and the Mets lost the game 11-0. Game Notes Jonathon Niese had a bad outing today. Jonathon was hit, and hit consistently. He gave up six runs on eight hits in four innings, walking one and striking out seven. It wasn’t one big hit that seemed to get Jonathon in trouble, but all of [...]

Prior to returning home for the 50th Opening Day in team history, our guys were down in Philadelphia for the first head to competition of the season against Eastern Division rivals, the Phillies. The Phillies won two of the three games, and the Mets return to Citifield 3-3 (did anyone really expect anything better). He are my 3 Ups and 3 Downs from this series. Three Up 1. Chris Young: Young pitched the series opener [...]