“You Suck… That’s what everybody out there is saying about you.”. “You can either accept that and do nothing, or you can take control and prove them all wrong.” This was the first thing that Terry Collins said to his club in Spring Training of 2012. In the first half of the season, it certainly appeared that this club had chosen the latter. After baseball’s finest left Kansas City and...
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Tonight at Citi Field, the Mets (66-83) lost to the Phillies (76-74) by the score of 16-1 and were officially eliminated from post-season contention. Just a pathetic game in every dimension for the Mets. Starting pitcher Jeremy Hefner didn’t even record an out before allowing seven earned runs, and the bullpen was awful! The only offense was a solo shot by Baxter and a total of three hits...
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In honor of Knuckleball! the movie coming out, Hall-of-Famer Phil Niekro and 200-game winner Tim Wakefield were out and about prior to today’s game alongside the Mets own R.A. Dickey and were kind enough to answer some of my questions as well as some other Mets bloggers while watching BP with us along the first base side. The interview began with Phil Niekro telling us the fascinating tale...
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Hey everyone, Clayton Collier is covering another Mets event for us at Citi Field and I’m going to post his pictures, quotes and insights for him as he sends them in. – Joe D. I’ve arrived at Citi Field and it looks like I’m the first one here… It’s a beautiful evening for baseball… Josh Thole grabbing a few bags of baseball as he and the team get ready...
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In just the third start of Wily Peralta’s young career, the Mets were completely baffled and continued to struggle offensively as they dropped this one to the Brewers 3-0. Chris Young got the nod for Amazin’s and put together a solid effort, despite allowing home runs to both Ryan Braun and Aramis Ramirez in the fourth and a second bomb to the reigning NL MVP in the sixth. Young...
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