Ramblings From Henry and Fayette Streets  The Week That Was: May 21st – May 27th The Binghamton Mets ended this past week with a record of two wins and five losses.  The B-Mets dropped three of four in their first visit of 2012 to New Britain, Connecticut, and upon returning home have dropped two of three so far to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats with the rubber match being played as we speak (and will [...]

Where the situation in Buffalo is relatively clear cut (see my babble from a few weeks back), the saga that is the Binghamton Mets is a bit more convoluted, and rife with rumors, suppositions, and innuendos. As with every impending expiration of the player development contracts, professionals and novices alike like to begin playing Monday morning quarterback with the franchises they deem as ‘weaker’.  They go to the official league websites, look at the total [...]

Ramblings From Henry and Fayette Streets  The Week That Was: May 14th – May 20th The Binghamton Mets went 4-2 over the past week, winning both their home series against divisional rival Trenton two games to one, as well as the first series of their current roadtrip against the Double A Red Sox by the same tally.  The B-Mets offense had two games with over ten runs, a 12-3 decision over Trenton in the rubber match [...]

The New York Mets have announced that RHP Jenrry Mejia will leave his Florida rehab assignment with St. Lucie and head north to join up with the AA Binghamton club to make a start for them this weekend. The B-Mets will be in Maine playing the Portland Sea Dogs on Saturday afternoon. The 1:35 PM game will be the second of the series against the last place Sea Dogs (14-25, 9.5 GB), and Mejia’s start [...]

Ramblings from Henry and Fayette Streets The Week That Was: May 8th – May 13th The Binghamton Mets played .500 baseball over the past week, losing a rain shortened series at home against the New Britain Rock Cats two games to none, while taking the series in New Hampshire over the weekend winning three of four. The eleven runs the B-Mets scored in the game on Friday night in New Hampshire was the largest tally [...]

Ramblings from Henry and Fayette Streets The Week That Was: April 30th – May 7th The B-Mets went 2-5 over the past week, losing both their series in Akron against the Aeros and at home against the Harrisburg Senators.  Three of the five games they lost were only by one run.  The Mets fell below .500 and slid in the standings from third to fourth place.  The big news on the week was the loss [...]

The off season in some sports has, at times, adopted the moniker ‘silly season’.  It’s that time of year when the dust kicks up from coast to coast, team names change, affiliations change, team locations change.  While more prevalent in the minor league hockey world, the silly season affects minor league baseball as well. This upcoming offseason may prove to be an interesting silly season, with many player development contracts expiring, giving parent club and affiliate alike [...]

Ramblings from Henry and Fayette Streets The Week That Was: April 23rd – April 29th The Binghamton Mets played .500 ball this past week, losing two of three at home against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, while winning two of three on the road in Erie, PA over the weekend.  More importantly, though, was the return of Reese Havens against Erie on Sunday (where he promptly hit his first home run of the season on [...]

For the second week in a row, a member of the Binghamton Mets has been recognized by the Eastern League for their outstanding performance.  Last week, pitcher Greg Peavey was named EL Pitcher of the Week. This time around, it’s shortstop Josh Rodriguez who has been named the Eastern League Player of the Week for the time period of April 16th – April 22nd.  In a press release sent out by the EL today: Binghamton [...]

Ramblings from Henry and Fayette Streets   The Week That Was: April 16th to April 23rd The B-Mets began the week with a three game set in Manchester, New Hampshire against the Fisher Cats.  They lost two of three against the Cats, their only win coming on Tuesday night, a 10-6 final with Collin McHugh earning his second win of the season.  The team made the long drive home after their loss on Wednesday night, [...]