Dramatic confrontations between the Mets and Cardinals are nothing new. The incredible ninth-inning comeback and the bench-clearing incident in April was just the latest in a lineage of notable games. Here are a few of the best—ranging from historic, thrilling, devastating, and unending. April 11, 1962 It all goes back to day one. The Cards were host to the inaugural regular season game in Mets...
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Exactly eight years ago today, two-time Cy Young award-winner, Jacob deGrom, made his first big-league start. It went much like many of his others. He went seven innings. He allowed one earned run, four hits, and a walk. DeGrom struck out six. He even got a hit himself. And he didn’t win. The only difference was no one saw this coming. With a 2.58 ERA in seven starts at Triple-A Las Vegas,...
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The pages of Mays’ storybook career were yellowing at the edges. But his star had yet to fade. Now, the Giant icon was returning to the city where it all began. Willie Mays became the game’s best player in San Francisco. Yet he remained a beloved figure in New York — even 15 years after the Giants had moved to the West Coast. Mets owner Joan Payson, once a New York Giants stakeholder when...
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The rate at which Pete Alonso is hitting home runs has already put him in elite company for both Mets and major league history. When he recorded his 100th last September, he was the second-fastest to reach that milestone. His two-home run day in Philadelphia brought his total to 113 in 400 games–good for 13th-most by a Met. For the sake of comparison, it took franchise leader Darryl...
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No matter how many baseball games you might attend, each holds the possibility of seeing something never seen before. A player’s first career homer. A pitcher hitting a homer. Both are unique — the ladder more so now. Countless pitchers have a home run on their statistical ledger. One stands alone. Bartolo Colón was a terrible hitting pitcher even by hitting pitcher standards. Looking at...
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