Listen up. The trio of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling earned the best score ever en route to their first ranking at the top of Awful Announcing’s favorite MLB broadcast teams. GKR finished top five each time the web site asked its readers this question (six times in the last 10 years), including a second-place finish last season. More than 13,000 AA readers voted. Some 68...
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His age-34 season will likely best be remembered for the song, the post-game concert, and the OMG sign raised in the dugout after each Mets home run, but Jose Iglesias is providing plenty of memories on the field, too. The latest example was his two-run single that put New York ahead for good Wednesday in a 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationals in front of 24,887 at Citi Field. He went...
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Jose Iglesias hit a tie-breaking, two-run single, Brandon Nimmo homered for the third straight game for the first time in his career and the New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 6-2 Wednesday at Citi Field. The Mets (46-45) have won four of five and beaten the Nats (42-51) seven out of nine times this season. In his final start before the All-Star break, Luis Severino (6-3) went 6 1/3...
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The snubs played like studs. Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor each homered and drove in three as the Mets beat the Washington Nationals 7-5 Tuesday at Citi Field to start a six-game homestand that will complete the first half. The Mets (45-45) have won three out of four. Jose Quintana (4-5) tossed seven scoreless innings, giving up one hit and one walk while striking out five and retiring the...
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The Pittsburgh Pirates blasted Mets pitching for seven home runs – including two grand slams – in a 14-2 rout at PNC Park Friday that was so bad a message on the scoreboard told fans that they were out of fireworks. The seven long balls tied the mark for both the most the Mets had ever given up in a game and the most Pittsburgh had ever hit in a single contest. When the carnage was...
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