With less than two weeks to go until the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, the Mets are in sore need of a bat or three. Well, duh. That’s all anyone is talking about these days. And one team that keeps popping up as a potential trade partner for the Mets is the underachieving San Diego Padres. The Padres supposedly upgraded their entire outfield this past off-season, adding Matt Kemp,...
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Matt Harvey is already considered to be one of the better pitchers in the league, despite owning just 15 major league victories in 39 starts entering this afternoon’s game against the New York Yankees. What makes Harvey so special is his ability to dominate a game. Hitters rarely touch him, as evidenced by their .210 batting average against him and his lifetime 10.0 strikeouts per nine...
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I love my wife. And I met her at a Mets game. True story. She was a blogger, as was I, and we were both going to “Build-A-Bear Night” at Citi Field on August 1, 2009. So we decided to meet up on the Promenade Level before the game. Of course, we had our new bears in tow, and I had a few other bears with me. We talked about bears and the Mets, then saw the game separately from...
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“You know, Keith, no Met has ever hit three home runs in a game at home.” If you’ve watched as many Mets games as I have over the years, then you’ve undoubtedly heard Gary Cohen make this statement whenever a Met has come up to the plate after hitting two home runs in a home game. It’s true. Nine Mets players have hit three home runs in a game. But Jim Hickman,...
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I love watching Dillon Gee pitch. Similarly, I am a fan of Jon Niese. Although the Mets have been under .500 every season Gee has pitched in the majors, Gee himself has a won-loss record that is six games over .500 and he has never been more than one game under the break-even mark over a full season. Jonathon Niese, on the other hand, is one of the few Mets left on the team who played at Shea...
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