Tuesday night was brutal. Depressing. Infuriating. You name the negative emotion, I likely felt it. You likely did too. The first month of the season was a feel good story. But we were not naive enough to forget our team’s shortcomings. No production from SS, strikeouts from our big free agent signing and for some of you, our manager. Through all of this, we still sit here today with a...
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The problem with throwing away two games in three days, first a 6-0 lead on Saturday, and then a 3-0 lead last night, is that a night like tonight comes, when the opposing pitcher is good enough to pitch a shutout. Bartolo Colon started out shaky, but found his way through seven innings, but three runs were all the Marlins would need to beat the Mets 3-0 and take the second straight game of a...
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Dominic Smith, the Mets #1 pick in the 2013 June Amateur draft, and #3 on the teams Top Prospect list, has started to shake off his early season rust and is showing how dynamic a player he truly is. The California native started the 2014 season with a slow start and even though he finished April strong he only batted .217 (18 for 83), which made some wonder if he was ready to make the jump from...
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LAS VEGAS 7, TACOMA 5 – RESUMED FROM 5/4 After the game was suspended due to weather Sunday night, the 51′s and Rainiers resumed action on Monday with the score 7-5. It would remain that way as Las Vegas picks up their 21st win of the season. Rafael Montero started the game and pitched relatively decent going five innings. He was pulled in the 6th inning after the first two he faced reached...
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If I changed my name to “Captain Obvious” I would have said that the Mets were hoping to start the month of May the way they ended April. With a rainout. I kid I kid. Things were certainly going right before the calender changed as the Mets took two out of three from the Marlins, and won the first game of the short two-game series against the Phillies. I am not sure if it was the...
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