Despite a valiant comeback effort, the New York Mets closed out their opening series on Sunday afternoon with a 6-5 loss to the Washington Nationals on a Trea Turner walk-off home run. Though they were not able to compete the series sweep, the Mets certainly sent an important message to both the Washington Nationals and the Mets fan base. In this series, the Mets showed that this team will be a...
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I kick off the opening weekend podcast by getting live reaction by Rich Coutinho of 98.7 ESPN from Washington D.C. We discuss the deGrom extension, the positive vibes from the series, and whether the Mets should make a strong push for Dallas Keuchel or Craig Kimbrel. Former member of the 1969 Mets, Art Shamsky, rounds out the program as he discusses his book “After the Miracle: The Lasting...
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Good Morning, Mets Fans! The Metropolitans came up short in Sunday’s 6-5 loss to the Washington Nationals. Zack Wheeler went five innings and gave up four runs on six hits while striking out seven. Pete Alonso continued his offensive onslaught to start the season, picking up two more hits, including an RBI double. The team rallied for three runs in the eighth to tie-up the game at five...
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Here in D.C. watching the Mets score 11 runs en route to their second straight win over the Nationals, I noticed that they did it in a very pre-launch angle way — without a single home run. They did it with purposeful at-bats creating deep pitch counts and using the whole field to spray hits around the park the way the founding fathers of this great game intended offenses to cook when they...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Yesterday, the New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 11-8. Noah Syndergaard went six innings and gave up four runs, seven hits, and struck out seven. Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso, Wilson Ramos and J.D. Davis led the offense, all collecting two RBI. Edwin Diaz came in to relieve Seth Lugo, throwing one pitch to earn the save. Today, Zack Wheeler and the Mets will...
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