After a good night’s sleep followed by pancakes and bacon for breakfast with real maple syrup, not that Aunt Jemima crap, I’m ready to move on and put Saturday’s Game 4 shit-show behind me. The mission is simple. We need to win three games in a row, and as impossible as that may seem, the Mets have put together 11 and 8 game winning streaks already this season, so hey, you...
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I know we’re playing with house money and I know I wrote after the NLDS that no matter what happens the rest of the way, this has been a fun, exciting and truly successful season for the Mets. And all of that is still true and still applies. But to be honest, none of that takes away the pain of Saturday night’s Game 4 loss to the Kansas City Royals. That was as gut-wrenching as you...
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On a crisp and cool October night, and in front of a filled to capacity Citi Field, the New York Mets treated their fans to an unforgettable night of pulse-pounding baseball as they beat the Kansas City Royals 9-3 in Game 3 of the World Series. It all began with beautifully produced pre-game ceremony highlighted by Billy Joel singing the National Anthem and Mets Hall of Famer Mike Piazza...
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After the New York Mets pummeled Kansas City by a score of 9-3 in front of an electric and super charged Citi Field, some of the Royals players voiced their anger with tonight’s starter Noah Syndergaard after his first pitch of the game – a 98 mph fastball – came up and in at Alcides Escobar and put him on his ass. “Everyone is upset about it,” Eric Hosmer told...
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How is the confidence level of your team? Well, we’re still excited. We still have a lot of confidence. After the game you could hear the conversation; we’ve been in tough holes before. We’re used to it. We’re used to playing with adversity, like a lot of Big League clubs. And I thought Michael put it pretty good yesterday when he said, “You’ve got to win four...
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