Author: Joe D

Kevin Long Says Offense Will Get Better

After a deflating sweep in Atlanta, the Mets are 0-5 on this current road trip which wraps up with three games in Milwaukee against the Brew Crew beginning on Tuesday. The offense has struggled all season long, but it has reached its apex on this road trip which has seen them score just six runs in the five games. The Mets are averaging just 2.94 runs per game on the road this season. Matt Ehalt...

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Collins Frustrated, Will His Pleas For Help Fall On Deaf Ears?

What a frustrating weekend it’s been. Turner Field has been a house of horrors for our Mets, and this particular sweep at the hands of the Atlanta Braves was deflating to say the least. I’ll be happy when they tear that damned stadium down in 2017 and make it a parking lot. Listening to Terry Collins’ post-game media session on Sunday night, sounded a lot like a man who was...

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Why Doesn’t Sandy Alderson Do Something Already?

Oftentimes I feel as though we have some of the most irrational, bipolar, manic-depressive, flip-flopping fans and writers I’ve ever seen. Win three games, order the champagne and playoff tickets. Lose three games, open the windows and get out on your ledges. In a matter of 13 days I saw one site go from “Do Something Mets” to “Sandy’s In All-Out, Full-On, Hustle...

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Braves Acquire Touki Touissant, Bronson Arroyo for Phil Gosselin

According to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports Atlanta Braves have acquired right-handed pitchers Bronson Arroyo and highly regarded Touki Toussaint from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for infielder Philip Gosselin. The D’Backs were motivated in dumping Arroyo and the approximate guaranteed $11 million  owed to him through 2016. Arroyo is currently rehabbing from Tommy John surgery and...

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Familia Out With Tightness In Left Groin

As if an awful 2-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Friday night wasn’t enough, we may be without the team’s most valuable player for at least the next two games and maybe more. In the bottom of the eighth inning Jeurys Familia was brought in with the bases loaded to try and stop the bleeding after the Braves scored two runs to take the lead. Like the warrior that he is, Familia got the...

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