On May 17, 2019, New York Mets starter Jacob deGrom took the mound to face the lowly Miami Marlins. The reigning Cy Young Award winner had soundly defeated the same Marlins six days earlier, allowing one runs and five hits over seven innings. But in this outing, things were different. DeGrom allowed seven runs on nine hits and lost for the fifth time in six decisions. His record stood at 3-5...
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In what many in the sport considered a foregone conclusion, New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso was voted National League Rookie-of-the-Year for 2019 by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. The vote by the Writers was not even close as Alonso was named first on 29 of the 30 ballots. In winning the coveted award, Alonso becomes the sixth Met in franchise history to be honored as the...
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While studying the new Mets manager, you can’t help but be struck by some contrasts during his playing career and then a universal trend that threads throughout his career. Here is a player who spent 20 years in the Majors, had mostly great things happen to him, but also was befallen by some bumps, some of which of his own doing. As an example of the contrasts, how many players make the...
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by Marshall Field Before the 115th World Series’ game seven started, it was already special as it was steeped in firsts. It was the first best-of-seven series across MLB, the NHL and the NBA to have its first six games won by the road team. That’s 1420 series through three sports. That record would later grow to the road team winning all seven games. Then the starting pitchers:...
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86 years is a long time. The year was 1933 with America mired deep in a depression when the Washington Senators last made it to the World Series. They lost that Series in five games to the New York Giants and the District, as it is called, has not seen a World Series since. That will all change on Tuesday as the new Washington franchise, reborn (or better relocated) in 2005, as the Nationals,...
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