Former Mets prospects and players Jason Isringhausen and Bill Pulsipher were inducted into the Binghamton Baseball Shrine prior to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies August 31 game. Isringhausen and Pulsipher are the 69th and 70th inductees to the shrine. It’s fitting both pitchers were inducted together as they will be forever linked in Mets lore. Along with Paul Wilson, the trio was known as...
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3 UP 1. Mets Single Season Home Run Mark Move aside Todd Hundley and Carlos Beltran, the Mets single season home run mark now belongs to Pete Alonso. His homer off Yu Darvish was a huge blow not only because it set the record, but also because it made given the Mets a 1-0 in the first game of what was a pivotal series. With Alonso, that’s been the key. These aren’t garbage time...
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3 UP 1. Polar Blast On Saturday, Pete Alonso hit his 41st homer in what should have been a game and series changing blast. That homer extended his National League rookie record, and it tied him with Carlos Beltran and Todd Hundley for the Mets single season record. On that note, with Beltran and Hundley both being switch-hitters, Alonso now holds the Mets single season record for...
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We hear it all the time. Major League teams spend significant time during Spring Training on the drill with the pitcher covering first base. It is something which is harped on when teams botch it during the regular season, and we see it is something that can have an impact on the outcome of games. During the series against the Mets and Indians, it might’ve been the difference between the...
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3 UP 1. Late Inning Mets Magic On Tuesday, the Mets and Indians were tied 2-2 when Michael Conforto hit a go-ahead two run homer to put the Mets up 4-2. In the seventh, the Mets would put the game away allowing the team to rest their top bullpen arms. On Wednesday, after Carlos Santana hit a clutch go-ahead homer in the top of the 10th, Amed Rosario responded by hitting a leadoff double. After...
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