By Michelle Ioannou There was uncertainty during the offseason as to whether Pete Alonso would make the Opening Day roster or not. He was a non-roster invitee to spring training. We did not have confirmation that Alonso would be on the roster until the day before Opening Day. Well, he made it, and boy are the Mets and fans glad that he did. Alonso came to the Mets right in the nick of time. No,...
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By Michelle Ioannou He may be part of the Mets crosstown rivals, but Aaron Judge is a class act. Pete Alonso tied Judge’s rookie home run record in Friday night’s game. In his postgame comments with the media, Judge spoke about this, and was highly complementary. He stated that “there’s no better person to share it with.” Judge also went on to say that he’s...
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With four games left in the 2019 Mets season, we may see Dominic Smith make a return to the field. This is great. What’s not so great? That Jeff McNeil has been placed on the 60-Day IL. I know, it really does not matter that McNeil is placed on the 60-Day IL since the season will be over way before that. But, it’s a shame that our favorite squirrel won’t get to finish out the...
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By Michelle Ioannou The 2019 Mets season marked the 50th anniversary of the World Champion Miracle Mets. The organization honored the team throughout the season, even having an entire weekend dedicated to the ’69 team at the end of June. Members of that amazin’ team made their return to Citi Field. And one of them gave a rallying cry to the current Mets team. That player was Ed...
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Wednesday night’s game against the Miami Marlins could be Jacob deGrom’s last start of the season. I hope it’s not. If it’s his last start of the season that means that the Mets have been eliminated. And whereas the numbers do look like that’s going to happen, it hasn’t happened yet. These next few games are must-wins. If the Mets do continue to win, and...
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