What were the odds of yesterday’s walk-off? Down four runs in the ninth, the team that fails to score more than 3.5 runs per game was certainly doomed. Were they 1,000,000 to 1? Maybe 1,000,000,000 to 1? To recap, Brandon Nimmo hit a home run, then Dominic Smith, Pete Alonso, Javier Baez, and Michael Conforto rallied for consecutive hits with two outs. Without a doubt in my mind,...
Read More
The longtime voice of Mets radio, Howie Rose, will not broadcast any more Mets games this season. He’s taking an extended leave of absence to deal with personal health issues. Wednesday was supposed to be Rose’s final game this year but the postponement advanced it one day. Before he left we still got one more signature put it in the books from Howie Rose to hold us over until he...
Read More
Javier Baez. From thumbs down to thumbs up. The Mets came back from a four-run deficit in the ninth inning and won 6-5 after Baez narrowly avoided a tag on a play at the plate. Frustrations turned into jubilation as New York walks off the Marlins in their suspended game from April 11. New York was down 5-1 entering the bottom of the ninth. The Marlins called in closer Anthony Bass who started by...
Read More
Balk in the New York groove. The Mets have a win streak for the first time in weeks after defeating the Nationals 9-4 on Sunday. New York continued its power streak with two more home runs on Sunday. Now at five home runs in the last two games, the Mets have shown signs of life after an abysmal 13-game stretch against the top of the National League. The Mets scraped out a run in the first...
Read More
Noah Syndergaard will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with High-A Brooklyn. The plan is for him to throw one inning. The 28-year-old hasn’t thrown for the Mets in two years since Tommy John surgery. The long path of rehab will now loop through the Cyclones as he works his way to becoming a reliever for the rest of the season. Earlier this season, Syndergaard made two appearances for...
Read More
