On August 11, 1988, Mets’ catcher, Gary Carter achieved a career milestone by hitting his 300th career home run in a game against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Carter stepped to the plate the top of the second inning against Al Nipper of the Cubs, whom the Mets had gotten to know two years earlier in the World Series when Nipper pitched for Red Sox. Darryl Strawberry had hit a home run off...
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The New York Mets (third place in the National League’s eastern division) return home to Citi Field to take on manager Dave Martinez’s Washington Nationals (fourth place in the National League’s eastern division) in a three-game series. The Mets are coming off perhaps their most difficult week of the 2021 season, losing six of seven games on a road trip to Miami and...
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With the 2021 Mets reeling after a 1-6 road trip, low-lighted by being swept in a series by the Phillies, who passed the Mets and moved into first place, this may be a good time to think about a positive memory from the not-too-distant past. Let’s wind the clock back two years to August 9, 2019. The Mets had begun their phoenix-like rise from the ashes. They had won six in a row and 14 of...
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On August 5, 1985, Darryl Strawberry had quite a day at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The “Straw Man” hit three home runs and drove in five runs, as the Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs 7-2 in a Monday matinee on the north side of Chicago. I was fortunate enough to have been at the game and the series in Chicago. The Mets were in first place (by one-half of a game) and were on a...
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The New York Mets (55-49, first place in the National League’s eastern division) begin a seven-game road trip on Monday with four in Miami against manager Don Mattingly’s Marlins (44-61, fifth place in the National League’s eastern division). The Mets will also play three games in Philadelphia against the Phillies on this trip. New York is coming off a weekend of mixed results....
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