Happy August, Mets Hysteria! We’ve officially entered the dog days of August and the dust has settled after a whirlwind of a 2019 Mets trade deadline special. For a team that most would agree would/should be in seller mode not far removed from double digits under .500 and 7 back in the wild card at the All-Star Break, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen surprised Mets (and all of baseball)...
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When things are right, this team is fun. Of course, the same can be said for any team, in any league, in any sport. But as we know in this 2019 edition of Mets’ Hysteria, the boys have given us far more jeer than cheer. There have been lumps, bumps, and slumps. There have been balls booted, botched, and blundered. We’ve seen our off-season acquired slugger Robinson Cano (and career...
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As we patiently yet restlessly bide our baseball-less time for one more day, let us pause once more on this 11th day of July, 2019 and soak in another one of our shiniest, yet grittiest diamonds in the rough in Jeff McNeil. Perhaps it is appropriate that the provocative dirty riffs of Gary Clark Jr’s “Bright Lights” just queued up over this morning’s dark roast. For behind the squirrely crooked...
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As I rest my weary worker-day feet and soak in Pete Alonso’s grandest of (re)introductions to all of baseball nation, I can’t help but put the popcorn down having watched one of our own take top prize in this year’s Home Run Derby and pause during this 2019 All-Star break to reflect on one of the few bright spots in this melancholy season. As an epic early round bout between Vlad...
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It is paramount to preface the fluidity and the precariousness of the day-to-day state of the Mets when taking this next leap. As of the morning of July 5, the boys in blue are 12.5 games back in the division, 6.5 in the Wild Card, nine games under .500, and are on the precipice of sell-mode heading into sweeps week hosting the crosstown juggernaut. In short, it’s not good. But whether you are...
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