Every summer my Dad and I take a trip to some ballpark that we have never seen before to catch a few Mets games. This year, we decided to come out to Kansas City to check out Kauffman Stadium for the first time and hopefully watch the Mets take a series sweep. The second we arrived, memories of 2015 slowly crept into our minds like a bad virus, as remnants of the championship that slipped...
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It was only a matter of time, but we are getting to the point of the season where records are going to start falling due to the unprecedented power of Pete Alonso. Alonso has been on a torrid home run pace all season, keeping up with the best sluggers in the game as a rookie. Last night, Alonso put the Mets ahead 3-0 in the first inning, when he hit a 451-foot moonshot into the drink in center...
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After losing two straight games, along with All-Star Jeff McNeil to injury, the Mets were in desperate need of a stopper on Wednesday night but the often inconsistent Steven Matz was set to take the mound. It was hard to expect too much for Matz, as he had pitched to a 6.79 ERA across 12 starts on the road this season. Yet Matz ended up being every bit the stopper that the Mets needed, he just...
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The New York Mets had a very successful homestand this past week, winning six of their seven games and vaulting themselves even closer towards a Wild Card spot. The week began with the Mets sweeping the Marlins in a double-header on Monday, before finishing off the series sweep on Wednesday. After an off-day on Thursday, the Mets were ready to face the Washington Nationals, in what turned into a...
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Exactly one week ago, everyone assumed that Zack Wheeler was on his way out of town, as he appeared to be the most likely Met to be traded at the deadline. Rumors of a Wheeler trade swirled right up until the last minute of the deadline, but once the dust settled, it was clear that Wheeler was staying put as the Mets were not ready to give up on this season. Since then, the Mets had won seven of...
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