Having recently read, “So Many Ways to Lose,” Devin Gordon’s, comedic, heartfelt masterpiece on the history of the Mets, I feel like there should be mandatory mental health insurance for being a lifelong fan. Wednesday night in San Francisco, they can’t buy a run for eight innings, then edge their way into extras to beat the best team in baseball by four runs, albeit against sup par pitching,...
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On the same day the Mets received a tongue-lashing tweet from team owner Steve Cohen, the Amazins’ lived up to their nickname on Wednesday, getting out of Frisco with some desperate dignity. The digs from Cohen left the uninspired offense dormant until the top of the ninth when J.D. Davis hit a sacrifice fly to even the score 1-1. Edwin Diaz clearly got the memo in the bottom frame with two...
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The Mets survive another nail biter from the bullpen as they stave off the Braves with the tying run at the plate. Coming off eight consecutive no decisions, starter Steven Matz tossed a six-inning beauty yielding two runs on four hits mowing down eight with one walk. Showcasing a little more bulk to his build, the Long Island lefty retired 13 in a row before Ronald Acuna Jr. smacked a two-out...
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For Jacob deGrom, voter support from Baseball Writers’ was easier to come by than runs from his fellow teammates. In a season filled with profound disappointment, the Mets ace got what he rightfully deserved – albeit one journalist, John Maffei, didn’t get the memo that victories alone don’t matter. Throughout 2018, deGrom carried his cronies like a soldier trying to save a battalion of...
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In 1972, a veteran western actor named Ben Johnson won an Oscar for his best supporting role in the iconic coming of age film, The Last Picture Show. He was on screen for 9 minutes and 54 seconds – the shortest ever in taking home the golden statue. Many conventional thinkers thought it was a travesty – but without a rule book to abide by, the Academy voters strongly believed that the potency of...
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