Not that we didn’t already know it, but it bears repeating. Nothing is guaranteed in baseball. We know how the Mets’ front office was determined to learn from the mistakes of their chief rivals in the NL East. We all know the story of the Washington Nationals shutting down Stephen Strasburg in the stretch run of 2012, and the accompanying bold assertion by Nats’ GM Mike Rizzo that it was no...
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Here are the grim facts: The Mets were tied or in the lead 77% of the time in the 2015 World Series. They were tied or ahead for 41 of the 53 innings. And while you would not be wrong in claiming our dormant offense had much to do with our demise, you can now with pinpoint precision boil this series down to… Three pitches. Two World Series games we led in the 9th, another in the 8th, and...
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There is an expression In the TV business for something producers try always to avoid. It happens when you see a talking head moving his lips on screen, but don’t hear him. It’s called lip flap. Your mouth keeps moving, but nothing comes out. And such was the case with the Kansas City Royals in Game 3 of a Fall Classic that may now be turning into a classic. When Noah Syndergaard came way up...
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If you’re like me, it’s been extremely difficult to find the time – or mood – to actually do any work these days. After all, it serves only to disrupt the desired single-minded focus on the Mets. But because there have been so very many memorable moments in this most memorable of years, it has actually become very difficult to process – not to mention comprehend – the...
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All or most of us have wanted since that awful season that shall remain nameless (or dateless) – hint: it was eight years ago – not to mention the year that followed, is to rid ourselves of the curse. OK, we don’t have a Bambino or a goat conveniently nestled into a clever-sounding curse, but let’s admit it was every bit as real. We existed under a black cloud that brought us...
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