OTD 2000: Benny’s Walk-Off Blast Beats Giants

Postseason baseball has a way of shining the spotlight on the unheralded—those who happen to be in the right place at the right time. The Division Series match-up between the Wild Card Mets against the 97-win San Francisco Giants offered up the usual headliners: New York’s duo of Mike Piazza and Edgardo Alfonzo along with San Francisco’s odd couple of Barry Bonds and former Met Jeff...

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Morning Briefing: Mets Begin Postseason Run

Good morning, Mets fans! The New York Mets will play in their first postseason game since 2016, as they host the San Diego Padres at Citi Field for the inaugural Wild Card round. Max Scherzer will be on the mound for the MetsMax Scherzer, while San Diego will throw out Yu Darvish to toe the slab. The Mets are going into the playoffs hot, as they completed a three-game sweep of the Washington...

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Mets Wild Card Notes: Marte Not Ruled Out Yet

Max Scherzer, Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor, Buck Showalter, and Billy Eppler all talked to the media on Thursday night as the Mets prep to play Game 1 of the Wild Card series vs the Padres on Friday. Scherzer Completely Healthy The future Hall of Famer is starting Game 1 vs the Padres on Friday night and he said his lingering oblique issue is no longer bothering him. “I’m not limited by...

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MMO Roundtable: How Will Mets Fare In Wild Card Round?

October baseball is happening in Queens. It may not be exactly what we wanted as Mets fans, but here we are, and hey, Ya Gotta Believe, right?! In honor of the upcoming Wild Card series, here’s how we think the Mets will fare. Marshall Field The Mets should win this series, but the Padres should not be underestimated. Their starters match well with most teams in the NL, but fall short of...

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Opinion: Jacob DeGrom Should Start Game 2 vs Padres

It’s not an easy road anymore. To be fair, it wasn’t ever going to be easy, per se, but now the path to the World Series is… shakier… for these Mets. This weekend the Padres come to town and should the team from Queens prevail, the Mets will travel to Los Angeles to take on the best team in all of baseball. It’s hard not to look ahead to that Dodgers series, after all for most of the season the...

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MMO Weekly Episode 21: Wildcard Weekend Preview

Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week Mike and I recap the weekend sweep in Atlanta and losing the division, preview this weekend’s Wildcard series against the San Diego Padres, we discuss the Mets chances of making a deep postseason run without Starling Marte, Jeff McNeil wins his first batting title, and more! With rumors floating that the Mets are planning to start Chris...

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