The New York Mets have suffered a slew of bumps, pulls, strains and bruises in the past two days. And now, the Amazins’ will likely be without Brandon Nimmo and J.D. Davis on Sunday after both players were forced to exit last night’s game with injuries. Davis already endured a stint on the injured list in early April after getting hit on the hand by a pitch. This time, it’s his...
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Sunday, May 2, 2021 • 7:08 P.M. Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA LHP David Peterson (1-3, 5.59) vs. RHP Zach Eflin (1-1, 3.58 ERA) ESPN • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM It happened! The Mets scored runs! The Mets won a ball game! The Mets opened up the game in a big way yesterday, stringing together a series of hits and scoring four runs in the first inning. After that feast of runs, the Mets...
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New York Mets players Dominic Smith and Miguel Castro have been fined by Major League Baseball in the wake of Friday’s bench-clearing incident against the Phillies. Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports that Smith and Castro have both received undisclosed fines for their roles in what unfolded on Friday at Citizens Bank Park. Phillies’ reliever Jose Alvarado didn’t get away as...
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For an April Fool’s Day prank in 1985, Sports Illustrated writer George Plimpton published an article called “The Curious Case of Sidd Finch.” Finch, a reportedly right-handed pitcher who hailed from England, practiced yoga in Tibet and could fire a fastball at upwards of 170 mph, was going to lead the Mets to the promised land for years to come, all while wearing only one...
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I’ve always been a very measured person throughout my life. It even carries over to what I write about the Mets. So after lambasting them yesterday for being too soft, I have this sudden irresistible urge to write something positive about the Mets to even things out — so to speak. What a conundrum indeed… trying to find something positive about a bunch of soft, overpaid,...
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Taijuan Walker made his fifth start of the season on Saturday night in Philadelphia, and had ups and downs on the rubber. The Mets offense woke up though, which cut Walker a little bit of slack. After the Mets scored four runs in the top of the first, Walker kept the Phillies off the board in the bottom half of the inning. It wasn’t until the second when the Phillies started to chip away...
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