Wilmer Flores can cry as much as he wants to. In a 16-7 drubbing of the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park last night, the living legend that is Wilmer Flores continued his hot hitting with a huge offensive night. The Mets set a franchise record by hitting a total of eight homeruns, with Flores crushing two of them – and I do mean crushed. He finished 3-for-6 with 2 HR’s, one double, and...
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Last night’s game showcased the magic of this Metropolitan team. This army of misfit toys has been assembled to make a legitimate run and fans are seeing that night-in and night-out. One of the quirkiest and most energetic soldiers in the army is Daniel Murphy, the position-less boy wonder who knows how to swing a piece of lumber. Murphy, who got off to a slow start in 2015 after getting hurt in...
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As I arrived in Philadelphia for my sophomore year at UPenn, the Mets arrived in The City of Brotherly Love for a four-game set against the Phillies. So with Jacob deGrom on the hill for the series opener and David Wright making his long-awaited return to the field, the decision to go to Monday’s game was easier than pulling Eric O’Flaherty against a righty. I was rewarded with the...
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I was 5 years old. My days were spent riding up and down the sidewalk on my bike, the same couple of hundred feet or so, over and over. I knew every crack and bump. I’d ride around until my sister would come out and yell for me to come up for dinner. She was 10, and on this particular day she was very excited, there was this food she wanted us to try that she saw at her friend’s house. American...
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The Mets have waited since April to get David Wright back in the lineup, but he quickly made his presence felt last night during his first at-bat. The Mets captain crushed a mammoth home run against Phillies’ starter Adam Morgan, and he finished the day going 2-for-5 with a walk and three runs scored. The home run was a towering shot that landed in the upper deck of Citizens Bank Park and...
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Lost in the mix of last night’s thrilling Mets win over the Philadelphia Phillies was the strong performance the team got out of their unheralded relief pitcher Sean Gilmartin. Gilmartin, a pitcher the Mets selected from the Twins last December in the Rule 5 Draft, was able to come in and throw 3 1/3 innings of three-hit ball, while surrendering no runs, all after Jacob deGrom had given up six...
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