Even in hindsight the story is hard to fathom. The New York Mets came to bat in the bottom of the 10th inning, at home, trailing the Boston Red Sox 5-3 in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. They were three outs away from losing the Series. Hold on, this isn’t the story you’re thinking it is. Wally Backman led off the inning slicing a line drive into the glove of Dave Henderson. One out. Keith...
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According to this SAS release on the company website, the New York Mets and SAS, the leader in business analytics, today announced a partnership that will see the Club use SAS analytics to help analyze fan data at an individual level to engage with them in a meaningful way. This analytics initiative applies a data-driven approach to discover what fans want and how they behave so the team can...
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I reviewed long-term free agent deals (7-10 years) last week, and today I’ll examine last off-season’s mid-term deals (4-6 years) highlighted by the Cards’ Jhonny Peralta. The Mets are close to turning a pivotal corner in the return to relevancy with a wealth of power pitching no less than a year away from being fully realized. Bartolo Colon was brought in to fill a portion...
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Joel Sherman of the New York Post says the Mets could learn a lot by watching how this season’s World Series combatants constructed their teams to excel and win within their spacious ballparks. Both the Giants and Royals play in parks that are not conducive to hitting home runs. The teams competing in the World Series play their home games in huge parks. AT&T Park in San Francisco...
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Wouldn’t it be nice to have another offensive breakout performance in 2015 akin to what we saw from Lucas Duda this season? How amazing would it be to have back to back breakthrough seasons of that magnitude? Could the power-hitting right fielder we so desperately need already be on the roster? Is it possible? Kirk Nieuwenhuis certainly doesn’t have Duda’s power profile, few...
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I wanted to update this thread with something Joel Sherman of the New York Post mentioned tonight regarding the changes to Citi Field. Sherman said that none of the Mets officials wanted to speak publicly about what the new dimensions will be when everything is completed. The reason for the secrecy is because the Mets are planning to have an event to unfurl the new look sometime in late...
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