The Major League Baseball postseason is just six games old and it’s already turning into an all-time great year. You had the Oakland A’s getting bounced in the Wild Card Round by the upstart Kansas City Royals. You have the #1 seed in the American League going down 2-0 to those same Royals and the Giants overcoming big hits by the Nationals to take game one. One thing no-one expected...
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If you mention the year 1999 to a Mets fan, one-of-two things comes to mind. Either you see Robin Ventura’s grand-slam-single that ended game five of the National League Championship Series or you see Kenny Rogers walking in the winning run that sealed that series for the Braves. Game five will always be Ventura’s game and despite his late game heroics, one man made sure he’d...
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Looking back at last offseason, it’s pretty clear that the Mets had a few targets. One was Curtis Granderson who they locked up in early December for four years and $60 million. The other was Jhonny Peralta. With a much higher asking price than he originally anticipated, Sandy Alderson decided against signing the veteran shortstop who went on to have a solid year for the Cardinals, hitting...
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Matt Ehalt of NJ.com is reporting that Wally Backman will not be promoted to the Mets major league staff. Instead he has been offered the managing job with the Las Vegas 51’s but it is currently unclear if he will return. The Mets are still searching for a hitting coach and it was reported last week by Mike Puma of the New York Post that Bobby Abreu and Edgardo Alfonzo are the leading...
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Game 1 San Francisco Giants at Washington Nationals Satuday, Oct. 4, 5:30 PM, Fox Sports 1 Tim Hudson (9-13, 3.57) vs. Jordan Zimmerman (14-5, 2.66) The Nationals will try to bounce back from a tough game one loss to the Giants on Saturday, sending their 14-game winner Jordan Zimmerman to the mound against the third man in the rotation, Tim Hudson, for the Giants. Game 2 St. Louis Cardinals at...
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Jared Diamond of The Wall Street Journal, pointed out a staggering statistic a few days ago. The Mets opened the season 10-20 in one-run games, finishing at 26-29. After that horrible beginning of the season, they improved to 16-9 in one-run games down the stretch. It’s no surprise that the turnaround occurred around the time that Jenrry Mejia was installed as the team’s closer and...
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