Jenrry Mejia earned his 26th save of the season on Friday night as the Mets beat the Nationals 4-3, however his post game celebration caused a bit of a stir. After Mejia struck out Ian Desmond to end the game, he pointed at Desmond’ as if he were casting a fishing rod and then began reeling him in. It was hilarious. Here's the Mejia celebration, ICYMI. RT @MLBGIFs: Reel 'em in, break...
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The Mets (72-76) won the second game of this 4-game set against the division leading Washington Nationals (83-63) by a score of 4 to 3. What You Should Know: The Mets started off strong, coming right out of the gate with three runs in the 1st inning. An Eric Young Jr. single, Juan Lagares hit-by-pitch and Lucas Duda walk loaded the bases and set the stage for Travis d’Arnaud. D’Arnaud delivered...
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The Mets will try to even up their series against the Nationals tonight against lefty Gio Gonzalez (8-9, 3.78). The Mets will send Dillon Gee (6-7, 3.74) to the hill as he looks to finish the season strong. First pitch is at 7:10pm. In his last start, Gee took the loss in the Mets’ 2-1 defeat to the Reds at Great American Ball Park on September 6th, snapping a two-game winning streak. He was...
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My parents did a lot of embarrassing stuff when I was a kid. As immigrants who spoke very little English, they faced their share of challenges adapting to life in the big city.They once walked into a dry-cleaners thinking it was a clothing store with my mom looking at the receipts, amazed at how inexpensive the dresses were. On another occasion, having clarified the meaning of the word...
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On Thursday night, Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance after he was hit in the face by an 88-mph fastball from Brewers righthander Mike Fiers. According to several reports, Stanton suffered several facial lacerations (which required stitches), multiple facial fractures and dental damage. He’ll remain hospitalized before returning to Miami on...
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No surprise here, but sportscaster Keith Olbermann of ESPN named Jeff Wilpon the Worst Person in the World tonight. He completely ripped into him and his father Fred Wilpon, accusing both of them of running the team into the ground. A lawsuit filed on Wednesday alleged that the Mets chief operating officer insulted and harassed senior vice president Leigh Castergine relentlessly because she was...
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