With September here, and the 2011 baseball season slipping from their grasp, the Mets find themselves on the outside looking in at the play-off picture, for the fifth season in a row. Despite the Amazin’s winning 7 of their last 8 games, they are completely out of contention, and will likely be playing out the string, without making much of a whimper. It’s another depressing season...
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With the minority stake of the team to David Einhorn deal now dead in the water, the much-needed influx of cash that the Mets needed is dead with it. So what exactly does that mean for the team this winter and beyond? Well it has been said that the Mets will continue to look for minority investors through this year and into the near future. However the idea of one coming relatively soon is about...
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CYCLONES BEAT YANKEES AND CLINCH WILD CARD! I just wanted to update Pete’s post with the good news from Brooklyn… Congratulations to the Cyclones! Original Post: 9/2 2:30 PM With three games left against the Staten Island Yankees this weekend, the Brooklyn Cyclones are sitting in first place for the Wild Card entry of the New York Penn League 2011 play-offs, with a record of 42-29....
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The offense, spearheaded by a David Wright three run shot in the first never let up, and R.A. Dickey pitched a quality six innings in the Mets 7-3 win against the Nationals. Game Notes R.A. Dickey had a good outing and the definition of a quality start, going six innings allowing three runs on nine hits, striking out one. Dickey may have not had his strikeout stuff today, but allowing three runs...
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At first glance, Pedro Beato’s numbers have been nothing if not mediocre. And that’s true. But even at that very same first glance, its obvious Beato has had a decent season and has easily been more good than bad. And that alone puts him in rare company. The company he keeps as a Rule V draftee is not very impressive as a whole, which admittedly lowers the bar, but the very nature of what a Rule...
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Last night, while making his final start of the season for the Binghamton Mets, Collin McHugh delivered his finest performance of what has been a breakthrough season for the young right-hander. McHugh struck out 11 batters and pitched a nine inning complete game masterpiece during the B-Mets’ 2-1 victory over the Erie SeaWolves. He allowed one run on five hits and walked two, and retied...
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