It sure is fun to watch games like last night or Friday and Saturday’s finishes against the Giants, or even the way the team battled back on Sunday against Tim Lincecum. But some of the Mets are striking out at an alarming rate (ahem, David Wright…ahem, Jason Bay). Even Ike Davis, who has been the spark that fired up the team the past few weeks, has 19 strikeouts in 66 at-bats. I...
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I suggested that the Mets pitching staff’s overperformance could result in a hat-tipping to Dan Warthen, who may be deceivingly quiet. By “deceiving,” I mean he is not a flashy pitching coach, people rarely ever heard of him before he came to the Mets although he does have a bit of a distinguished and respectable career as a pitching coach. His pitching staff...
Read MoreIn a game that was looking like the Nationals would take it, the Mets worked around a bad outing from Jon Niese to stage an 8th inning comeback and win 8-6 Game Notes Jonathon Niese went out today, and was in trouble from the get-go. He would only finish the day going 4 1/3 innings, giving up 6 hits, 5 walks and 3 strikeouts – one of his hits going to Adam Dunn. Niese recovered after the...
Read MoreOne of the positive things that I have been seeing from this team in the past few weeks is the way they seem to always fight. At times a hit with a runner on base seems to be too tall of an order and it can be very frustrating for a fan. However, when at the times when the team is backed into a corner they seem to not lay down and die like we have seen many times in year’s past. This is...
Read MoreIn another time, perhaps 50 years from now, the Mets will get the opportunity to tear down Citifield, and build a new stadium for their fans and team. The life cycle of Citifield will have reached it’s end. The Stadium will have hosted multiple championship teams and hosted All Star, playoff, and World Series games. We all will have had our fill of Shake Shack, McFaddens and Blue Smoke. Enough...
Read MoreAAA International League: Buffalo 0/5/3, Louisville 11/16/0 cf Jason Pridie 1 for 4, K, .291 rf Jesus Feliciano 0 for 2, BB, .341 1b Mike Jacobs 0 for 3, BB, K, .258 3b Mike Hessman 1 for 3, 2b, BB, K, .299 2b Alex Cintron 0 for 3, BB, K, .200 lf Andy Green 0 for 4, .303 ss Ruben Tejada 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .296 c Jean Luc Blaquiere 2 for 4, 2 2b Bobby Livingston 4 IP, 9 H, 6/4 R/ER, 1/2 BB/K, 4.05...
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