MMO’s partnership with Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP) continues as our 16-team Mets Madness bracket is now down to the final four. The first matchup is between the 1998 Mets and the (shocking) 2022 Mets. (Check out that preview here.) Here, we’ll preview the other semifinal matchup: the 1988 Mets (led by Dilip Sridhar) versus the 2006 Mets (led by myself). If you have not taken advantage...
After their upset of the 2000 Mets, the 2019 Mets took on the 2006 Mets—perhaps the best Mets team this century—in the latest Mets Madness series. The ’19 team, managed by Allison Waxman, looked on their way to another shocking series win, but David Wright and the ’06 Mets, managed by myself, turned their real-life Game 7 woes around. The ’06 Mets ultimately took the series in...
MMO’s partnership with Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP) continues as our 16-team Mets Madness bracket is now down to just eight teams. After upsetting the 2000 team in round one, the 2019 team looks to keep their hot streak alive and taken down the 2006 Mets. While each team had their highs and lows, the 2019 team’s pitching staff dominated, while the 2006 team’s hitters reigned...
The 2006 Mets are the team since 1986 squad that fans really thought had a chance to win it all. But while their real-life season ended in misery, their run to the Mets Madness championship got started with a bang. The core of the 2006 team–managed impeccably by myself–overpowered the 1985 rotation, which in real life was a year away from bringing the championship to Queens. Some...
