Good morning, Mets fans. The Mets suffered a crushing loss on Wednesday night as a bang-bang play at the plate in the bottom of the ninth was the final blow for the Amazins. Pete Alonso’s hand bounced up before the plate, allowing the tag to be placed before he scored and subsequently ending the game. However, an even bigger story is how the Mets’ offense has continued to struggle...
On the day the New York Mets’ paid tribute to Dwight Gooden, pitching dominated the scene at Citi Field on Sunday afternoon, with Jose Buttó and Cole Ragans engaged in a fierce duel. When it was all said and done, the Mets (7-8) secured their third series victory of the season by defeating the Kansas City Royals (10-6), 2-1. The Mets have won seven out of their last ten games after...
Forty years ago, Shea Stadium was the place to be—especially when Dwight Gooden took the mound. Never mind anything playing on Broadway—this was the hottest show in town. Fans who were once avoided the park in Flushing, New York were now coming in droves to witness a teenager overwhelm elders with his fastball and fool them with a knee-bending curve that earned the reverential nickname,...
Good morning, Mets fans! Per Mike Puma of the New York Post, Jose Buttó is expected to start Sunday for the Mets against the Royals. Buttó started the year in Triple-A after a strong 2023 season and spring training, but he has recorded one start for the major league team during a doubleheader earlier in the season. He went six innings, allowing one run on three hits, and it appears the Mets are...
Good morning Mets fans! A beloved face made an appearance for the preseason, with David Wright making the trip down to Port St. Lucie, Florida, for spring training. Wright revealed to the media that president of baseball operations David Stearns made the call to ask if Wright was interested in working for the team part-time. The captain made it clear his priorities are elsewhere. “I said,...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday, the New York Mets held a live Zoom call with Mets legends Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden as they announced the dates of their jersey number retirements. Doc’s number will be retired on Sunday, April 14, and Darryl’s number will be raised later in the season on Saturday, June 1. But aside from setting the date for the festivities, the...
Good morning, Mets fans! What are David Stearns’ expectations for 2024? The Mets’ president of baseball operations said he expects the team to be competing for a playoff spot in an interview with Andy Martino of SNY. “We should be competing for a playoff spot, we should be competing for a team that has the ability to make the playoffs,” Stearns said. “That’s certainly our...
The 1986 Mets knocked out the 1976 Mets in the first round of the Mets Madness tournament. While the ’86 Mets won the series in five games, the ’76 Mets put up a fight. Ed Kranepool powered the Mets to victory in Game 4, and if not for a blown save late in the series, the ’76 Mets could have pulled ahead of the World Champ ’86 squad. Game 1 Tom wasn’t so terrific...
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...
The New York Mets announced that they will be retiring the jersey numbers of 1986 World Series Champions Darryl Strawberry (18) and Dwight Gooden (16). Darryl and “Doc” both had meteoric rises through the Mets system, winning Rookie of the Year in 1983 and 1984, respectively. Together, they immediately turned the Mets into perennial contenders throughout the 1980’s. The two had...
Good morning, Mets fans! While the Mets and White Sox are battling on the field, Carlos Carrasco of the Mets and Liam Hendriks of the White Sox teamed up off the field for a greater cause. The two cancer survivors came together before Wednesday’s game for a special edition of “Cookie’s Kids” as they hosted pediatric cancer patients from “Cohen...
I watched tonight’s match-up between St Louis and the Mets in tandem with the first part of ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary, Once Upon a Time in Queens. I took in every game of the 1986 season – either in a bar, on my couch – or someone else’s – many at Shea. The Mets were like a drug for me in the mid to late eighties. And if the game were crucial, you could be certain, I would go to...
