The World Series finally came to an end on Saturday night. The Houston Astros defeated the Cinderella Philadelphia Phillies in six games. The Astros, who were arguably the best in team in the regular season (outside potentially the Los Angeles Dodgers), earned their second World Series in franchise history (2017 being the first). Meanwhile, the Phillies end their terrific season just a tad...
In a sea of leftover Halloween costumes and hackneyed, “Houston We Have A Problem” posters, the Phillies blanked the Astros 7-0, setting World Series records to boot. The rainout on Monday was a gift from god for Philly on Tuesday with Ranger Suarez taking the reins from Noah Syndergaard. Who knows what the ex-Met with the Thor moniker would have done, and frankly, who cares? Suárez took the...
Good morning, Mets fans! As the offseason rumor mill continues to slowly heat up — even amidst the ongoing World Series — the Angels are showing reluctance to trade generational star Shohei Ohtani. In a Tuesday article from Andy Martino of SNY, it was reported that the Angels are showing “no appetite” to discuss Ohtani deals, and that it’s more likely they will try to extend...
The 2022 World Series is almost set. Both the Philadelphia Phillies, surprisingly, and the more believable, Houston Astros, are each one win away. The Phillies marched to a thrilling 10-6 victory Saturday, thanks in large part to an electric performances by Rhys Hoskins (2 HRs, 4 RBI) and Bryce Harper (2-for-4, 2 RBI). This increased their series lead to 3-1 over the San Diego Padres. A World...
As Herman’s Hermits famously sang, “second verse, same as the first.” Only in this case, it’s “fourth session, same as the first (and all preceding ones)”, no progress toward a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. Representatives from Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players’ Association met for a fourth consecutive day in Jupiter,...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets fell to the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 3-0 on Wednesday and now have a rare day off before getting back in action against the Washington Nationals on Friday night. And exactly a week from today, we will all be enjoying regular season baseball games again, on time, which should resemble some form of normalcy (hallelujah). Let’s check out what went...
The Mets dropped another home matchup against the Houston Astros by a final of 5-2 at First Data Field. They are now 5-11 this spring, sitting at the bottom of the Grapefruit League standings. Pitching: Jacob deGrom began his afternoon by striking out the side in a 15-pitch first inning, mixing a 95-97 mile per hour fastball with a slider that sat 90-92. Despite maintaining his velocity the...
The New York Mets (5-10) will take on the Houston Astros (11-5) at First Data Field. The game starts at 1:10 PM and can be seen on WPIX and listened to on 710 WOR. Jacob deGrom will make his first start of the spring against Lance McCullers of the Astros. Mets Lineup Juan Lagares DH Yoenis Cespedes LF Jay Bruce RF Todd Frazier 3B Adrian Gonzalez 1B Asdrubal Cabrera 2B Brandon Nimmo CF...
When Justin Turner walloped a walk-off home run in the National League Divisional Series 29 years to the day of Kirk Gibson’s famous dinger it felt like a sign that the Dodgers were the team fated to hoist the Fall Classic Trophy. But Los Angeles was competing against a team from Houston whose destiny was etched in metal the moment their city was leveled by a devastating storm. Wednesday night,...
Houston starting pitchers are paying it forward this postseason with clutch multiple inning saves for their teammates who toed the rubber before them. Brad Peacock did it for Lance McCullers Friday night, and McCullers for his pal Charlie Morton in Game 7 of the ALCS. “The ovation I got when I was in the bullpen — I got chills,” McCullers said. “I’ll probably never...
Tonight, Game 3 of the World Series will go down in Houston. Yu Darvish will take on Lance McCullers Jr. in a battle of spin rates. On a programming note, all of the remaining World Series games will start at 8:20 p.m. in EST. Jose Altuve was voted the Sporting News Player of the Year. Latest Mets News Kevin Long will likely leave the Mets according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag Sports. Tommy Milone...
Tonight is the calm before the storm. It is the eve of the World Series between Los Angeles and Houston. Clayton Kershaw will face Dallas Keuchel in Chavez Ravine tomorrow night. Latest Mets News The big news story of the day is the Mets hiring of Mickey Callaway to mind the store in 2018. Joel Sherman of the New York Post and Marc Carig of Newsday had the news surrounding the Mets new skipper....
