Despite the sour finish to both his own and the team’s season in 2022, it’s hard to call Max Scherzer’s first season in Queens anything but a rousing success. The three-time Cy Young Award winner finished with a career-low 2.29 ERA and 169 ERA+ in 145.1 IP while finishing the season at 38-years-old. Scherzer also brought a strong presence to the Mets clubhouse. Along with NL...
Meet MJ. At first, Mets games were about hanging out with friends and simply watching the game for her. But after her dad passed away four years ago, the Mets became an escape for her and helped her get through that difficult time. Tell me your full story. When my dad passed, it was the distraction I needed. The time leading up to baseball, life felt like it stood still. It was hard to be me....
Prior to the game yesterday, Dominic Smith chose to kneel, alone, for the National Anthem. After the game, he emotionally explained his reasoning for doing so: ICYMI: Here’s Dominic Smith talking emotionally after the game about why he chose to kneel. pic.twitter.com/dHZSRJH7kW — Metsmerized (@Metsmerized) August 27, 2020 Smith’s heartfelt words resonated with a lot of people. I saw...
The Mets have had their fair share of personalities on their team throughout the decades, that is for sure. But if you could choose one Mets team to hang out with, which team would it be? Would it be one from your lifetime, or one from before you were born? Matt I turn 21 in a couple of days. I feel like the ’86 Mets would certainly help me celebrate in the grandest of styles. The only...
When you think back to some of your favorite baseball memories, is there one person in particular who comes to mind? Not a player, like we discussed in our last Roundtable, but someone you know personally? Who is that person for you? Sal Last time I spoke about which player made me fall in love with baseball (thank you Mike Piazza), but today I want to talk about which person made me fall in...
When you think of the player that made you fall in love with the game of baseball, who do you think of? The answer to this question will likely depend on your age, where you grew up, your family, and so on — which makes it an interesting question to pose. This is why I asked the MMO team to share theirs. Are any of ours your player, too? Mojo It’s hard for me to pick just a single player...
Baseball is being played all around the world, even if we may not realize it. As a Greek-American, I didn’t even know about the Greek National Baseball team until recently. But, I am sure you can imagine how ecstatic I was to learn more about it and to share more about it with you all. I spoke with Dimitri Kourtis, a right-handed pitcher for the Greek National Team, originally hailing from...
We all love those Mets giveaways, as evidence by the long lines whenever there is a good promo happening (we’re looking at you Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom bobblehead days). As we already shared with you what our most obscure and what our favorite pieces of Mets memorabilia are, now we wanted to share this with you all — the best Mets giveaway we have ever gotten. Sal The best...
I was about six-years-old when my father threatened to throw me out of the house. The reason was simple. I told him I was going to be a Yankees fan. It was the early 1970s and I knew nothing about baseball. But still, I was going to root for the Yankees. Why? As my dad watched the local news one night, the sports came on. I was close by, doing whatever a typical six-year-old does. The Yankees...
Once again it falls upon all Americans to take a pause from the daily grind in remembrance of all the brave men and women that have made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives for our country. We at Metsmerized Online honor their lives on this Memorial Day. “There is no greater act of love than to lay down one’s life for others.” We also honor all the men and women of our Armed Forces who...
I’m not going to lie to you, I was worried about baseball season starting. A weird thing to say, right? Especially as we have now been months without baseball, I know. But it has taken me this long to come out and admit it, publicly. For those of you who have followed me from the start – first off, thank you all. I appreciate your support more than you know. Secondly, I wanted to...
We have all watched “The Last Dance” about Michael Jordan. Now that it’s over, we got to thinking — who would we want the Mets version of this to be about? Tim Everyone had a pretty good idea 2005 was Mike Piazza’s last year in Queens. Not sure it would be on the dramatic level Jordan’s story was, but Mike was so adored here. The love was palpable during that last home...
