Looking to build on the most impressive outing of his brief Mets’ tenure last Tuesday against the Giants, Max Scherzer spun a second straight gem against an upper-echelon National League club on Monday evening in St. Louis. In fact, Scherzer had a nearly identical line against St. Louis as his last outing, tossing seven more scoreless innings, allowing two hits, one walk and striking out...
The Mets (25-30) evened their series against Tampa Bay (36-20) with a 5-2 triumph over the Rays on Tuesday night at Citi Field. Pete Alonso contributed greatly to the win. He went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in his most productive night in weeks, after going just 12-for-66 in the month of September. He drove in three of five runs for New York in what would be the deciding factor of the...
You can’t forget those events of September 11, 2001. For the world of sports that was a day when fun and games also went dark with the cancellation of Major League Baseball games and the NFL season was temporarily on hold. In the end, though, it was sports that once again united this country. The first game played as the nation continued to mourn took place at Shea Stadium, 10 days after the...
With the month of September being National Suicide Awareness Month, many people in the sports media world have been speaking out on how mental illness and suicide has affected them in their lives. As someone who has struggled with their own mental health for over a decade, I wanted to write this piece as a thank you to both the Mets and all the people I have met through writing about them. In...
Seth Lugo continued his stretch-out upon returning to the starting rotation in a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. Lugo threw 81 pitches over five innings and picked up the win while he notched eight strikeouts. After the game, Lugo had a precautionary x-ray on his hand which came back negative, according to Steve Gelbs of SNY. To set the stage, Lugo used his fastball and...
Friday, July 31, 2020 • 7:10 p.m. Truist Park • Atlanta, GA RHP Rick Porcello (0-1, 27.00) vs. LHP Sean Newcomb (0-0, 2.70) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM The Mets are in mid-season form: they have left a ton of runners in scoring position the last two nights. In each of the last two nights – just one hit – by the Mets in one of several opportunities probably means the Mets win the ball game....
The 2020 season is unlike any other baseball season. Over three months of baseball was missed, fans aren’t allowed in stadiums to watch, COVID testing is done constantly, and the number of media per game is limited. Baseball fans have their own perspective on this season — whether that be a positive one or a negative one. But, what does someone who does get to go into the stadium,...
MMO Fan Shot by Steven Colasanto I love the Mets so much and I owe it all to my dad, but not in the way you would think. After he died tragically in 1996, I was devastated and wasn’t really handling it as well as my older brothers and sisters. I was named after him, and everyone always called me Stevie instead of Steven. I hated baseball growing up and I wasn’t a big sports kid at the time. I...
Growing up as a Mets fan, the name Bill Buckner becomes a prevalent one in your household. 1986 was one of the greatest World Series of all time, and Buckner’s gaffe in the field is the moment that people will always remember, for better or for worse. Even for me, I have the call from Vin Scully memorized. “Little roller up along first…behind the bag! It gets through Buckner!...
We are all Mets fans. We all love our team. But there is one Mets fan who will always shine above the rest in my eyes, and that is my little brother, Christopher. Christopher lost his battle with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy on October 4, 2019, just shy of his 25th birthday. When he was first diagnosed, doctors said he wouldn’t live past the age of 18. He defied those odds by almost seven...
The Mets are still in the hunt for one of the two National League Wild Card spots. Technically. If the Mets are to actually obtain one of those spots, however, it will take a miracle. So what would need to happen? Let me explain: The current NL Wild Card standings are as follows: 0.0 Nationals (85-69) 0.0 Brewers (86-70) —————– 4.0 Cubs (82-74) E# 3 4.5 Mets...
3 UP 1. Wheeler Got His Chance Back in 2015, with the potential trade sending Zack Wheeler and Wilmer Flores to the Milwaukee Brewers for Carlos Gomez, Wheeler called then general manager Sandy Alderson to request he not be traded. He wanted his opportunity to pitch in a pennant race and help the Mets win a World Series. Four years later, he finally got his chance. Against perhaps the best team...
