It’s the American League’s turn to take a night off as the Philadelphia Phillies look to take another game from the Atlanta Braves. Meanwhile, on the West Coast, the Los Angeles Dodgers try to even out the series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Both games will air on TBS. GAME 2: (4) Philadelphia Phillies vs. (1) Atlanta Braves, 6:07 PM ET Pitching Matchup: Zack Wheeler (1-0, 1.35...
In 2022, Major League Baseball introduced a new playoff format. This with a Wildcard Series as opposed to a one-game wildcard elimination setup. The fans have responded positively, as television ratings for both the Wildcard Series and the subsequent Division Series have trended upward. Looking first at the Wildcard Series, the only other time MLB used this multiple-game, round one format was in...
The MLB playoffs continues Tuesday night after a one-day break thanks to weather. The deciding Game 5 of the AL Division Series between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians was postponed Monday night due to weather, and they’ll make the game up Tuesday at 4:07 p.m. The Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres will follow the game with an 8:03 p.m. start time for the regularly...
The MLB Division Series rolls into Saturday with four games on deck; The Philadelphia Phillies are up 2-1 over the Atlanta Braves, the Houston Astros are up 2-0 over the Seattle Mariners, the New York Yankees find themselves in a 1-1 tie with the Cleveland Guardians, and the San Diego Padres are currently up 2-1 over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 2:07 P.M....
Good morning, Mets fans! The Houston Astros, off the bats of Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker, led the Astros to a 4-2 win over the Seattle Mariners and have taken a 2-0 series lead in the American League Division Series. Alvarez’s go-ahead home run in the sixth inning makes him the only player to have multiple go-ahead home runs in the sixth inning or later with his team trailing in the...
The National League Division Series gets back underway after an off day on Thursday. Both series enter Friday in a 1-1 tie headed into a pivotal Game 3 of a best-of-five. Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies, 4:37 PM – FS1 The Braves tied up the series with a 3-0 win in Game 2 behind six scoreless innings from Kyle Wright. Matt Olson, Travis d’Arnaud, and Austin Riley each drove in one...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Braves beat the Phillies Wednesday night 3-0 behind six scoreless innings from Kyle Wright and a save from Kenley Jansen to even the series at 1-1. Additionally, Clayton Kershaw allowed three runs in five innings against the Padres, who tied up the series 1-1. Manny Machado had a solo home run in the first inning and an RBI double in the third inning and Josh Hader...
The Division Series started on Tuesday with a full slate of games. The Phillies kicked the day off with a 7-6 win over the Braves after knocking out Atlanta starter Max Fried in the fourth inning. In the second game of the day. the Mariners’ bullpen –including former Met Paul Sewald– blew an early lead and lost on a three-run walk-off homer by Yordan Alvarez. The last two games...
Good morning, Mets fans. Former Angels communications director Eric Kay was sentenced to 22 years in prison in the overdose death of Tyler Skaggs. Kay faced a minimum of 20 years behind bars, but Judge Terry Means said he upped the sentence because of remarks Kay had made in prison where Means said he hadn’t accepted responsibility or expressed remorse. Latest Mets News MLB Trade Rumors...
The MLB Division Series gets underway today with eight teams and four series. Three of them will be intra-division series. While sadly the Mets are not playing, we’ll still be following along with the action here at MMO. Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves, 1:07 P.M. The two remaining NL East teams–just as we thought–are facing off in the first game of the day. Max Fried...
The departure of the Brooklyn Dodgers was a contributing factor towards the birth of the Mets (and the blue in their uniforms). But the connections don’t end there. Gil Hodges, whose number will be retired by the Dodgers this weekend, played in Brooklyn and Los Angeles before finishing his playing career with the Mets and later performing miracles as manager. Steve Cohen even put in a bid...
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...
