The bad news about having to order the Mets’ season-opening wins is there are so many to list. The good news is there are a lot of wins. With a Tom Seaver’s amount of “W”s in their history, and the MLB’s best winning percentage in this part of the schedule, here’s a rundown from 41 to 1. 41. 2020 If an Opening Day win occurs but no fans are there to see it,...
Postseason baseball has a way of shining the spotlight on the unheralded—those who happen to be in the right place at the right time. The Division Series match-up between the Wild Card Mets against the 97-win San Francisco Giants offered up the usual headliners: New York’s duo of Mike Piazza and Edgardo Alfonzo along with San Francisco’s odd couple of Barry Bonds and former Met Jeff...
Eduardo Escobar provided the New York Mets with all five of their runs in their 5-4 walk-off victory against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night at Citi Field. “For him to come through for us late in the season, it’s huge,” said Taijuan Walker. “I knew he could do this all along and he’s doing it at the right time for us.” After a couple two-pitch pop-outs in...
The Mets took on the Marlins on Wednesday night at Citi Field looking to salvage the second game of the two-game series. Taijuan Walker took the ball for the Mets looking for his fifth win against Miami on the season. Despite falling behind 4-0, the Mets put together a late comeback behind a huge day from Eduardo Escobar to take the finale from the Marlins 5-4. After a scoreless first inning...
