May
20
The New York Mets salvaged the third game of a three-game interleague series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon defeating the home team by a score of 6-5. The Mets took a 3-0 lead in the first inning and didn’t look back from there. The Mets jumped on the board first as designated …
May
14
Based on the events of the past three days (and some other events before then), it might be time for Terry Collins to make some changes to the Mets bullpen. Frank Francisco has done a terrible job in the ninth inning so far, but that doesn’t mean that moving him to the seventh or eighth …
May
13
It was a pretty ho-hum afternoon in Miami, Florida as the Mets and Marlins played into the ninth inning tied at two. The Mets bullpen imploded today with the exception of Jon Rauch who pitched the eighth inning, meanwhile DJ Carrasco, Tim Byrdak and Bobby Parnell didn’t pitch in the game. Prior to the game …
May
07
Over the weekend in an article about American League East bullpen woes, Boston Globe writer Nick Cafardo mentioned that the Mets are getting calls about relief pitcher Bobby Parnell. There’s a lot of demand for bullpen arms due to the abundance of relief pitcher injuries and/or ineffectiveness across the league. Does that mean the Mets …
May
06
This afternoon at Citi Field, RA Dickey and the Mets look to take the rubber game of this three game series. Yesterday afternoon, Johan Santana finally get his first win of the season, and first in 611 days. Although he didn’t have he best stuff, Johan gave a solid 7 innings of 3 run ball, …
Apr
29
The New York Mets held a 4-0 lead heading to the bottom of the eighth, but a grand slam from the Rockies tied the game sending it to extras two innings later. The Mets got a one run lead once again, but another homerun tied it for the second time. New York got the lead …
Feb
24
A few days ago, former Mets clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels pleaded guilty to stealing $2.3 million worth of memorabilia from the Mets. As part of his plea bargain he was banned from Citi Field and attending Mets’ games ever again (who actually wins that one?). Samuels during his many years with the Mets organization …
Jan
05
When I look back on 2011, there were countless times when Mets fans just knew the bullpen was going to blow it. Even when K-Rod was here, late inning situations were never in the Mets favor. More times than not, K-Rod was in there in the 9th inning, walking that ever visible tightrope. Hell, even at …
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