Today was a bittersweet day to be a Mets fan, as Carlos Beltran was dealt to the San Francisco Giants for big-time pitching prospect Zack Wheeler, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2009 draft. I remember when the Mets signed Beltran prior to the 2005 season. Along with the signing of Pedro Martinez, it [...]
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As the Mets get ready to begin the second half of the season, they’ll do so without Francisco Rodriguez, traded late Tuesday night to the Milwaukee Brewers for a pair of players to be named later. The Mets also sent cash in the deal, but the key point to be extracted from the trade is [...]
What a strange way to lose, yet all too typical for a Mets fan. The Mets had a shot at going over the .500 mark for the first time since the first week of the season, battling back from an early 6-2 hold and taking an 8-6 lead into the ninth inning. Francisco Rodriguez, he [...]
Ok, so .500 may not seem to be such a great accomplishment. But for this ragtag group of Mets, it certainly is. The Mets beat the Braves tonight 4-0 in a game twice interrupted by rain delays to even their record at 34-34 for the season. Dillon Gee had a bit of bad luck tonight, [...]
As a Mets fan who grew up in the 80s, Gary Carter was one of my idols. A pillar of the great championship 86 Mets team, Carter brought plenty of leadership and a steady hand to guide the young pitching staff to unbelievable heights. His leadership was equaled by his powerful bat at the plate [...]
As the Mets have performed better than expected given the injuries and negativity surrounding the team, the focus should be on the team’s inspired play of late, not the words of their embattled and clueless owner Fred Wilpon. But in an article published in the New Yorker magazine, Wilpon criticizes three of his star players [...]
The once-again free-falling Mets lost for the fifth time in six games tonight, getting dominated by Tim Lincecum and the Giants 2-0. Lincecum struck out 12 batters in 7 innings, as the Mets lacked any semblance of an offense. What’s worse, San Francisco fans seemed to take over CitiField late in the game. Guess the [...]
The Mets won their sixth in a row tonight with a well-earned 6-3 victory over the Washington Nationals. The win moved the Mets out of the NL East cellar for the first time since the first week of the season and moved them within two games of the break-even mark. Tonight’s win was a true [...]
It’s funny what a little winning will do for you as a fan. Last week, the Mets looked about as bad as a team could look, dropping to a league-worst 5-13 after dropping 12 of 14 contests. Now on a five-game winning streak following tonight’s 6-4 win over the Washington Nationals, the Mets are now [...]
Sometimes I really, really hate being a Mets fan. Today was certainly one of those days and it’s already shaping up to be another lost season for the Mess. The Mets were swept in another doubleheader, falling 4-2 in Game 1 and 4-0 in Game 2 to the Atlanta Braves (who were struggling coming into [...]
