Category Archives: 2006 Postseason

My apologies to the half-dozen of you that may have come by in the last few days looking for morsels of Mets information. After Carlos Beltran struck out looking with the bases loaded, I swtiched off the TV and tried … Continue reading →

After an unbelievable outing by John Maine to help extend the 2006 season, the Mets face the purest do-or-die game: Game Seven — the one that every young boy daydreams about in little league, whiffle ball, and the secrecy of … Continue reading →

Mets 4 Cardinals 2 John Maine did not look like a Cy Young Award winner, nor a future Hall of Famer. However, he also did not look like Steve Trachsel. Rather, he was somewhere in between, and in the end … Continue reading →

Amazing that Albert PoopHoles was able to hit a home run despite a terribly sore hamstring. However, he wasn’t good at all. I think he hit the ball hard, but he got some breaks. For example, he was struck out … Continue reading →

So the Mets lost to the Cardinals … they couldn’t score several runs off surfer dude Jeff Weaver. What went wrong? Perhaps it is an issue with the Mets’ advance scouts — or the inability to decipher their reports — … Continue reading →

Steve Trachsel did everything he could to completely deject and demoralize his teammates and Mets fans as quickly as possible, and was 100 percent successful in attaining that goal. I’m not sure what is most painful — watching Trashel pitch, … Continue reading →

Cardinals 9 Mets 6 Sure, look at the game from the surface and blame Billy Wagner for the loss. However, the game was lost by Guillermo Mota, who refused to hit the target Paul LoDuca insisted on — twice — … Continue reading →

Mets 2 Cardinals 0 The New York Mets had to get a vintage Tom Glavine performance, one where Tommy goes deep into the game, is efficient with his pitches, and pitches just well enough to win. The veteran lefthander succeeded … Continue reading →