Mets 3 Braves 0 Willie Randolph was not happy with the productivity of his lineup, so he shook things up. With Shawn Green in the two hole, David Wright batting cleanup, Paul LoDuca behind him in the fifth spot, Carlos Delgado dropped to sixth, and Carlos Gomez batting eighth, the Mets managed to score three … Read more
Braves 8 Mets 1 Kyle Davies must die. Preferably, the death will be the result of a murder-suicide involving Kelly Johnson. And speaking of evil deeds, the deal with the devil that Jorge Sosa made finally ran out; apparently he needed a better negotiator. Maybe it was a matter of returning to Atlanta, and putting … Read more
Yankees 6 Mets 2 For the second consecutive start, it was not a good day for John Maine. In fact, he appears to be in something of a slump, when you compare his latest performances to the first six starts of the season. It looks like he’s not finishing his pitches, following through near his … Read more
Mets 10 Yankees 7 What began as a blowout ended as a near-nailbiter. The storyline was impressive: it was wet, it was wild, it was boring for a while, yet by the end you were on the edge of your seat, hoping that Billy Wagner was not made of sugar and be melted down by … Read more
Mets 3 Yankees 2 Manhattan will bask beneath the glow of Mets blue and orange for at least one night. In the feature pitching matchup of the series, both starters struggled ever so slightly in the initial inning. One yielded a run as a result, the other managed to strand a runner at third. At … Read more
Mets 6 Cubs 5 Players suspended for drug use … controversy over cutting a rap song … Lou Piniella struggling to stay in second place … New Yorkers jumping on the Mets bandwagon … the Yankees languishing behind the first-place Red Sox … Julio Franco starting on the left side of the infield … the … Read more
Mets 8 Cubs 1 Will Jorge Sosa ever fall back to Earth? Sosa breezed through seven shutout innings, allowing one hit, two walks and striking out five before running out of gas on his 96th pitch in the 8th. Speaking of people playing over their head, Damion Easley hit another homerun — a two-run job, … Read more
Cubs 10 Mets 1 It was an ugly game from start to finish. John Maine was awful, and though he allowed “only” three runs in five innings, he pitched much worse than that. After three innings, he’d already thrown 72 pitches, so the fact he went as far as he did is a miracle in … Read more
