Category Archives: Mets 2008 Games

Mets Game 118: Loss to Pirates

Pirates 7 Mets 5 The Mets had one in the bag, a gimme, and threw it away. Pedro Martinez put forth an excellent effort, allowing three hits, four walks, and one run in six innings, leaving the game with a … Continue reading

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Mets Game 117: Loss to Marlins

Marlins 8 Mets 2 The Marlins avoided a sweep at Shea by blasting Mike Pelfrey for six runs in 4 and 2/3 innings, and riding behind the arm of Josh Johnson. Big Pelf had a rough day, allowing 7 hits … Continue reading

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Mets Game 116: Win Over Marlins

Mets 8 Marlins 6 Before the game began, we knew that a win would most likely require plenty of runs. After all, Brian Stokes — he of the 7.07 ERA last year — could not be counted on to shut … Continue reading

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Mets Game 115: Win Over Marlins

Mets 3 Marlins 0 Once again, the Mets needed a big-time effort from Oliver Perez. And once again, Ollie delivered. Perez pitched seven strong innings, allowing no runs, only two hits, and three walks, striking out 8 in a heroic … Continue reading

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NL East Discussion

Tonight I’ll be co-hosting “Live From Mickey Mantle’s” with fantasy guru Lenny Melnick from 6 pm to 8 pm. We’ll be discussing the NL East from 6 – 6:45 pm and then breaking down the AL East pennant race from … Continue reading

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Mets Game 114: Win Over Padres

Mets 5 Padres 3 The bullpen blew another one for Johan … but David Wright saved the win with a ninth-inning, two-out, two-run homer. Wright gets the save, and Aaron Heilman, of all people, gets the win. Good for Aaron, … Continue reading

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Schoeneweis and Sanchez Clear Waivers

According to Sean McAdam of the Providence Journal, both Scott Schoeneweis and Duaner Sanchez have cleared waivers. Hat tip to MLBTradeRumors for the link. Other than MLBTR and McAdam, I haven’t seen this published anywhere else, so can’t be sure … Continue reading

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Church Or No Church?

A few days ago we were told that Ryan Church had been progressing with his “baseball activities” and as a result would be returning to the Mets “soon”. At the same time, we were given the message that “there was … Continue reading

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