Category Archives: Mets 2008 Games

Los Mets 3 Astros 0 Music superstars Tito “El Gallo Salsero” Rojas and Wason Brazoban excited the Shea Stadium crowd with a hot night of salsa and merengue in headlining a very special “Fiesta Latina” celebration hosted by Carolina Bermudez. … Continue reading →

Put off your weekend getaway until early tomorrow morning — the traffic will be lighter and this way you’ll be able to hear me talk about the Mets bullpen on “Live From Mickey Mantle’s” from 6pm to 6:45 pm tonight. … Continue reading →

Mets 5 Braves 4 Another sweep! It was a tight ballgame all night, and was a 4-4 tie going into the ninth. However, the dynamic duo of David Wright and Carlos Delgado — who were the stars all night — … Continue reading →

Mets 6 Braves 3 Once again, Mike Pelfrey was magnificent. And once again, it didn’t matter that the Mets don’t have a closer. Pelfrey pitched a complete game, three-hitter as the Mets beat the Braves 6-3 — and it wasn’t … Continue reading →

Today the Mets bolstered their bullpen by signing free agent reliever Al Reyes, formerly of the Tampa Bay Rays — no doubt based on the scouting report by MetsToday’s own loyal reader “sincekindergarten”, who suggested Reyes a few days ago. … Continue reading →

Now I’ve seen everything. Former Mets manager Joe Torre (I know he managed somewhere else, but can’t remember where) has a blog. And yet there isn’t one ad for Bigelow Tea. Speaking of former Mets managers, what I’d really like … Continue reading →

Mets 7 Braves 3 The best plan when you don’t have a closer? Score enough runs that it doesn’t matter who pitches the ninth inning.

Following up last week’s article on the Mets’ bullpen, today we compare the relief workloads of the top contending teams in the NL. Stats are through 120 games, give or take, and are not up to today — this took … Continue reading →