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. The opening act, led by Venezuelan-born Johan Santana, was nearly as thrilling. Los Mets scored … Read more

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. In addition to addressing the Mets bullpen issues with Andrew Vazzano of The ‘Ropolitans, we’ll … Read more

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 — fittingly produced the winning run. In that final frame, Wright smacked a one-out double, and … Read more

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 even that close. Big Pelf was extremely efficient — 108 pitches, averaging a fantastic dozen … Read more

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. Signing Reyes makes great sense from every angle — and solidifies the Mets’ chance to … Read more

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 to see is a blog from Davey Johnson, who as you might know is managing … Read more

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 a while to put together. What we’re looking at below are the combined innings of … Read more