The Daily Stache – The Mets seem to be shying away from making any moves as the trade deadline approaches. OnTheBlack – Kerel Cooper shares his favorite Strawberry/Gooden memories. Mack’s Mets – The Brooklyn Cyclones won again last night, thanks in part to a 9th inning suicide squeeze. The Cyclones now have a five-game lead … Read more
Mets 4 Cardinals 0 The mighty Mets continue their domination of the National League. Due to my “real” job I missed seeing the game live, so thanks to Paul and Mic for helping out with the recap in the comments section. Game Notes R.A. Dickey flicked floaters for eight-plus frames, holding the Cardinals scoreless on … Read more
Cardinals 8 Mets 7 Deja vu all over again. The last time Johan Santana and Jaime Garcia hooked up, the result was a 20-inning snorefest. Both starters were absolutely spectacular, each leaving after 7 frames of shutout ball. This time, the matchup was kind of the same, only different. Like the last time, Santana and … Read more
According to the formula we used yesterday, the Mets Meaningful Number still stands at 19. The number is closer to 18 than 19, but we are going to round that number up, since it’s not possible to win .05 games. In short, progress was made last night, but more will have to be made to … Read more
“I saw my picture in the paper (on Tuesday) and I was just glad it wasn’t a police photo.” -Wally Backman (NorthJersey.com)
Mets 8 Cardinals 2 Clearly, the Mets front office knows EXACTLY what they’re doing. Because after coming to the decision that Jerry Manuel and his coaching staff were the right people to be in charge, and in particular decided that no one should be a scapegoat for an underperforming offense, the Mets went right out … Read more
Dodgers 1 Mets For the fourth time in ten days, the Mets were shut out. What else is there to say? Game Notes R.A. Dickey was outstanding, allowing no runs on 2 hits and no walks, striking out 6, through 5 2/3 innings. However, he slipped on a pitch to Russell Martin, prompting Jerry Manuel … Read more
Dodgers 3 Mets 2 An even dozen — the Mets collected their 12th walkoff loss of 2010, losing in extras for the 7th time in 11 tries, and on the short end of a one-run ballgame for the 19th time out of 30 occurrences. Does losing so many times in tight ballgames indicate anything? Bad … Read more
