Mets 11 Orioles 4 This is the way to beat the worst team in baseball — handily, in a “laugher”. The Mets finally pasted the Orioles, as the offensive went ballistic on Baltimore pitching, en route to a three-game sweep on the road. Game Notes Mike Pelfrey struggled for the first time since May 1 … Read more
Mets 3 Orioles 1 Two down, one to go … The Mets beat Baltimore for the second straight night, behind the brilliant pitching of Hisanori Takahashi and the general lack of interest by the Orioles. To me, the O’s resemble the Mets of late August 2009 — a team waiting for the season to end. … Read more
Mets 5 Orioles 1 Faced with the challenge of playing MLB’s worst team, the Mets rose to the occasion and whipped the Orioles in Baltimore. After seeing the futile O’s flailing after floaters from the fingertips of R.A. Dickey, it will be a disappointment if the Mets do anything other than sweep this series. Game … Read more
Jessica Lyons of the Queens Courier has the story of Courtney Stewart, a 14-year old cancer survivor who was recently honored by the Mets at Citi Field. Courtney’s six-year-old brother John Jr. threw out the first pitch as Courtney stood with him at the pitcher’s mound. The Stewart family won the chance to throw out … Read more
Former Met and current Brooklyn Cyclones manager Wally Backman is the internet’s newest legend. Seriously. In the last 24 hours, video of Wally’s epic post-ejection rant has been picked up everywhere, including Sports Illustrated and Deadspin. The overwhelming reaction is that fans support Wally’s passion in defending his players. In the case of this video, … Read more
Mets 3 Padres 0 Niese was nice. After the ace messed the bed, the young lefty made it. As a result, the Mets took a series from the former first-place team in the NL West — in the process knocking them out of that division’s top spot. Game Notes Jon Niese was spectacular, following fellow … Read more
Padres 4 Mets 2 After a game like this, you really have to wonder if Johan Santana is indeed the Mets’ “ace”. Because an “ace” should chew up a lineup like the Padres like a buzzsaw, spit it out, and step on it on the way to an easy victory. Instead, Santana pitched just well … Read more
An interesting item from Michael Starr of The NY Post (via TheRoPolitans): SNY, the Mets’ cable channel, is in talks with local stations about providing sports reports for their newscasts, The Post has learned. The sports channel is talking to both Ch. 11 and Ch. 4 about eventually doing away with their own sportscasters and … Read more
