Mets 5 Phillies 0 Who are these Mets? Who are those Phillies? The Mets won their fourth in a row — beating the Yankees and Phillies — and their fifth of their last six. They’ve shut out the Phillies in back-to-back games using fill-in starters. Is it because they’re that good? Is it because Jerry … Read more
Mets 8 Phillies 0 Maybe the Mets were stealing the Phillies’ signs. The suddenly high-powered Mets offense pounded Jamie Moyer for four runs in five innings, and added another four against the Philadelphia bullpen, to propel the team to their third straight win and fourth in their last five games. Meantime, the Phillies were phlummoxed … Read more
Mets 6 Yankees 4 Jerry Manuel keeps his job for at least another week, maybe two. Jason Bay continued his red-hot hitting — he is about as locked in as a batter can be right now — and Johan Santana put forth perhaps his best, most clutch outing of the year as the Mets beat … Read more
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One of the benefits of being affiliated with ESPN is that the New York Mets sort of see this blog as a member of the media. As such, the Mets PR department now sends to me the official lineup for each game. Here is tonight’s: Jose Reyes – SS Luis Castillo Alex Cora – 2B … Read more
Mets 5 Yankees 3 Jerry Manuel remains employed for another night. The Mets went ahead early, carried on the back of Jason Bay and rolling behind the outstanding pitching of Mike Pelfrey. There was a tense moment in the 8th, but Francisco Rodriguez came on with the bases loaded and ended both the threat and … Read more
Yankees 2, Mets 1 Did you ever see a movie that you were REALLY excited to see? A movie that was REALLY interesting and totally lived up to its expectations for about 90 minutes, until something totally unbelievable and ridiculous happened that it totally took you out of the movie? You were suddenly aware that … Read more
Mets 10, Nationals 7 What a difference a day makes… The Mets exploded for 10 runs on 15 hits, led by a strikeout-free David Wright, who finished with 4 RBI. Wright’s 3-run double in the first inning put the Mets ahead for good, but it was a bumpy ride. In the bottom of the first … Read more
