In a completely unexpected twist, a Mets player will return sooner than expected from injury. David Wright is in the lineup today, batting 3rd. Wright jammed his right pinkie diving back to first base on a pickoff play on Monday. Then, the fifth digit ballooned up like Kirstie Alley overnight, and David hasn’t played since. He … Read more
The Mets assert their dominance as the NL East leaders and moved back into first place. Well, they were in first for a few hours — until the Nationals beat the Reds and pulled ahead by a half-game. But, with only 155 games left, this is turning into a dead heat for the division.
It’s a really, really good thing the Mets won this game, because if they hadn’t,
The surging Nationals take two from the Mets, moving into a first-place tie with the NL East leaders. This won’t bother me so much if these two teams occupy the same spot in September. Heck, I’ll be happy if they’re still tied for first in May.
Ruben Tejada – SS Daniel Murphy – 2B Lucas Duda – RF Ike Davis – 1B Jason Bay – LF Josh Thole – C Kirk Nieuwenhuis – CF Ronny Cedeno – 3B Johan Santana – LHP Duda in the 3 hole!
Well, you can’t win ’em all. This loss crushes the Mets’ chances for a 162-0 season. But hey, they can still go 161-1!
The Mets have won 4 straight to start the season, so maybe now isn’t time to make changes. But apart from all of their flaws on paper, this team should be able to hit. However, their lineup has an obvious problem (besides Jason Bay). It’s too left-handed. Last night, manager Terry Collins put together a … Read more
What the Wilpons needed more than anything else was a hot start, and exciting baseball, to get people excited and buy tickets to dig them out of debt.
Another day, same headline. You never would have guessed by the final score, but Jonathon Niese nearly threw the first no-hitter in Mets history.
