Mets 3 Giants 0 Admiral Farragut once said, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” Bobby Parnell produced six stellar innings of 3-hit, shutout baseball, and the bullpen held up their end of the bargain to lead the Mets to their second straight victory. Angel Pagan redeemed himself with a leadoff homerun in the first frame … Read more
No, there is no such Twitter account as bobbyparnell_thereal (yet). It turns out that MLB Networks used a photo of someone else to promote Bobby Parnell’s start tonight … and the person who caught the error was none other than Bobby’s grandma, Patricia Schwan. Further, Mrs. Schwan sent this photo of her and Bobby to … Read more
Padres 3 Mets 1 Bobby Parnell started his first MLB game, but fell far short of finishing it. In fact, he couldn’t finish the third inning. Parnell allowed two runs on four hits and three walks in 2 1/3 innings, but it felt a lot longer and a lot worse than that. In some ways, … Read more
Excuse me for the late notice … I haven’t been paying attention the way I should. So it just registered with me that Bobby Parnell “will be limited to 60-70 pitches during his outing” — at least, that’s what’s being reported on MetsBlog (and I’m sure it is correct information). Great. Except, one thing: Bobby … Read more
It turns out that the trade for Anderson Hernandez was a message to the rest of the world that the New York Mets are BUYERS, and still have a chance to propel themselves into the postseason. Furthermore, the installation of Bobby Parnell into the starting rotation is a move to bolster, rather than hinder, the … Read more
Well that didn’t take long. Less than 48 hours after Jerry Manuel hinted at the possibility the Mets were considering Bobby Parnell as a starter, it was announced that the young fireballer would start on Saturday night in San Diego. So much for stretching him out. The Mets must laugh at teams like the Yankees, … Read more
One of the reasons Bobby Parnell pitched three innings of relief today was to stretch him out for
He looked lights out for the first two months of the season, and thrilled us with his triple-digit radar gun readings. But lately, Bobby Parnell has been ineffective — what’s wrong? As is often the case, there is no one clear-cut answer. But I do have a multi-pronged theory. Bullpen Routine The most obvious issue … Read more
