Dodgers 8 Mets 0 This game was so bad for the Mets for so many reasons … I’m not sure where to start. I’ll try. To begin, Mike Pelfrey was awful. Big Pelf completed three innings and allowed five runs (four earned) — that’s 3 innings short and one run too many to qualify for … Read more
The Brooklyn Dodgers of Los Angeles come into Flushing with a 52-30 record, the best in MLB, with their guns a-blazing. They send three starters to the mound with ERAs under four, and none of them can be considered their “ace”. They have scored the third-most runs in the NL — 43 more than the … Read more
Dodgers 2 Mets 1 Apparently, the Mets made like Tony Bennett and left their heart in San Francisco … because they had none in LA. Livan Hernandez pitched a gem of a ballgame, giving the Mets seven strong innings of one-run ball and allowing just six hits and a walk. But it was all for … Read more
Dodgers 5 Mets 3 As Gary Cohen so eloquently described: “All of a sudden winning 11 out of 13 seems like a long time ago.” For the better part of the first five innings, John Maine matched Chad Billingsley pitch for pitch in what seemed to be evolving into an old fashioned pitcher’s duel. Adding … Read more
Dodgers 3 Mets 2 A comedy of errors. The Mets and Dodgers locked horns for 10 innings, tied up at two apiece, until Angel Pagan drove a ball deep to the outfield wall to drive home Ryan Church with the go-ahead run. Except, Church missed third base. And everyone saw it. The Dodgers appealed the … Read more
As it turns out, the drug that Manny Ramirez tested positive for was a SEXUAL enhancer, not unlike Viagra. According to Yahoo’s Tim Brown and Steve Henson: The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the substance is supposed to boost sex drive. It is not Viagra, but a substance that treats the cause … Read more
Back on October 21st, we threw out the idea of the Mets trading Luis Castillo to the Dodgers for Andruw Jones. Exactly ten days later, Joel Sherman dreamed up the same deal (hmm …. is it possible he reads MetsToday?). On Monday afternoon, Buster Olney reported that the Mets were indeed talking to the Dodgers … Read more
Ken Rosenthal’s latest column suggests that the Mets are interested in Juan Pierre. Per Rosenthal: Imagine Jose Reyes and Juan Pierre combining for 140 stolen bases at the top of the Mets’ batting order. The Mets may have interest in dealing for Juan Pierre. The idea is a longshot, but the Mets have shown interest … Read more
