Mets 3 Phillies 1 Did the Mets really lose the opener? I hardly remember it now … it seems so long ago. The “new” Mets completely blew off their devastating loss on Tuesday, and took not only two games from the Phils but sole possession of first place. In the most important game of the … Read more
Mets 6 Phillies 3 What a difference Billy Wagner makes. Armed with their closer, the Mets were able to hold a three-run lead in the final frame, moving back into a tie for first place with the Philadelphia Phillies. John Maine re-filled his role of “stopper”, pitching seven strong innings, allowing three runs on six … Read more
As mentioned more than a few times this season on MetsToday, John Maine has a minor mechanical flaw in his delivery that is causing his command to be off. If he keeps it up, he’ll have more issues than not throwing strikes — he’ll blow out his shoulder. Lee Mazzilli finally mentioned the flaw on … Read more
This morning on XM’s MLB Home Plate, Phillies GM Pat Gillick admitted that he is still heavily involved in discussions to further improve his team. In other words, the Joe Blanton acquisition was the beginning, rather than the end, of his dealing. Somewhat surprising, since the Phils don’t have much to offer from their farm … Read more
Phillies 8 Mets 6 Another collapse. That’s really the only way to describe this loss — a collapse. The SNY announcers termed it “devastating”, but I’m not sure Tom Glavine would agree. This game was neatly wrapped, signed, sealed, and about to be delivered. However, somewhere between the end of the eighth inning and the … Read more
At MetsBlog, Ted Berg opens our eyes to the second base conundrum — mainly, the fact that the Mets have three second basemen who don’t produce very much offensively, two of which happen to be godawful in the field as well. Personally, I’d like to believe Luis Castillo can be a better OBP guy and … Read more
The trading deadline (and my wife’s birthday) is 10 days away. The Mets are currently in a tie for first place with the Phillies, and go into Philly return to Shea for a three-game series on Tuesday. Omar Minaya has been remarkably quiet. I smell a trade coming … a big one. While it’s true … Read more
Mets 7 Reds 5 So much for the pitcher’s duel. The Mets jumped on Edinson Volquez early, scoring three runs in the first three innings and running up his pitch count. They knocked him out by the fifth but had a slim 5-4 lead as Mike Pelfrey also was roughed up by the Reds. Pelfrey, … Read more
