News and Views: Opportunity Knocks, But Not Every Met Answers the Door
Mike: So Jimmy, the winner of the fifth starter job is. . . .to be determined. Basically, the Mets paid Matsuzaka $100,000 to hang around a few more days in Port St. Lucie while they wait out Jon...
View ArticleThe Elephant in the Room
Jimmy: This week, Mets fans have been abuzz with renewed excitement. There’s been much to read about, analyze, and discuss. Quintanilla and Satin out, Flores and Campbell in. But those moves paled in...
View ArticleWeekend Roundup: World Cup, Terry Collins Manager For Life, Ruben Tejada...
Although I made a quick joke about soccer the other day, my focus was split this weekend, with the World Cup knockout round going on as well as the Mets series in Pittsburgh. I can’t say I’m a soccer...
View Article2 Guys Talking: Some Positive Surprises in 2014
Mike: We like to bring up the fact around here from time-to-time that one of the great joys of baseball is that it is not really so easy to figure out. If everything always went according to plan there...
View Article19 Quick Observations on the NY Mets: Wheeler, d’Arnaud, deGrom, den Dekker,...
The Chairman of MLB’s Playing Rules Committee goes over the unnecessarily confusing new plate-blocking rules with the staff. - * The plate-blocking rules are a disaster. How can they have screwed this...
View ArticleJake deGrom ROY, Big Bartolo, Mejia’s Antics, Montero in the Pen, and the EY...
Overall, I do not find these games very interesting, even the “big” 8-2 stretch. Talk about too little too late. But there are individual items of interest, and so a few quick hits from the last few...
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