Commentary
Delcos: When Is It Enough Regarding Burgos
I was going to write a post about Ambiorix Burgos today following the investigation in his involvement in a hit and run accident that left 2 women dead. (Police say Burgos was driving the SUV that hit the women.) John Delcos beat me to it on his NY Mets Report blog with a post he […]
What a Shea-me
For the second straight year the Mets were eliminated on the last day of the season. It was a really sad way to say goodbye to Shea Stadium. Though you can’t say this years end was worse than last year’s it doesn’t make it any easier. The same things killed them yesterday that killed them […]
Santana Comes Up Aces
The Mets stunk up Shea Stadium on Friday night and in the process essentially surrendered the division to the Phillies who ended up clinching the NL East yesterday. Then an amazing thing happened. With the season on the line Johan Santana, three days removed from a 125 pitch performance, approached manager Jerry Manuel and said […]
Still Kicking
The Mets managed to win last night and remain in the playoff hunt for the final weekend of the season. One thing is for certain – the NL East cannot be clinched tonight so the Mets are still in it until at least tomorrow. (The Phillies magic number is currently 3 so it will take […]
Is There Wild Card Hope?
There’s no good news from last night’s game. The Mets lost 9-5 and appear to be on the brink of blowing a playoff appearance for the second consecutive year. With the loss they are now 2.5 games out of first place in the NL East and cling to a 1 game lead in the wild […]
Not Looking Good
The Mets dropped 2 out of 3 against Atlanta and are now a 1.5 games behind Philadelphia for the NL East lead. Luckily for their playoff chances the Brewers are still free falling giving the Mets a 1.5 game lead in the wild card race. They have a tough four game series coming up against […]
Fading Fast
I disappear for the week and the Mets lead in the NL East disappears too. Crazy how that works. The Mets fell half a game behind the Phillies last night after losing three of their last four games. As most Mets fans, I’m having flashbacks to last year. They lost their grip at exactly the […]
More Than A Bullpen Failure
I remember one game when a Met pitcher was losing his stuff. I said to Casey, “This guy’s getting clobbered,” and Casey said, “I know, I want him to go nine innings so I can get rid of him tomorrow.” – Wes Westrum You almost get the feeling that Mets manager Jerry Manuel feels similarly […]
Kernan’s Odd Comment
I wrote a post last August regarding a column that Kevin Kernan had written in the New York Post on Sunday August 26. At the time the Mets had a 6 game lead on the Phillies with 34 games left to play. The Mets were playing good baseball and had what appeared to be a […]
Johan Pitches Confidence Booster
Metsville is all a flutter with Johan Santana complete game shutout of the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday. I’m happy with it too but let’s not get too excited. This Pirates team is 55-69. There’s a reason why they are 55-69 and that is that they are not a very good team. The Santana shutout is a […]
