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2 Guys Talking: What Do Mets Fans Wish?
Mike: What makes a fan happy is something of an individual decision. Of course, the thing that would make almost any fan the happiest is a World Series Champion every single year of their lives. But a...
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News and Views: Waiting for Noah, Duda on the Couch, the Hudgens Farewell...
Mike: No matter the severity of his current injury, it now sure seems like a foregone conclusion that we will not see Noah Syndergaard around these parts in 2014. Jimmy: I know you’ve felt from the...
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Why Collins Should Go, the Case for Gamboa, Goodbye Travis and Buddy, and More
No game today, for which I say, “Thank You, God, for small favors.” Remember those giddy days when we took four out of five from the Phillies? Talk about a long week, it felt like a month. Anyway, some...
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Top Ten Things the Mets are Close To!
Remember the old game, “The Match Game?” Sandy Alderson decided to play the other day when he addressed a group of season ticket holders. When not doling out lifestyle advice that day he began a...
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Don’t Wait Till Next Year
Fans of the old Brooklyn Dodgers, Fred Wilpon’s true love, were known for the saying, “Wait Till Next Year.” In those days, though, they would utter the phrase at the end of the season, until 1955,...
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Weekend 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...
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A Glimpse at the Lost Decade
It’s July, Mets fans, so you know what that means. The annual narrative shift has begun. Sure, this season might be awful, but the future is so bright you will be blinded. Just you wait! Well, either...
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Youth Can Be Served
It has been an interesting weekend, in a meaningless way. Without coming out and saying as much, Sandy Alderson waved the white flag on 2014. First came the news that Flores was going to get some...
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The New Mets Tradition: Doggedly Bad Dog Days in August
Starting on Friday, I got out of town for a long weekend, returning Monday afternoon. My basic plan included checking out on the Mets. After three dreadful games against the Nationals I figured I would...
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Solving Shortstop: Would Mets Trade for Ruben Tejada Today If He Wasn’t...
Jimmy: I had a scary thought the other day, Mike. I guess I’d been reading about some potential deals that were in talks last winter, rumors that finally got reported. For example, one that was...
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