On the Field with Bowa and Allen By Joe Rini The time at first pitch was more appropriate for brunch than for a baseball game as Jose Reyes stepped up against Nationals pitcher Joe Ross in Washington at 11:05 a.m. on the Fourth of July. Unfortunately for the Mets, despite Reyes’ leadoff homerun, the game […]
Mets’ ace reemerges but team staggers BY JOE RINI How rough was the Mets weekend series against the Nationals? Well, let’s put it this way; the series started on Thursday night but the Mets didn’t take a lead until Sunday afternoon, when the Amazins salvaged one game out of four with a 5-1 victory as Jacob deGrom picked up […]
Alderson and Collins Weigh In on Mets BY JOE RINI It may have started like a match-up between the Angels and the Fallen Angels but perhaps the Mets 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels that snapped a seven-game losing streak this past Friday, May 19, will help deliver them from the purgatory of the […]
The New York Mets middle reliever Jenrry Mejia today has been suspended for his second PED violation. This time around the suspension is a full 162 games. Anyone out there believe Sandy Alderson knew nothing about Jenrry Mejia and his second PED suspension when he made Monday’s trade for reliever Tyler Clippard? Alderson claimed he […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER How sad is this? With New York sports in the worst funk it may have ever been in, the team inspiring the most hope amongst its fans and constituents might just be the New York Yankees. The Yankees have made the biggest splash of the offseason (outside of a Prince Fielder trade) […]
Piazza inducted to Mets HOF, Collins rehired BY JOE RINI Considering the team finished the season 22 games out of first place, the Mets ended 2013 with a party and an air of optimism. A sellout crowd of 41,891 fans cheered Mike Piazza into the Mets Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony before Sunday’s […]