The excitement of opening day has taken a sudden turn towards malaise.
The Yankees and Mets have started off the season 0-4 and some of the easy to spot problems for both clubs are rearing their heads early. Continue reading
The excitement of opening day has taken a sudden turn towards malaise.
The Yankees and Mets have started off the season 0-4 and some of the easy to spot problems for both clubs are rearing their heads early. Continue reading
Valentine’s Day. Ah, the love.
Well, that also extends to the sports world. Let’s look at some of our favorite athletes who we are reminded of today: Continue reading
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The 2013 All-Star Game did not start off as many Mets fans hoped, as their phenom, Matt Harvey, gave up a double to the Angels’ Mike Trout to lead off.
For Yankees fans, the next at bat would end as they would fear – with Matt Harvey hitting Robinson Cano in the knee, injuring him. Continue reading
Mets phenom took a no hitter into the 7th inning in Atlanta during the first half of their Tuesday double-header vs. the Braves.
Harvey, the lone point of hope for Mets fans this season (outside of standby David Wright) was already drawing comparisons to the pitch-count controversy of Johan Santana’s “No-Han” game last year…when the most Mets thing could happen.
The Mets lost a ball game today.
Even though it was against the best team in baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals, and their best pitcher Adam Wainwright, fans were dejected to witness phenom Matt Harvey’s first loss this year.
What one fan didn’t expect, was to lose his dignity to embarrassment on national TV. Continue reading
He has been that golden nugget of potential Mets fans have been waiting for.
Long before anyone realized the elite pitcher Matt Harvey was going to be, Zack Wheeler was the golden boy of the Mets minor league system.
And he is coming to Queens very, very soon. Continue reading
He’s on the over of Sports Illustrated. He has taken New York by storm. He has drawn comparisons from Tom Seaver to Dwight Gooden to Roger Clemens to Justin Verlander.
He has an ERA of 1.44, 0.73 WHIP, 62 K in 56.1 innings. He is the Mets pitching phenom, Matt Harvey.
We know he is here to stay – the only question now is, will he start the All-Star Game, taking place at Citifield in July? He is definitely the favorite, as well as the hometown hero, so it is in the bag, right? Well, just for kicks, lets throw around a few other names who could be on the mound for that first inning in Flushing, Queens.* Continue reading
The New York Mets are a team in flux. Since the signing of Jason Bay and the Madoff Scandal, the Mets have done very little spending and have been selling off or letting go of their expensive pieces. Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes, and others have left and suddenly the Mets sit at an interesting point: Do they start building now, or do they wait a bit longer before making their move.
This “will they or won’t they” is an important factor right now as the future of R.A. Dickey depends on the answer.
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