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Monday Mets: Mel & Ed Discuss The Mets Struggles

June 18, 2018 Shai KushnerTop Story

For the past few weeks, I have been writing about the slumping Mets with increasing concern. What started out as a “they’re better than this” became “I’m sure they’re better than this” and then “I[…]

Mets Handling of Cabrera And Bruce at Forefront of Mets Poor Play

June 14, 2018 Mets DaddyNew York Mets

In case you haven’t noticed, the Mets offense has been historically bad scoring just 14 runs over nine June games. That’s 1.6 runs per game. No one can win games like that, which is something[…]

Monday Mets: Stop The Press

June 11, 2018 Shai KushnerNew York Mets

As the Mets try to figure out the source of their issues, the variety of excuses and lack of progress is causing their demanding fans to lose hope, quickly. At this point, you are likely[…]

Monday Mets: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

June 4, 2018 Shai KushnerTop Story

I really didn’t want to write this. As an experienced Mets follower, I know the facts of this life, and you really do have to take the good with the bad. So, after the relatively[…]

Rosario v. Torres Should Not Be A Debate

June 1, 2018 Mets DaddyNew York Mets

Back in 1996, the City of New York had two rookie shortstops which excited their respective fanbases – Rey Ordonez and Derek Jeter. Because narratives and comparisons tend to be lazy, both shortstops were compared[…]

MLB, USA Baseball Introduce “Girls Baseball Breakthrough Series”

May 29, 2018 Mark HealeyMajor Leagues

Major League Baseball will partner with USA Baseball to host the inaugural ‘Girls Baseball Breakthrough Series,’ a groundbreaking amateur development camp designed specifically for girls baseball players, at Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fla., from[…]

Monday Mets: Memorial Day Musings For A Miserable May

May 28, 2018 Shai KushnerTop Story

Let’s face it, May has been a terrible month. Whatever was good about April has been bad about May. Thus, as the Mets prepare to play their 50th game, a 25-24 record makes frustrating sense.[…]

Jose Bautista Finally Makes His Mets Debut

May 23, 2018 Mets DaddyNew York Mets

It’s funny, when you go back and look at trades sometimes, you find that one player who seemed to be a throw-in would ultimately become the key player in the deal. In a strange twist[…]

MLB, USA Baseball Announce “Hit and Run Baseball”

May 21, 2018 Mark HealeyTop Story

Major League Baseball and USA Baseball today announced “Hit and Run Baseball,” a program supporting modified forms of the game that allow players to develop their skills in a more interactive format while also promoting[…]

Monday Mets: Time To Get On The Coaster

May 21, 2018 Shai KushnerTop Story

Part of following the Mets is the innate understanding that the season will be a roller coaster ride. Extreme ups and downs are commonplace, year after year. Sure, other teams go through their own highs[…]