Monday Mets: Herd Inadequacy
by How can a team filled with good-to-great players have such an underachieving season? It wasn’t supposed to be this way, was it? I mean, sure, …
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Monday Mets: We’re Better Than This
Things have gone from unfortunate to ugly to ludicrous in Queens, and it’s sad. Was this really necessary? I’ve been thinking of using the “We’re …
Monday Mets: The Francisco Factor
The first half of Francisco Lindor’s first season with the Mets has widely been viewed as a disappointment. So why are they having so much …
Monday Mets: Best-Laid Plans
Very little has gone as intended for this year’s Mets. Yet, here we are, one week after the All-Star break, with two of the team’s …
Monday Mets: What Is and What Could Have Been
Despite a frustrating loss on Sunday, the Mets closed out the first half* of the season in first place. This was an optimistic expectation by …
Monday Mets: Mendoza!
For over 40 years, major league hitters have used the idea of the “Mendoza Line” as the border to no-man’s land. With about 30% (25% …
Monday Mets: The Letdown
After months of building anticipation, extended by the Nationals bout with COVID, the Mets finally got to play baseball and it did not go well. …
Monday Mets: Mel & Ed Preview The 2021 Season
Opening Day is this Thursday, so I have asked Mel and Ed to share their thoughts on the upcoming season. In case you’ve forgotten or …
Monday Mets: The Frugal Guillorme
While the Mets spent most of the postseason emphatically addressing most of the team’s burning questions, third base remained a mystery. Could the homegrown Luis …
Mets Get Lindor, Carrasco
by “Many players you watch and appreciate. Others you watch and smile. That smile is not just a function of appreciation, but also an empathetic reaction …