After 39 games, the Mets have a 19-20 record. This is likely not a surprise to anyone not named Brodie Van Wagenen, or perhaps to those who subscribe to his flavor of Kool-Aid. So how[…]
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Mel & Ed Preview The 2019 Season
Now that the final out of the Mets’ 2019 Grapefruit League games has been recorded, I have asked Mel and Ed to share their thoughts on the upcoming season. In case you’ve forgotten or you’re[…]
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Monday Mets: Mel & Ed Recap The Season
As Michael Conforto squeezed his glove around Peter O’Brien’s 9th inning line drive, it not only ended the game, it not only secured Noah Syndergaard’s first ever complete game shutout, it also put an end[…]
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Monday Mets: Baseball Like It Should Have Been
The last three weeks have been more enjoyable than any other period of this Mets season since their hot start, and I don’t know how to feel about that. In a season wrought with misery,[…]
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Monday Mets: You Blew It
Announcer: It’s time for Flushing’s least favorite game show, You Blew It! And here’s your host, Fran Zabriskie. The crowd reluctantly honors the “Applause” sign. FZ: Howdy folks, and welcome to You Blew It, where[…]
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Monday Mets: Are You Ready For The Summer?
As the Mets limp towards the end of the beginning of summer, let’s try to understand what’s happened in the first three months… The internet is a funny place, isn’t it? I had an idea[…]
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Monday Mets: Time To Get On The Coaster
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[…]
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Monday Mets: Vargas Vacation
One of the frustrating aspects of the endless opinion-sharing that modern technology invites, is the lack of accountability that comes along with it. I could post just about any prediction on here and risk virtually[…]
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Monday Mets: The First Month’s Ups and Downs
The first month of the season is done, and the Mets are holding on to first place in the NL East standings. Had I been told five weeks ago that this article would begin with[…]
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Monday Mets: Trying To Avoid The Injury Monster
The phrase “as long as they stay healthy” has become so closely tied to the Mets, so clearly identified as a main goal for the year, that it’s reasonable to believe that the front office[…]
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