Get to Know the New Hitting Coach
Dave Hudgens has been named the Mets’ new hitting coach. Here, based on precedent, is how his tenure with the Mets will go. Early in Spring Training, Hudgens will be the subject of a half-dozen...
View ArticleThings That Don’t Slump
Good luck outguessing baseball: After kicking the ball around and losing two out of three to the Nats and then getting kicked around by the Yankees for a horrifying sweep, the Mets absolutely flattened...
View ArticleDispatches from the Bubble
Top Mets brass has descended on Miami for the final series of the year. It’s a shame minority owner Bill Maher isn’t among the traveling party. One of Maher’s recurring features on his HBO program,...
View ArticleRipping Off the Band-Aid
All right, people. We’ve all get better things to do with what’s left of our day than complain about this listless horrible team. Start reading and we’ll rip this Band-Aid off quick as we can. Matt...
View ArticleOh, The Mel With It
When I turned 41 It seemed a very good year To say I was “Seaver” When I turned 45 It seemed a very good year To’ve been a lifetime Believer When I turned 47 It seemed a very good year To be an upward...
View ArticleSo Many Sideshows
Some things that don’t matter: * Ike Davis vs. Lucas Duda. Ike’s doing a lot better in Pittsburgh. That’s great. He was a mess in New York, capable of spending months looking unsure which end of the...
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I Got Your Positivity Right Here
Can ya hear us, Pittsburgh? After spending a slice of my Tuesday afternoon listening to Dave Hudgens complain about “negativity” and Sandy Alderson indicate he can’t spend more money on players until...
View ArticleThe Class of ’62 Comes Through
In the great contemporary tradition of making everything about ourselves, congratulations to the New York Mets’ expansionmates, the Houston Astros on winning their first World Series and, after...
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