Articles by metstradamus (1419)

First And Foreboding
Going up against the Dodgers, the team that severely outclassed them in a four game series in Los Angeles earlier…
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Random Audio: Wally Backman
I’m a little late in getting around to this, but this is an interview that my friends at Sports Talk…
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Mile High Lightning
When home plate umpire Kerwin Danley left Wednesday’s game with an injury, the score was 5-0 Rockies. After he left,…
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We’re Well Past Surprised
The good news is that Amed Rosario is up with the big club. The bad news is that in his…
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A Clear Directive
There is always a lot of chatter regarding the baseball draft about drafting for need rather than “best available athlete”….
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Shipping Up To Boston
The exodus continues. Addison Reed to the Red Sox for pitching prospects Jamie Callahan, Stephen Nogosek and Gerson Bautista. Sox…
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A Different Form Is Coming
I got a late start to a television for the Mets game. But before I got to the television, I…
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A Tale of Two Pitches
Here lies Jacob deGrom’s win streak. May it rest in peace. It stopped at eight on Saturday against the Seattle Mariners,…
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Happy Returns
Friday night featured a couple of returns: Michael Conforto to his home region in Seattle, and Neil Walker to the…
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Really? Mets To Acquire A.J. Ramos, I Guess
Okay, my head hurts. Sources: #Mets acquiring AJ Ramos from #Marlins. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 29, 2017 So we’re…
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Random Video: Lucas Goes Yard
For those of you who boycott Yankee games, here’s the highlight of Lucas Duda’s first night with the Tampa By…
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Lucas Duda’s Fate is Flex-Sealed
The exodus begins. I’m not going to sit here and pretend to know who Drew Smith is. He started the…
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Thin Mints And Mike Singletary
To say that Steven Matz’s fastball is reminiscent of a girl scout cookie is an insult to girl scout cookies….
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Little League Party
Yoenis Cespedes has shown up to the party. But it’s kind of a lame party where the chips are stale…
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How Jacob deGrom, Yoenis Cespedes, and Addison Reed React To Stress
Zack Wheeler hit the disabled list for the second time in about a month, this time with a “stress reaction“,…
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It Should Rain Harder On Sundays
Give it to the Mets: They tried to get a game rained out for a drizzle. Who could blame them?…
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Even At Their Worst, They’re Best With You
There’s always a little bit of heightened awareness on a night where there’s a high ticket giveaway. There are long…
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Pining For Oakland?
Back in 1988, Darryl Strawberry was asked about someday playing for the Dodgers, returning to his roots in Southern California….
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It’s Too Hot To Cover First Base
The heat will make one do crazy things. It obviously also makes you not do routine things. The “real feel”,…
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Jacob deGrom Is The Baseball Brodie
I’m starting to think Jacob deGrom is the Russell Westbrook of the Mets. He’s won seven straight starts now after…
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The Malaise Is Here, Is The Rebirth Coming?
The Mets lost to the Cardinals 5-0 on Tuesday. They had three hits and three errors. The errors screwed over…
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Look Up! It’s Everyone Else In The Standings!
Zack Wheeler was facing Paul DeJong in the sixth with a runner on and the Mets up 1-0 on Monday….
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The Sod Was Exceedingly Soft
The Mets must be concerned about my sleep patterns, because they’re making it a point out of the break to…
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What Happens When The Morphine Wears Off?
The Mets roared out of the break with a 14-2 victory against the team that the standings tell us they’re…
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Ten Ways the Mets Can Save The Season
Okay, so it sure as hell seems like Michael Conforto striking out in the All-Star game against Craig Kimbrel with…
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The Shrinking Margin Of Error
Zack Wheeler didn’t have a bad outing. Really, he didn’t. Wheeler pitched six innings and only gave up two runs…
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A Battle Art Howe Would Have Been Proud Of
You know you’re in for a weird game when Jacob deGrom scatters four hits in the first four innings, and…
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The Twins Are in the Entertainment Business
I really thought it was inevitable that the Mets would get Bartolo Colon back, especially now that Sandy Alderson has admitted…
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