Tag: Dom Smith

Process? Results? They’re Both Good
Updated:If Marcus Stroman was in the exact same situation that he was in before today’s game, except that the timeline…
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Chaos Isn’t A Pit … Chaos Is A Ladder
Updated:The problem, when you starting playing too many wacky games in a row, is that eventually your games will be…
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Let The Weirdness Flow Through You
Updated:I’m not sure there’s a narrative that this game fits. And that’s fine. Because not every game has to contain…
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The Curse Of Billy McKinney
Updated:Friday night’s game was some bullshit. Oh, you want me to expound? Gladly. The first thing you should know is…
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The Ace Ambush And The Timely Heat
The way Brandon Woodruff was going, I’m shocked the Mets got to him. He entered the 7th inning at 64…
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Son Of A Nutcracker
Updated:It’s hard to say that all the Mets offense might have been missing all season was Brandon Nimmo. But if…
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deGrom In Retrograde, Mercury Inciarte
Updated:When deGrom Night Observed lands on the same day as Bobby Bonilla Day, the planet heads to some sort of…
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Double Bobble
Sequels usually suck anyway, right? The Mets tried a “second verse, same as the first” approach in game two of…
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Asterisks And Clutch Comebacks
Updated:Well that was something. Aaron Nola’s game one performance was one of the most dominating games of his career. He…
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That’s Why It’s A Challenge
Updated:I titled my last post “The Avoiding Injury Challenge” in reference to Jacob deGrom, but as you know from rooting…
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The Avoiding Injury Challenge
Updated:The third inning of game one of today’s DH against Atlanta showed you just how dominant Jacob deGrom is. And…
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The Fix Is In
Updated:With all the questions surrounding David Peterson, this was probably the game out of the next four that the Mets…
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Split Diego
Updated:You younger fans might not fully appreciate the enormity of this weekend. The Mets played four games in San Diego,…
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Two Right Fielders At Turner Field West
Updated:Taijuan Walker didn’t have his best stuff on Thursday. A little less pop, a little less control than we’ve gotten…
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Reinforced With Grit, Polar Power, And Bad Decisions
Updated:The Mets entered Phoenix with a 25-20 record, despite missing like, four entire teams. But in first place by 3…
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Complaining After A Win? Sure, Why Not!
Updated:I’ve been really chill about the Mets 3-7 stretch. So you’d think I’d be ecstatic over the Mets 3-1 victory…
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Attrition Is A Constant Battle
Updated:The Mets fought like hell before the Marlins finally got their annual walk-off win against the Flushing Nine. And even…
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Bracing For The Impact From Ghosts And Their Runners
Updated:Ever since Miguel Castro threw a fat changeup down the middle to Garrett Cooper which turned into a game tying…
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The Timeline Nobody Expected
Updated:If you had told me back in 2015 that in about five years there would be a global pandemic, and…
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Mazeika > Valaika
Tonight’s Harvey Day prequel featured two great starting pitching performances, two Mets injuries, two notorious Mets killers teaming up to…
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When The Sublime And The Ridiculous Start With Walk
Updated:To think that Taijuan Walker was just sitting on the free agent wires … for months … before anybody decided…
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Splitting Spares
Updated:Game 2 of the Wednesday doubleheader was the product of a couple unfortunate events. First was Jacob deGrom’s sore right…
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Thinking, And Rethinking
I didn’t have a lot of hope for Monday’s game because it was a bullpen game, and just about half…
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Is Michael Conforto Good?
Updated:On our podcast (which was recorded on Friday afternoon and am shamelessly linking to here so please listen because it…
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Anger In The Wind
I mean, this was a true “only the Mets” loss. First off, to lose a game where the two runs…
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The Set Up
Updated:Garrett Richards had the Mets on a string all night. Is that really saying much these days? Probably not. But…
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Hey Chicago, Whaddaya Say? The Mets Are Gonna Get Swept To-Day!
Updated:It’s rare that the Mets get swept and evoke a different mode of feeling from each loss. Tuesday they just…
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This Team Has Vibes
Updated:The increments are small, and the pace is slow. You don’t want this team peaking in April anyway. But the…
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2019, Now With More Masks
Updated:I really thought it was going to be different this year. I really thought that the delay in the season,…
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