Tag: Phil Bickford

Mike’s Mets Player Review Series: Phil Bickford
Now that the 2023 season is over for the New York Mets, we have been looking back at the year…
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The Long Game
I’ve been waiting 15 years for a chance to knock the Marlins out of the playoffs. Seven games in the…
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We Paid Chris Flexen For That
Jose Butto deserved better than that nonsense. Butto, the latest entrant in the “wheel of starting pitching doom” pitched very…
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We All Deserve A Nice Cool Drink
Of the seven home runs that Drew Smith has given up this season, four came in tie games, one came…
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Putting Lipstick On A Cookie
It really is sad seeing what is happening to Carlos Carrasco. Cookie gave up five runs in an inning and…
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Well I’m Glad That’s Over
Updated:Those are the Mets we’ve come to know and be depressed about. Charlie Morton was just brilliant. He struck out…
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Two Roads Diverged In Truist Park
If the Mets had let Allan Winans shut them down two starts in a row, then they probably should have…
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Two In A Row? Yo, No Way?
Updated:After the latest edition of “Because The Schedule Says So”, it would be disingenous of me to say “well, nice…
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Flex Seal On The Titanic
Jose Quintana was excellent in Game 2 of the Mets’ doubleheader from hell. He gave up one run on four…
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Hartwig And The Angry Bullpen
Updated:I wonder if if the Cubs, at some point after the season is over, will look back upon this series…
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Winging It
During the early stages of tonight’s game, Gary, Keith and Ron were discussing how they had to attend an advance…
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Well, He Didn’t Walk Anybody
Tylor Megill returned to the majors tonight against the Orioles. Not so much becuase he all of a sudden found…
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The Mets Paid $9.5 Million For That
We’re in the part of the season where we should expect losses like Friday’s loss to happen. I mean, it’s…
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It’s Gonna Be A Long Two Months Of Hardtack
Updated:In the new version of the Oregon Trail, there are situations where the flour gets spoiled, and your only option…
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The Dark Backstreets Of Rebuilding
Updated:In retrospect, I should have known this day was coming when I played my morning six letter Wordle: In what…
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8/1/23 Game Preview: New York Mets at Kansas City Royals
Things sure look a lot different for the New York Mets (50-55) than they did a week ago. A successful…
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Eight Big Runs, One Big Out
It would have been an absolute shame for the Mets to lose a game where they scored five runs off…
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It’s Only Fair
I’ve picked on J.D. Davis a lot over the last few days. Deserved? Maybe. But it’s only fair to focus…
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