The Mets’ zero-sum games
It hasn’t happened in the Majors in six years and hasn’t been done by the Mets since September 1969, but it was completed tonight: A three-game shutout sweep. Amazing. In some ways, I was as nervous heading to the ninth…
It hasn’t happened in the Majors in six years and hasn’t been done by the Mets since September 1969, but it was completed tonight: A three-game shutout sweep. Amazing. In some ways, I was as nervous heading to the ninth…
After shutting out the Panthers on Jan. 20, Martin Brodeur went more than two months without a whitewash, and then — BAM! — two in a row, just as he’s setting himself up for the playoffs. He blanked the Hurricanes…
Career shutout No. 108 for Martin Brodeur tonight in a 2-0 win over the Panthers. He leads the NHL with seven this season, the most he’s had since he last led the league, with 12 in 2006-07. Brodeur’s played 46…
Martin Brodeur stopped 51 shots as the Devils beat the Rangers, 1-0, tonight. But it wasn’t just a 1-0 win, it was a 1-0 shootout win, coming after 65 minutes of scoreless hockey at Madison Square Garden. Not only did…
Martin Brodeur shut out the Dallas Stars tonight, 4-0, for the 106th whitewash of his career. He now stands four behind Walter Johnson’s pitching record for the most by a North American team sport athlete. Though it’s not the same…
I’m not the biggest hockey fan, but I do enjoy the sport — mostly live or during the playoffs, because really, why play 81 games when the postseason is about half that (give or take)? But I have had my…