Going through some photos from last year and came across this GIF I (OK — Google Photos) made. I’d forgotten about it, even though I took these shots of his first home pitch with this specific plan in mind.
Here’s hoping he does even half of what Matt Harvey did last year.
Ike Davis’ 14th home run last night marked the most by a Mets rookie since David Wright hit 14 during his rookie year in 2004, when he also was an in-season callup. Wright hit his 14 in 69 games (283…
A sunny, warm mid-70-degree day. Is this really Opening Day? Indeed it was, yet we kept pinching ourselves and discussing whether it really was as good as it seemed. My mom and my pal Dave arrived separately from Casey and…
Where minor league baseball returned to New Jersey. This is the seventh in a series. Previous posts are: Cape Fear CrocsNewark BearsNew Jersey CardinalsNew Jersey JackalsStaten Island YankeesSomerset Patriots August 8, 1999 Something sets Mercer County Waterfront Park aside from…
Am I surprised at the Mets’ 2-0 series lead? Not really. I am, however, suprised at just about every other outcome in the Division Series so far. The one series at 1-1 was Tigers-Yankees? Wow. Oakland owned the Metrodome, then…
When this offseason started and the Mets began their search for, first, a general manager and then a manager, I followed the GM process pretty closely. I was invested in it, had some thoughts and preferences, and made sure I…
I have always abhored the alternate jersey phenomenon that has overrun Major League Baseball in the past six or seven years. While I’ve acquiesed and come to understand that it is, above all, a business, and alternate jerseys — particularly…