BY MIKE RIFKIN Sunday in Sacramento fans had history ripped away from them. Marlins Pitcher Eury Perez pitched seven perfect innings against the Athletics. He was pulled at 92 pitches, so he didn’t even hit the 100 pitch threshold teams love to use. Lake Bachar came in and gave up five runs, without recording anContinue reading “HAVE A FEEL”
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OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN
BY MARK HALPERN What is a captain? A captain is defined as a person who commands, leads or is the head of a group. There are many types of captains. A ship has a captain, there are captains of industry, of course captains in the military. There is no secret that Fransico Lindor is admiredContinue reading “OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN”
MISSING THE MARK
By MIKE RIFKIN One of the things fans loved about the 2024 Mets was the fact that young players were key contributors to the lineup. The “Baby Mets” as they were called, Brett Baty, Francisco Alvarez, Mark Vientos and Ronny Mauricio. Fast forward a year and a half later and the latest edition of theContinue reading “MISSING THE MARK”
RIFKIN REACTS : CARLOS MENDOZA FIRED
BY MIKE RIFKIN On Friday Morning the New York Mets announced that Manager Carlos Mendoza had been relieved of his duties. Mendoza was in his third season as Mets manager and compiled a record of 206-199. The Mets got within two games of the World Series in his first season, but it’s been downhill everContinue reading “RIFKIN REACTS : CARLOS MENDOZA FIRED”
FAILED
BY MIKE RIFKIN Tuesday was another night at the office for the New York Mets, who lost 9-6 to the Chicago Cubs. For the Mets this is their third consecutive defeat after dropping the final two games in Philly over the weekend. In those three games the Mets have been outscored 30-11 and now sitContinue reading “FAILED”
REINFORCEMENTS ARE ON THE WAY
BY MARK HALPERN No matter how you sliced it, the 2026 Mets were going to be different than the teams of yeas past. The front office did what they thought was a good job in putting together a team that could contend but, not necessarily based on power. The first half lets face it injuriesContinue reading “REINFORCEMENTS ARE ON THE WAY”
DO SOMETHING
By Mike Rifkin If you want to go on a diet, I’d suggest don’t watch the New York Mets. They’ll cause you to stress eat. As each game is played I feel like Randy Quaid in Major League 2, there’s just not an enough positives and way too many negatives. And if you’re a strugglingContinue reading “DO SOMETHING”
MLB THE SHOW A TRUE LOOK INTO
FANTASY BASEBALL BY MARK HALPERN Baseball has always been and will be America’s pastime. However, out of every 100,000 hopeful players a year, they all have less than a 1% chance at making “The Show.” For the super hard-core guys who fall up short and for kids say 8 and up (yet my six-year-old hasContinue reading “MLB THE SHOW A TRUE LOOK INTO”
BACKFIRING
The Mets lineup is to blame for their start this season, but what they did on Sunday was disrespectful, and there’s only one person to blame.
ROCK BOTTOM?
BY MIKE RIFKIN The Mets lost 2-1 in 10 innings on Sunday, marking the Mets eleventh straight loss as they finished a road trip 0-6 against the Dodgers and Cubs. Every little mistake the Mets have made, has wound up coming up costing them in a big way, and Sunday and old friend beat them.Continue reading “ROCK BOTTOM?”
