eduardo escobar

2 min read 2022-07-05 10:39:37

The Mets vs. the Ex-Mets

The Mets, wearing blue, beat the Reds, wearing red and white, by a score of 7-4 on July 4th, and what could be better than that? OK, both teams were

4 min read 2022-07-04 22:47:54

Jacob deGrom pitched to six minor league batters on Sunday night. Five of them turned into smoldering holes in the dirt adjacent to home plate. I

2 min read 2022-07-03 09:19:19

During the early part of 2022 the Mets were deadly in the clutch. They were a lot of other things too — strong defensively and gifted with solid

2 min read 2022-07-03 09:19:19

During the early part of 2022 the Mets were deadly in the clutch. They were a lot of other things too — strong defensively and gifted with solid

2 min read 2022-07-02 23:16:34

The Mets are 3-0 in games streamed by Apple TV+. If the only way we can have wins is by exclusivity that’s wrong, then as Luther Ingram in 1972, I

4 min read 2022-06-18 19:03:47

Welcome to another recap in transit! Wednesday night’s game found me on my way to an airplane and ended while I was on said conveyance; Friday

7 min read 2022-06-17 22:54:30

Everybody misplaces their Mojo from time to time. In the summer of 1999, Austin Powers had to chase his Mojo all the way back to 1969. A couple of

6 min read 2022-06-09 01:10:21

On August 8, 1963, the day after Jim Hickman hit for the first cycle in Mets history, the Mets won again, 3-2, with first baseman Duke Carmel (one of

2 min read 2022-06-07 13:12:45

The hardest part of hitting for the cycle is the triple, and Eduardo Escobar came through with it in the ninth inning, with two strikes and two

2 min read 2022-06-07 12:34:23

“Grind you till you break” is Chris Bassitt‘s phrase, first uttered after his debut in blue and orange and the Mets having come back from being

6 min read 2022-05-30 17:23:33

“Kid, we’re short of staff this weekend. I need you to go out to Citi Field and cover Sunday night’s Mets-Phillies game. The main thing is the

2 min read 2022-04-22 04:38:36

Now it’s getting serious, to the extent that anything can be serious after fourteen games. The Mets are off to a seriously good start and maybe

4 min read 2022-04-18 06:43:25

Three paces that would be nice to keep up: 1) If the Mets go 7-3 fifteen more times (105-45) and they’ll be 112-48 with two games to go — and I

5 min read 2022-04-08 21:37:14

Wait. Wait a little more. Wait just a little more. Now. Now you can have your Opening Day. I mean Opening Night. I mean Opening Night win. It’s

5 min read 2022-04-08 21:37:14

Wait. Wait a little more. Wait just a little more. Now. Now you can have your Opening Day. I mean Opening Night. I mean Opening Night win. It’s