My Mets Good or Bad

ב"ה Tonight's game belonged to Jacob deGrom. For the 9 millionth (ok, so it only seems  like 9 million times) deGrom pitched a gem but got no run support. Jake pitched 8 shutout innings but no one scored in 9 innings. I'm glad the Phils didn't score (I'm always happy when the Phils don't score). So off to the tenth we went, after Familia finished off the top of the ninth is short order (and Wilmer did not  hit a walk-off hit in the bottom of the 9th). The Gazelle-man did his thing in the top of the 10th, so it was down to the bottom of the 10th. With Rosario on second, Reyes walked to first. Then came Brandon Nimmo who the Met announcers have taken to calling "the happiest man in Baseball". Brandon was in a minor slump and really needed something to get him back to his baseball hitting self. He hit a walk-off three-run home run on the first pitch.  So this was an exciting day. The Mets first of all split the four game series with the first place...

ב"ה Wilmer, KI"H, is the new walk-off king of the Mets! As I said before, Wilmer Flores is the guy I've been watching since before the tears. I've always loved him. And, even without the fairy dust, he does help make things exciting. It's been a roller coaster year, with so many lows, like the Mets losing a game they led 5-1 and 6-2, like yesterday's and Saturday's game (the latter of which I didn't see because it was on Shabbat), being blasted and not scoring for two straight games. Lots of low-lights this season, but for now, as several times earlier this year (and, of course, the huge "fairy dust" home-run in 2015). There is still more baseball today -- it reminds me of my childhood with double-headers almost every Sunday and occasional "twi-night"ers. Let's hope we can continue to pull rabbits out of hats.... (Oh, BTW, I watched the "Amazin' Life" with Keith and Ronny and their guest start Brandon Nim...

ב"ה So I'm watching the Mets play the Blue Jays tonight. They actually won on Sunday and didn't play yesterday. Tonight is the first of a two-game series "North of the Border". Because the Mets won on Sunday (despite losing badly in the first two games), I watched the replays (first the "Fast Forward" when they show the highlights in a one hour format and then the three hour format where most of the time they show most of the game). So even though I was not able to watch the game while it was going on, I got to see it (knowing they would win -- phew!) So far there have been some good hits, in particular it's nice to see a couple of home runs (as I mentioned, I love Wilmer Flores and he's DHing tonight and I've seen enough of his home runs that I knew this one was going to go out). In any case, I've been listening to a lot of "Baseball Night in New York" (I miss Mets Hot Stove because it's all Mets -- I'm not exa...

ב"ה We all fell in love with Wilmer Flores a few years ago when he showed us how much he wanted to be a Met. I have a secret to tell you -- I've been a fan of his since day one (which, in my parlance, is the first time I ever saw him). There was something I saw in him as a player; there was something I saw in him as a person. Always under the radar, just enjoying his job as a baseball player, still a kid when he started. Then came the gossip about a trade being discussed for Wilmer to go to Milwaukee. Wilmer had been in the Mets organization since he came from Venezuela at 16. So, the friends he had in the US were in NY. But seeing him try (unsuccessfully) to hold back tears made Mets fans love him. A couple of days after, Wilmer hit a walk off home run that one of the announcers said, "dissolved into fairy dust". It did seem to be Wilmer Flores day. But, to be honest, from my perspective, just meant that the other Mets fans finally figured out what I had alrea...

ב"ה Despite how the Mets are doing this year, I'm sorry to hear about Sandy Alderson. His cancer recurrence could be part of the reason they s**k this year. Is it just me or wasn't Omar Manaya the GM who got the Mets into a deep hole in the first place? Why is he one of the three taking over the mantle? In any case, I wish Sandy Alderson the best. I suppose, given this new knowledge, I can forgive Sandy for this season so far. I suppose this explains some of the cryptic messages we have heard from him this season about his stepping down.  Now, I have to tell you, though, I'm still not giving up on my Mets -- I stick with them and I'm hoping this might give the team something to fight for and, perhaps, this might light a fire under  them.  I guess we'll see later today -- from the pre-game show to win one for the gipper  tonight at CitiField.....

ב"ה What can I say? Last year, while the team was pathetic (we were the walking wounded last year) at least they were able to win a game or two here or there. This historic patheticalness has reached a level that makes me (possibly as a sample fan) turn away from the half innings when the opposition is hitting (and I do mean hitting -- and hitting hard). I turned on my TV last night (after Shabbat, the Sabbath) just in time to see the tail end of a grand-slam home-run, not from the Mets, but from the Dodgers. Based on the numbers, they were already behind (the GS made the score 8-2) but at least at 4-2 makes one feel as though it's possible -- 8-2, especially this season with 1962-style losses abounding, makes one feel that the climb up is impossible. I started writing this before the game started today. And the first inning was scary (I was visualizing an inning that would break the Red Sox record of 17 runs in one inning before I was born)  when Blevins (who hasn'...

ב"ה So the Mets just finished off their second straight loss by an identical score of 10-8. While last night's 10-8 loss was depressing (after a "winning streak" of 3, they are back to losing yet again) because they were on the comeback trail into the ninth inning, tonight's loss was even worse. They started out ahead and did the swan dive against the one of the league's worst bullpen. It's really hard to understand how it is that the Mets, who have a team that is capable of winning, have taken an early winning streak and done such a "good job" of losing that they erased everything they did during that early period of the season. To be honest, I am at a loss for how it is that everyone has written them off with still 11 games until the halfway point of the season. Granted, they need to turn it around quickly, but just like last season, there are some serious gaps in the team through, gaps that are leading to losses. So once again, no ...