Mariano Rivera outclassed the Mets last night; it could be argued he outclasses MLB all the time anyway. The Baseball Gods rewarded baseball’s most humble closer last night at New Shea Stadium to earn his 500th save and his 1st…
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A.J. Burnett 1 hits Mets
A.J. Burnett has been hot in his last 3 starts, and it culminated in him almost no-hitting the Mets at Citi Field last night. His fastball and curveball were nasty and vintage A.J. He had 10 K, 1 hit, and…
Darryl Strawberry interview video and comments
GUEST BLOGGER: Dr. Richard Hoffman, sports psychologist Michael Kay interviewed former New York icon darryl strawberry on YES Network’s Centerstage. Watching this interview, if you don’t know the man’s history or personality type (Enneagram Type 3), you may get inspired…
Whatever happened to Dave Mlicki
Dave Mlicki…his name always comes up during the Subway Series because the greatest game in his career was shutout against the Yankees. He was an underdog in that June 16, 1997 game vs Andy Pettitte, but he won. Now that…
CC Sabathia, Yanks bats destroy Mets
When Derek Jeter was interviewed last week amidst the Yankees National League slump, he said a baseball season has its peaks and valleys, and the Yanks are just playing through a bad stretch, but thing will start to pick up.…
Whatever happened to Mackey Sasser?
New York Newsday in 2007 and the New York Daily News in 2009 caught up with fallen Mets catcher Mackey Sasser (he had some kind of OCD mental block in 1990 after a collision at the plate with Jim Presley,…
David Cone vs Michael Kay II: Mariano Rivera Usage
I rewatched the last 2 innings of the infamous Luis Castillo game with my wife, who was traveling that night. Michael Kay was all over Joe Girardi for using Mariano Rivera in the 8th inning with 2 outs and no…
Yanks destroy Mets 15-0!!!!
Johan Santana had nothing against the Yankees, as the Yanks won the Subway Series two games to three, in an improbable fashion. Although the offense dominated this game (Godzilla, Francisco Cervelli, Jeter, Cano, Melky, etc.) A.J. Burnett was pumped today…
Mets Nieve beats Andy Pettitte
Fernando Nieve has given Mets fans hope that he will solidify the rotation with a great debut Saturday. As we have seen many times in interleague play, knowing the Mets’ luck he will more than likely become an answer to…