Darling’s Diagnosis & Kranepool’s Surgery By Joe Rini The Mets have had outstanding pitching and hitting performances in 2019…unfortunately, not often in the same game. The once formidable looking offense that compensated for spotty pitching performances in the early going of the season has been playing hard to get in the last two weeks after […]
Mets try to scratch back to .500 as they top division foes on road BY JOE RINI While recent Septembers for the New York Mets have been uneventful at best and cruel at their worst, late surges by the Mets in 1969 and 1973 propelled them to the World Series and a “miracle” World Series […]
Dickey and Davis lift Mets BY JOE RINI The Mets celebrated Italian Heritage Day this past Saturday but for many Rocklanders it was Tony DeFrancesco Weekend at Citi Field, as Suffern’s DeFrancesco earned his first win since being named interim manger of the Houston Astros. DeFrancesco led the Astros to a 3-1 defeat of the […]
Triple-A Affiliate to Las Vegas? Want to Bet? BY JOE RINI A sinking post All-Star game stretch, the early curtailment of Johan Santana’s season, the Houston Astros final trip to New York as a National League team, and the possibility that Triple-A farmhands could get married by Elvis Presley impersonators are among the swirling story […]
Santana Struggles in Return BY JOE RINI Although less heralded than Cy Young Award candidate R.A. Dickey, Mets left hander Jonathan Niese has carved out a solid 2012 season as he looks to finish the year strong. This past Sunday, Niese capped the latest Mets homestand with eight innings of one run ball against the […]
Mets unveil official 2013 All-Star logo BY JOE RINI While most New Yorkers were sleeping a few time zones away, the Mets had a respectable west coast road trip. When last seen in the eastern time zone, the Mets were dragging through a winless six game homestand and heading west with these parting words from […]