The 2015 World Series featured two teams who had not seen the World Series for over three decades. The New York Mets last appeared in a World Series in 1986 and the Kansas City Royals last appeared in a World Series in 1985. After narrowly missing out on a title in 2014, the Royals took …
The last time the Mets were in the World Series was in 2000 when they were defeated by the Yankees in the Subway Series. Since 2000 the Mets fans have suffered. In fact, their only playoff appearance since 2000 was in 2006. In the 2006 playoffs they beat the Dodgers but then lost to the …
Game 1 It was a frigid Friday night when the ceremonial first pitch of the game was delivered by Bernie Williams. It is official Bernie has signed his retirement papers. Look for his number 51 to grace Monument Park in the near future. As it turned out the combo of Michael Pineda and Mark Teixeira …
After completing a sweep of Miami, the Mets now have a 10-3 record. They won their first seven home games for the first time and completed their first four-game sweep since July 2011 in Cincinnati. The winning streak is New York’s longest since an eight-game streak in June 2010. The Mets also began their 1986 …
Andrew Stengel is a student in my Baseball and Statistics course at Quinnipiac University. A few weeks ago he wrote a blog on Matt Harvey’s 2013 season which ended with Tommy John Surgery causing him to miss the entire 2014 season. After submitting his blog on Matt Harvey, the Mets announced Zack Wheeler will undergo …
The strength of the Mets is their young pitching staff. Assuming their young pitchers can stay healthy, the Mets will have one of the best and youngest starting rotations in baseball over the next 5 years. Here is the way I see the future Mets starting rotation beginning in 2015. Returning from TJ surgery, the …
The All-Star game marks the halfway point in the season. Honestly, for the past few years I had very little interest in the game. As a Yankee fan, this year I really looked forward to seeing Mariano Rivera pitch in his last All-Star game. I was also intrigued by the thought of the Mets young …
As I did in the previous posting for the Yankees, I would like to compare the performance of the April, 2013 Mets with the April, 2012 Mets. The Mets, like the Yankees, were expected to finish the season either last or next to last in the NL East. Unlike the Yankees, the Mets were very …