It was easy to think back to New York’s epic collapse in 2007, when the Mets lost a seven-game lead with seventeen left to play, after New York lost to the Phillies on Friday night and Sunday afternoon. The results allowed Philadelphia to move within a game of the Mets, before the series conclusion on Read More
While the Mets and Yankees played just two games this weekend, due to a Friday night rainout, there were a few illuminating aspects to both games for the heretofore struggling New York teams.
Wang’s Increased Use of Slider is Double-Edged Sword
As Chien-Ming Wang rocketed to a 6-0 start, it was his strikeout rate that Read More
It’s tempting to dismiss the potential impact of first baseman Carlos Delgado’s strained hip flexor. After all, the Mets have announced that he’ll be out for just 7-10 days. And anyway, Delgado’s season average stands at an unremarkable, eminently replaceable .255.
But this is serious stuff.
The season numbers of the 35-year-old Delgado so far Read More
Damion Easley looked eagerly at the center table in the Mets clubhouse at Shea Stadium, where Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran and Willie Randolph were huddled in front of a laptop computer shortly before game time on May 29, studying the night’s opposing pitcher, the rookie phenom Tim Lincecum.
“That’s where I’m headed next,” he said. Read More
If you want to know why New York has become the Mets’ city, don’t look at today’s standings. Look at today’s pictures – the pictures from last night’s 5-4 Met win over the Giants at Shea Stadium.
Predictably enough, there were a lot of smiling faces around home plate last night after Read More
On a Long Island Rail Road train heading toward Shea Stadium, four Mets fans drank beer out of brown paper bags and fretted about running late for the first game of a big series with the Yankees.
Another passenger, sitting across the train, announced that he’d gotten a score on his cell phone: Yankees up Read More
Why is everyone in New York trying to get everyone else to go to yoga all the goddam time?
A dozen gossip folk have turned him down. So why can’t Richard Johnson hire a new Page Six writer?
What does ’08 contender John McCain say behind closed doors? Here’s what!
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