Two days ago, ESPN ran a piece by Christopher Cwik suggesting that the move for the Mets is to go all-in now. In short, Cwik’s argument centered around the fact that the Mets’ three best players are not only past their primes, but are enjoying successes they are unlikely to repeat. Cwik expressed concern over …
Category Archive: Spatt
May 07
Cole Hamels: Arbiter Of All Things Old-School
I know, this is a Mets blog. That being said, the Mets’ series with the Phillies is excuse enough to explore the true old-school-ness of Cole Hamels. Curt Schilling weighed in on the subject, saying that Cole “couldn’t hold my jock strap,” so we can’t be quite sure on which side of the “is Cole …
Apr 26
Mike Pelfrey Done For Season
A surprise to absolutely no one, Mike Pelfrey has found a new way to disappoint. I’m sure this Tommy John surgery will get his career on the right track. Just kidding. It clearly won’t. But in all honesty, this is a big blow. We just lost our 3rd (4th?) pitcher in the rotation and now …
Apr 24
The Return of Reyes
Today, of course, is the much-ballyhooed return of Jose Reyes to Citi Field. While it isn’t quite Piazza’s return (which SNY just showed), it certainly warrants some consideration. We all know Reyes was a very good player for the club these last years but his impact might not be fully appreciated by most. Reyes is …
Apr 10
So, 4-0
There were a lot of things I thought would happen before the Mets won 4 games. Most of them were not good. There are even more things I thought would happen before Daniel Murphy made a game-saving play at 2nd base, nevermind win the game in the bottom of the frame. But now that all …
Mar 06
Johan Lives!
Johan Santana is back on the mound and the mind for the first time since before I knew who Lucas Duda, Zack Wheeler, and Irving Picard were. He’s taking on the World Series champ Cardinals and ESPN’s bottom line has those of us who can’t (stand to) watch covered. Apparently, Johan has gone two scoreless, …
Dec 05
The Right Way, Jose
I would have loved to be able to root for Reyes on his new team. Objectively, I believe he made the right decision. He went to a young team opening a new stadium in a theoretically big market where he will be a main attraction and make way too much money over way too many …
Nov 12
Directions, Please?
The talk surrounding Reyes’ dream visit with the Marlins and the team’s impending signing of every free agent available has already dominated Mets blogs for some time now. It seems all but assured that Reyes is on his way out, be it to the Miami Marlins of Florida or any other club. So, finally, after …
Oct 01
What To Make Of Jose
It may not have happened the way everyone wanted but like it or not, Jose Reyes is your 2011 NL batting champion. I’ll admit I’m sick of all the fuss over how it went down but at the end of the day, what’s done is done. I’m not here to tell you it was right …
Sep 22
A Note On Today’s 9th
With the Mets’ 82nd loss of the season last night, the season is essentially over. Though it is never permissible to fold it in, with just seven left to play in an excruciatingly long grind of a year and no shot at .500, it wouldn’t be entirely surprising not to see the Mets going 100%. …





