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25 September 2016 – Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets

Posted by Matthew Lug on 2 October 2016 Comments Off

The Phillies are bad and we all feel sad

The season is drawing to a close, which means it’s time for my annual pilgrimage to Citi Field. With just over a week left in the regular season, the Mets were in a tight race for a Wild Card spot. But that would not be the big story of the day.

It was 9am and I was standing on the train platform waiting to begin the 2 hour trip to Citi Field (after the usual 4 hour drive the day before). Checking Twitter, I started seeing cryptic tweets. Boating accident. José Fernandez killed. Confirmed.

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José Fernandez was due to start the next day against the Mets. At 24, he had established himself as one of the game’s top pitchers. You would rather miss him in the rotation with a playoff spot on the line, but not like this. Never like this. How can this be real?

The Marlins would cancel their game that day. The Mets however would play on with a Fernandez 16 jersey taped up inside the dugout.

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2015 Mets Debut Autographs

Posted by Matthew Lug on 3 October 2015 Comments Off

Well, that’s a relief…

With Cespedes on board, the Mets cruised to their first NL East title since 2006. But not without getting some extra relief help first. Eric O’Flaherty got the first shot, but that didn’t work out so well. Next came Addison Reed, who has earned a spot on the postseason roster. Barring an emergency postseason call-up, the 2015 list wraps up with Tim Stauffer, who was picked up to bolster the AAA staff. As usual, the “throw a bunch of relievers against the wall and see who sticks” method of bullpen construction doesn’t yield the best results, but at least the Mets had some time to experiment in games that didn’t really matter.


Michael Cuddyer	John Mayberry Jr.	Jerry Blevins	Alex Torres
6 April 2015	6 April 2015	6 April 2015	9 April 2015

Sean Gilmartin*	Daniel Muno*	Kevin Plawecki*	Hansel Robles*
10 April 2015	17 April 2015	21 April 2015	24 April 2015

Jack Leathersich*	Johnny Monell	Noah Syndergaard*	Darrell Ceciliani*
29 April 2015	9 May 2015	12 May 2015	19 May 2015

Akeel Morris*	Logan Verrett	Steven Matz*	Michael Conforto*
17 June 2015	18 June 2015	28 June 2015	24 July 2015

Kelly Johnson	Juan Uribe	Tyler Clippard	Yoenis Cespedes
25 July 2015	25 July 2015	28 July 2015	1 August 2015

Eric O’Flaherty	Addison Reed	Tim Stauffer
5 August 2015	1 September 2015	13 September 2015