Citi Field A Ghost Town As Mets Head Toward 3rd Straight Losing Year
As the Mets skid to their third straight losing season, the plus side is that few of their fans seem to be paying much attention.
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As the Mets skid to their third straight losing season, the plus side is that few of their fans seem to be paying much attention.
Craig Stammen got his first win and hit in more than a year, scoring the go-ahead run on Ryan Zimmerman's seventh-inning single to lead the Washington Nationals over the New York Mets 3-2 Tuesday night.
Tony Romo is 31 years old. This is his sixth season as the starting quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. He's a three-time Pro Bowl player. Yet, he makes some of the dumbest decisions imaginable in big spots. He's not the only one.
Did I drop the Red Sox far enough? Probably not based on what's gone on in Red Sox nation, but for now we'll put them at 6 though that number may grow in the final few weeks.
Mets catcher Josh Thole hopes to come to an agreement soon with MLB on a policy that would allow his team to wear emergency service-department caps after the league denied their request on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
Blame this loss on the hats. Mets manager Terry Collins did.
After doing Monday's show from the BGC Charity Day, Boomer & Craig were back in the Allstate Studio this morning for a wild Tuesday edition of the Morning Extravaganza.
Steve Lombardozzi made his first big league hit and RBI count, driving in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 3-2 on Monday night.
Did Joe Torre and Major League Baseball drop the ball? The Mets were denied their request to wear caps Sunday night honoring NYC emergency service departments on the 10th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
They should have worn the hats. Even more so - they should have been allowed to wear the hats. But baseball never gets it right. Time and again, it's rather unfortunate that such a beautiful game has to be ruined by those who run it.
Sgt. John Flynn of the NYPD was a first responder at the World Trade Center a decade ago. Watching the pre-game ceremony at Citi Field, he got teary. "How could you not?" he said. "It's just an amazing day, and it's a sad thing for everybody."
I'm all for the glass being half full, silver linings and making lemonade, but I'm having a lot of difficulty understanding the optimism in the reporting of injuries in pro sports these days.
Justin Turner is just the third Mets rookie to have two walk-off RBI's in a season.
After acknowledging the tremendous job the NFL did with regard to the commemoration of the 9/11 attacks, Craig made sure to shed some negative light on Major League Baseball for doing just the opposite.
The New York Mets lost a disapointing five-hour ballgame to the Chicago Cubs in 11 innings. Reliever Josh Stinson surrendered 4 earned runs in the 11th inning.
