This Date In Mets History: April 11
The Mets played their first official National League game on April 11, 1962. The sloppy 11-4 loss to the Cardinals in St. Louis set the tone for a historically bad inaugural season.
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If you think the Mets' 2013 Opening Day lineup will be the worst ever, know that it has some stiff competition
The Top 50 Mets Of All Time: #38 Bret Saberhagen
When an 18-year-old Bret Saberhagen reported to Royals camp, deeply tanned in flip-flops, a flowered shirt, and white-rimmed sunglasses, pitcher Mark Gubicza thought, ‘Who is this guy?’ Those kids from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" really do exist.
This Date In Mets History: August 12 — Baseball Loses the 1994 Season, Benny Loses Track of Outs
August 12 is known as the Glorious Twelfth in the United Kingdom. For stateside fans of the Mets, it's a decidedly less-than glorious date.
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Embiggen I felt a salute was in order for Chris Capuano -- on his way out the door to LA -- as he...
Embiggen
I felt a salute was in order for Chris Capuano -- on his way out the door to LA -- as he cemented his name in the Mets history books with that historic start last August.
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12/3/2011
I remember as a kid always hearing that Bret Saberhagen was notorious for alternating between...
I remember as a kid always hearing that Bret Saberhagen was notorious for alternating between awesome years and "meh" years. I wondered if this happened with his WAR, too (using rWAR here). Turns out, his WAR pretty much behaved the same way—although it was never bad.
Graph of the Day: Cone, Saberhagen and Finley
How do the careers of three third-tier pitching greats from the mid-80s and 90s stack up against a Hall of Fame shortstop?
