Category: Postseason

• Michael Conforto is enjoying a truly rare circumstance he’s in this season

  Six months ago to the day, the 22-year-old Michael Conforto, who had approximately three months of professional service under his belt, was hitting .324/.414/.608 with six home runs and 19 RBI in the pitcher-friendly depths of the Florida State League, enduring bus trips up, down and across the state of Florida while he wondered when –…

  Michael Baron

  October 27, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed, Postseason, World Series

• Mets announce 2015 World Series roster

  The Mets announced on Tuesday their roster for the 2015 World Series. The club has added Juan Uribe to the roster, and dropped Matt Reynolds. As such, the Mets will be without a natural backup shortstop if Wilmer Flores were to get hurt, at least for a day. The Mets would presumably use Kelly Johnson at shortstop the day of…

  Michael Baron

  October 27, 2015

  Postseason, World Series

• The Mets can use their strengths to protect their own weaknesses against the Royals

  If the Mets are going to win the World Series, they’re going to have to beat an old fashioned baseball team to do it. They’re facing a Kansas City Royals team who is already battle tested. This is their second World Series berth in as many years, and they’ve utilized a very similar style to…

  Michael Baron

  October 27, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed, Postseason, World Series

• At long last, the Mets will play a World Series game…

  The day has finally arrived. Perhaps unexpectedly, but none the less, the day is here. The Mets will play a World Series game on Tuesday night, 29 years to the day since they last won a championship. Not the Giants, not the Cardinals. Not the Dodgers, not the Yankees. The Mets. The retro-fitted Mets. The…

  Michael Baron

  October 27, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed, Postseason, World Series

• Terry Collins, who has waited a lifetime for a World Series, is enjoying these moments

  For the first time in 15 years, the Mets are going to play for a World Championship. There’s only one player on their active roster who is healthy with any World Series experience. And no, it’s not the 42-year-old veteran Bartolo Colon. It’s Curtis Granderson, who was on the 2006 Tigers when they faced the Cardinals…

  Michael Baron

  October 26, 2015

  Postseason, World Series