Category: World Series

• The Mets defense – a known weakness – was exploited by the Royals in the World Series

  The Mets picked a bad week to have a bad week. Or, perhaps more likely, the Royals simply exploited the Mets greatest and widely discussed weakness in 2015. The World Series could be defined simply by a myriad of missed opportunities for the 2015 New York Mets, as they watched their season take a one-way […]

  Michael Baron

  November 2, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed, Postseason, World Series

• Terry Collins followed his heart with Matt Harvey, and it got broken

  The morning after is never kind to the team that’s forced to watch a champion celebrate. Especially after a World Series where everything that got that club to the dance went incredibly wrong in one fell swoop. In what turned out to be yet another gut wrenching and heart breaking loss for the Mets, there […]

  Michael Baron

  November 2, 2015

  Feature Stories, Michael Baron, Op-Ed, Postseason, World Series

• Takeaways from the Mets 7-2 loss to the Royals on Sunday…

  The Mets faded away in Game 5 of the World Series, going down 7-2 to the Royals in extra innings as Kansas City captured their first World Championship since 1985. The Royals won the World Series 4-1 over the Mets. Here are my takeaways from the loss… The season is over for the New York Mets. Another […]

  Michael Baron

  November 2, 2015

  Game Recaps, Postseason, World Series

• What to look for: Royals vs. Mets, World Series Game 5, 8:15 PM

  The Mets will look to stay alive in Game 5 of the World Series when they take on the Royals at Citi Field at 8:15 pm. Here is tonight’s starting lineup for New York: Curtis Granderson – RF David Wright – 3B Daniel Murphy – 2B Yoenis Cespedes – CF Lucas Duda – 1B Travis […]

  Michael Baron

  November 1, 2015

  Game Day, Postseason, World Series

• Terry Collins has no regrets about his bullpen usage on Saturday

  Terry Collins is well aware that he and the Mets could very well be in the drivers seat in the World Series, and sitting up 3-1 if they had been able to execute better defensively, specifically in two plays in Game 1 and Game 4 against the Royals. But instead, the Mets have their backs […]

  Michael Baron

  November 1, 2015

  Postseason, World Series