Steven Hirsch

When All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes left the New York Mets this past winter, it was very hard for me. As a New Yorker, I really didn't know how to react, since dealing with high-profile free agents leaving New York was just not a concept I was very familiar with. While...

The 6-3 New York Mets did not lose Sunday afternoon because of a wild pitch from Ramon Ramirez. They didn't lose because of Manny Acosta's inability to find the strike zone. They lost because of defense, if that is what you wish to call it. And despite an impressive 6-3...

Say what you want about the 2012 New York Mets, but they are officially 3-0 to start the regular season and have shown minimal, if any, signs of them being an inferior team in the National League East. Thursday featured the return of ace Johan Santana in which he pitched...

Over the weekend, New York Mets manager Terry Collins officially named Johan Santana, the Opening Day starter when the Mets take on the Atlanta Braves Thursday afternoon at Citi Field. Not having pitched a game since September 2, 2010 due to shoulder surgery, the beginning of the 2012 season will...

Probably more so than any other, the time I look most forward to each and every year is Spring Training. In theory, Spring Training is supposed to be a time of optimism, hope and joy. Players, coaches and fans have all had weeks and weeks to recover from the previous...

About a year and a half ago, I moved to the city of St. Louis, where I met my new neighbor, Jon, a diehard college basketball fan from Louisville, KY, who could not understand for the life of him how I could possibly love a sport as "boring" as baseball....

Maybe it was because I was traveling for much of April and September when the Mets had a combined record of 22-30. Maybe it was because of all of the games I attended at Citi Field this season, they won all but one game. Or maybe it was the excessive...

While the New York Mets might be out of the pennant race for 2011, Friday night's game against the wild-card-leading Atlanta Braves was actually one of the most impressive pitching performances the Mets have received in franchise history. Along with Tom Seaver, Chris Capuano only became the second pitcher in...

After losing yet another series on Sunday in this truly depressing month of August for the New York Mets, the schedule for the Amazins' is not getting any easier as they now have to travel to Philadelphia for a three-game set. I don't have to tell the average Mets fan...

On Wednesday night, the New York Mets managed to rally back from a four run deficit to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals for the second straight game as Angel Pagan won the game with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth inning. Just as important, the...

Dear Carlos,

As I watched you return on Tuesday night from a flu that kept you out of the lineup for three days, it occurred to me that I most likely only have three more games to watch you in a New York Mets uniform at Citi Field. You...

After a tough series against the Philadelphia Phillies over the weekend, the Mets lost for their fifth time in six games on Monday night to the Florida Marlins in a makeup game at Citi Field. In what I think was perhaps the most boring game of the season, it seemed...

There is no question that the 2011 New York Mets have had one of the most bizarre first halves a team could have. From 5-13 to 46-45, the Mets have had to endure simply bizarre circumstances through the first few months of the season. All of their top hitters (David...

As the currently .500 New York Mets arrive in Detroit on Tuesday to begin a three game series with the AL Central leading Tigers, the question surrounding the Mets these days has been whether they will be buyers or sellers come the July 31 trading deadline. When the Metropolitans completed...

Sometimes people forget that it was less than five years ago when the New York Mets were supposed to win the World Series. When Omar Minaya was hired as general manager in 2005, he was treated like a king. He brought in stars, Pedro Martinez and Carlos Beltran, and although...

As a very short, wet, and rainy home stand comes to an end, the New York Mets should feel very confident going into Yankee Stadium this weekend to face their rivals from across the river. After an extremely disappointing extra-inning loss on Monday night to the Florida Marlins and a...

Yes, I know, I just stole one of the most famous calls in Major League history, but I think that is about the only phrase to accurately describe Monday night's (and early Tuesday morning's) game between the New York Mets and the Florida Marlins. Now, maybe I'm more upset than...

"Lopez wants it away, and it's hit deep to left center, Andruw Jones on the run, this one has a chance... home run!, Mike Piazza!, and the Mets lead 3 to 2!" This call was from September 21, 2001, the first professional sporting event played in New York City...

Wednesday night's game against the Philadelphia Phillies was one of the strangest ball games I have ever seen. But forgetting about the fact that the Mets overcame a seven run deficit and then lost by three runs, I want to take this time to go over pitching staff ace Mike...

When the New York Mets arrive in Philadelphia on Tuesday to start a three game set with the defending division champion, the Philadelphia Phillies, they should feel proud of the way they have started the 2011 season and confident that they can compete with any team in the National League...