Last week in Sunday School, we took a slight detour. Or perhaps more accurately, a detour around the outside of Shea Stadium. Instead of forgotten players, we talked about forgotten facades. The giant orange and blue squares. The wind. The ramps. And the strange truth that sometimes the things we remember most about being Mets fans aren't players at all. Sometimes they're pieces of a ballpark. Which brings us to this week. Because if last Sunday was about the outside of Shea…

Phillies 15 Mets 3 (Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA) Mets record: 34-42 Mets streak: Lost 1 WP - Christopher Sanchez (9-3) LP - Freddy Peralta (5-6) Seats on the Korner: Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is p

If you spend enough time around collectors, you begin to understand something. Not every collection hangs on a wall. Some collections are measured in ticket stubs. Some are measured in photographs. And some are measured in memories. For this month’s Kollector’s Korner Met-o-ra-bil-ia Hall of Fame, we welcome a collector whose most treasured possessions aren’t necessarily autographs or game-used baseballs. His name is Elias Tsihlis. And his collection spans 30 Major League bal

Mets 6 Phillies 4 (Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia PA) Mets record: 34-41 Mets streak: Won 2 WP - Huascar Brazoban (4-1) LP - Jose Alvarado (3-2) SV - Devin Williams (11) Seat on the Korner: Juan Soto We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudl

The Mets and Pirates have a long trade history. They were in the NL East Division together for a very long time. The Pirates' connotation was as The Lumber Company, The Fam-A-Lee, The Killer B's of Bonds and Bonilla, The Magic of Clemente, and Ralph. The namesake of our blog, Ralph Kiner, is in the Hall of Fame as a slugger for the Pirates starting in 1946. For those who only knew Ralph as the jovial announcer, he set records that will never be broken. I'm not talking about h

Mets 9 Reds 1 (Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati OH) Mets record: 33-41 Mets streak: Won 1 WP - Nolan McLean (4-4) LP - Nick Lodolo (2-2) Seat on the Korner: Nolan McLean We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event

The Mets had once again just dropped back-to-back gut-punch losses. My Strat-O-Matic team was somehow performing even worse, which is really saying something because unlike the Mets, my roster doesn't have actual human beings making millions of dollars. So there I was sometime around midnight, staring at my bedroom ceiling, watching imaginary box scores bounce around my head like a pinball machine. But if you've read any of my previous work—whether it was my deep dive into "T

Reds 5 Mets3 (Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati OH) Mets record: 32-41 Mets streak: Lost 2 WP - Brady Singer (3-6) LP - Kodai Senga (0-5) SV - Tony Santillan (5) Seat on the Korner: Sal Stewart We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly pres

In Mets history, the 1990s can feel like a few different decades in one. The early 1990s were highly anticipated seasons, but then they crashed in a nose-dive into the ground. By 1999, Shea Stadium finally sounded dangerous again. In between came losing streaks, roster churn, deadline deals, false starts, bad summers, and one eternal Queens truth: when the Mets had something to believe in, it usually began with a pitcher standing alone on the mound. David Cone, John Franco, a

There are baseball names that feel like they belong to a certain place, and then there are baseball names that are a place. And every once in a while, one of those names comes back with its own theme song already playing in your head. Welcome back… Not Mr. Kotter returning to Brooklyn—but Wally Backman returning to a different borough entirely. And instead of the Sweathogs, he’s now got the FerryHawks. Different classroom, same New York edge, same unmistakable voice at the fr

Reds 12 Mets0 (Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati OH) Mets record: 32-40 Mets streak: Lost 1 WP - Chase Burns (8-1) LP - Tobias Myers (0-2) Seat on the Korner: Eugenio Suarez We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Ev

This week's edition of Minor League Mondays focuses on Syracuse Mets' RHP Dylan Ross, who is still awaiting the chance to make his major league debut.

Mets 8 Braves 1 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 32-39 Mets streak: Won 1 WP - Freddy Peralta (5-5) LP - Bryce Elder (5-4) Seat on the Korner: A.J. Ewing We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event Restauran

Last week in Sunday School, we talked about Tim Tebow. The football superstar who spent five years chasing a baseball dream that never quite felt real—but somehow never felt impossible either. Because baseball has always had room for the unusual. Strange players. Strange moments. Strange experiments. And sometimes… Strange architecture . Because every once in a while, the things we remember most about being Mets fans aren’t the players at all. Sometimes it’s Bob Murphy’s voic

Braves 3 Mets 2 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 31-39 Mets streak: Lost 1 WP - Martin Perez (5-3) LP - Sean Manaea (1-2) SV - Raisel Iglesias (14) Seat on the Korner: Eli White We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by Th

Mets 7 Braves 5 (Citi FIeld, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 31-38 Mets streak: Won 2 WP - Cionel Perez (3-3) LP - Spencer Strider (4-2) SV - Devin Williams (10) Seat on the Korner: Bo Bichette We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented b

The Knicks' stunning comeback against the Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals was one of those rare sports moments that stopped New York in its tracks. You know the kind. The kind where phones start buzzing. The kind where complete strangers suddenly become best friends. The kind where, twenty years from now, people will still say, "I remember exactly where I was when..." As I watched the Garden erupt and social media lose its collective mind, the question that always follows a

Mets 5 Cards 4 (Citi Field, Flushing NY) Mets record: 30-38 Mets streak: Won 1 WP - Brooks Raley (2-1) LP - JoJo Romero (0-2) S- Devin Williams (9) Seat on the Korner: Jared Young We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Ma

As the Mets continue navigating a season that has featured enough injuries and adversity to test the patience of even the most optimistic Mets fan, (even me) one player who has consistently found answers is reliever Luke Weaver. Prior to Thursday's game against the Cardinals, I caught up with Weaver to discuss the secret behind his success, the mindset that keeps him locked in, and why the Mets still believe they can make noise despite the challenges that have piled up during

Baseball trades are often about organizational philosphy, market size, and the front office. No pairing illustrates this dynamic more than the Mets and Brewers. Milwaukee, operating as a hyper-efficient small market club and the Mets, with their financial flexibility to secure win-now talent. GM David Stearns has been at the center of both teams, with a fascinating blueprint of how modern rosters are built. Stearns tried something this off-season, acquiring pitching ace Fredd