Cardinals 9 Mets 2 (Citi Field, Flushing NY) Mets record: 29-38 Mets streak: Lost 2 WP - Andre Pallante (7-4) LP - Austin Warren (1-3) Seat on the Korner: Jordan Walker 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 Re

Wes Gardner, the right-handed pitcher whose career seemed to swing between promise, reinvention, and frustration in equal measure, has passed away. Wesley Brian Gardner was one of those pitchers who filled every pitching role on a major-league roster—starter, reliever, closer, and emergency answer depending on the day, the need, and the state of his arm. Drafted by the New York Mets in the 22nd round of the 1982 MLB Draft out of the University of Central Arkansas, he entered

If you've ever seen A Beautiful Mind, imagine Russell Crowe's character staring at walls covered in mathematical formulas. Now replace the formulas with Mets box scores, Bugs Bunny episodes, Bruce Springsteen lyrics, Seinfeld quotes, Curb Your Enthusiasm social disasters, Leave It to Beaver reruns, and random facts like realizing the actress who played Aunt Harriet on Batman also lived next door to Beaver Cleaver, and you've got a pretty accurate picture of how my brain works

Cardinals 7 Mets 0 (Citi Field, Flushing NY) Mets record: 29-37 Mets streak: Lost 1 WP - Dustin May (4-6) LP - Freddy Peralta (4-5) Seat on the Korner: Dustin May 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 Restaura

Every now and then I stumble into a rabbit hole so deep that I'm convinced my search history is used by Google as part of employee orientation, right after the slide titled, "Yes, These Were All Real Searches." This latest journey began innocently enough while putting together a presentation for the SABR Baseball Memories Program for our Long Island Chapter. (feel free to join us) If you're not familiar with the program, it's designed to use baseball memories to engage people

They are the pitchers that made Shea Stadium shake during the height of the 80s. They were the popping sound of a fastball in Gary Carter’s mitt. They were the sudden hush before a two-strike curve. They were young, loud, gifted, half-wild — and on the mound, they had three very different ways to make a hitter feel alone. There was Dwight Gooden, the phenomenon, all elbows and electricity, the teenager who made Queens look up from its newspapers and believe it was seeing the

This week's edition of Minor League Mondays takes a look at Mets' third base prospect Jacob Reimer.

Mets 7 Padres 3 (Petco Park, San Diego, CA) Mets record: 29-36 Mets streak: Won 1 WP - Sean Manaea (1-2) LP - Randy Vasquez (5-4) Seat on the Korner: Carson Benge 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 Restaur

Last week in Sunday School, we talked about Andrés Galarraga. The Big Cat. A beloved baseball survivor who arrived in Port St. Lucie carrying one last dream, one home run short of 400, hoping baseball might grant him one final miracle before the curtain closed. For a few weeks, Mets fans bought into the possibility. Honestly, how could you not? Spring Training is where baseball manufactures hope by the gallon. Every radar gun reading becomes a prophecy. Every batting practice

Padres 3 Mets 2 (Petco Park, San Diego, CA) Mets record: 28-36 Mets streak: Lost 1 WP - Bradgley Rodriguez (1-2) LP - Austin Warren (1-2) SV - Mason Miller (18) Seat on the Korner: Freddy Fermin 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 prese

We’ve all heard, maybe to the point of exhaustion, the old baseball adage that the major league baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. The 2025 Mets proved that they were great sprinters and lousy distance runners. If the season had ended on June 12, about 40 percent through the schedule, the Mets, with the best record in MLB, would have had home field advantage throughout the playoffs. And that was despite the huge free agent signing – Ju

Mets 5 Padres 0 (Petco Park - San Diego, CA) Mets record: 28-35 Mets streak: Won 2 WP - Christian Scott (2-0) LP - Michael King (4-5) Seat on the Korner: Luis Torrens 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 Rest

They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer - but in Major League Baseball, you rarely trade with them. For the Mets and Phillies, sharing the National League East means sharing a bitter, decades spanning geographic animosity. Due to the fact that they are locked in an eternal struggle for division dominance, GMs are hesitant to orchestrate a major trade. But when they do, it's an internal structural shift that sends shockwaves up and down I-95. How do

Mets 7 Mariners 1 (T-Mobile Park, Seattle, WA) Mets record: 27-35 Mets streak: Won 1 WP - Freddy Peralta (4-4) LP - George Kirby (5-5) 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 by The Main Event Rest

Mariners 8 Mets 3 (T-Mobile Park, Seattle, WA) Mets record: 26-35 Mets streak: Lost 2 WP - Logan Gilbert (4-4) LP - Jonah Tong (1-1) Seat on the Korner: Jhonny Pereda 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 Resta

After our recent trip to Louisville to experience a minor league city with a major league attitude, My wife Beth and I decided to head to another baseball destination that had long been on our bucket list: Seattle. Now, before we get to the baseball, let me warn you that Seattle is one of those places where you can spend three days doing things that have absolutely nothing to do with baseball and still feel like you barely scratched the surface. It is part waterfront city, pa

The lefties that helped define Shea Stadium pitching magic in the 1970’s, Tug McGraw and Jon Matlack, couldn’t have been more opposite in approach and in attitude. McGraw was motion, noise, improvisation — the hurler who slapped his glove, shouted belief into a clubhouse, and made the bullpen feel like a stage entrance. Matlack was quieter, cleaner, more severe — a starter whose excellence could be hidden by won-lost records, and an offense that too often left him no margin.

Mariners 3 Mets 2 (T-Mobile Park, Seattle WA) Mets record: 26-34 Mets streak: Lost 1 WP -Gabe Speier (1-2) LP -A.J. Minter (0-1) Seat on the Korner: Gabe Speier 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

New York Mets' outfielder Juan Soto ended May on a heater to earn Met of the Month accolades.

Mets 10 Marlins 1 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 26-33 Mets streak: Won 4 WP -Nolan McLean (3-4) LP -John King (1-1) SV-David Peterson (1) 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 proudly presented by The Main