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 Restaurant &...

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 "Take Me Out to the...

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 front of the room....