Day: September 16, 2008

I came across an interesting blurb by Matt Cerrone as I was checking out MetsBlog this morning. While commenting on David Wright’s post game comments, Matt wrote… Wright better be careful, especially with his post-game comments, as, from what I can tell listening to other fans, he is walking dangerously close to being portrayed like Alex Rodriguez, i.e., a fat stat line,...

The Dow Jones’ 500 point drop certainly rocked Wall St. and Main St. on Monday. Clearly, that was a collapse. Losing a seven game lead in the final two weeks of the season, also classifies as a collapse… A huge collapse. As clearly defined by David Lennon of Newsday, Technically, if the Mets fail to win the NL East title this season, it couldn’t really be called a...

Here we are once again in a painfully all too familiar scenario. For the second consecutive year we are spending September looking over our shoulder. Yet again as October approaches, the Mets can not seem to do anything right. The hot breath we feel on the back of our neck is that of the Phillies. The team 90 miles to the south is threatening to thwart our post-season dreams for a second...

What an utterly deflating, totally debilitating loss. Does this team have any heroes? Sure we have a bunch of stars, but the questions is, does this team have anyone who is willing to carry the team over the top and into the post season? When does the agony of the 2007 season end? How can it end when the Mets themselves keep bringing it up? John Lannan, who was lit up by the Mets only last...