As the final season at Shea Stadium draws to a close, I thought it would be a fun idea to share some of Mets Merized’s very own favorite moments at Shea.  Thanks to everyone who was so eager to contribute their story to this compilation.  Anyone who is a true Mets fan and/or who has been to Shea will certainly appreciate this.  Maybe you, too, were a part of some of these memories and can [...]

Say what you want about last night’s stinker against the Nats, but I’m not ready to throw in the towel just yet. It’s become quite clear to me that this Mets team plays a heck of a lot better when they are doing the chasing rather than being chased. While last night’s loss represented a big blow to the confidence of a team that was already lacking the killer instinct, all is not lost. It was [...]

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, but no big hits. At first glance I thought no harm, no foul, but then [...]

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 collapse. Their biggest lead this month has been 3 [...]

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 straight year. The [...]

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 [...]

While the Mets were licking their wounds last night, Brett Myers pitched a two-hitter and the Phillies moved into a tie for the NL wild-card lead, sweeping a day-night doubleheader from Milwaukee by winning the second game 6-1 Sunday. Joe Blanton notched a 7-3 victory for the Phillies in the first game. For the Phillies it was a night to remember… for the Mets it was a day that brought back all the dread of [...]

The New York Mets have 17 games left to play. As has been the story all season, we blew a 7 game lead with 17 left to play. It’s bad enough we historically collapsed, but if I have to hear about it on a national broadcast one more time, I’ll break my TV. Seriously, the Mets have moved on and so should the media. There are teams that are slumping right now *cough* Brewers *cough* [...]

The Mets have reshuffled the rotation and instead of Pedro Martinez pitching in the second game of the doubleheader, it will be rookie Jon Niese. Pedro will instead pitch the first game of the nationals series which begins on Monday. Oliver Perez will pitch tomorrow’s series finale as scheduled. Of course, our ace Johan Santana will pitch the first game of today’s doubleheader. (Go Johan!) According to a report in the Journal News, The team’s [...]

September 12: 1914: At only age 23, Yankees SS Roger Peckinpaugh becomes the youngest manager in baseball history . 1947: Ralph Kiner hits 2 HR’s, giving him 8 round trippers in just 4 days. 1962: Tom Cheney of Washington fans a record 21 batters (in 16 innings). 1962: With the Giants just 1 game behind the Dodgers, superstar Willie Mays is hospitalized with ‘nervous exhaustion.’ The Giants lose 6 straight but upon Willie’s return, they [...]