Month: February 2009

K-Rod Couldn’t Have Said It Better!

It’s that time of year again.  Pitchers and catchers have reported to Spring Training and position players start reporting for workouts this week.  Fortunately for them the weather is in the high 60’s and up while we freeze here in New York waiting for the 2009 baseball season to start.  The Mets this year will be playing games in their new home Citi Field.  With...

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The Mt. Rushmore Of The New York Mets

Have you ever played the Mt. Rushmore game? If you haven’t, it works like this, you pick an field, group, or category etc. and pick the four best in that category. For example, at the time Mt. Rushmore was being completed, for of the most influential presidents were Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Roosevelt. You can do this for almost any category; Mt. Rushmore of 80’s bands, Mt....

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Now That’s Much Better…

It looks like the Mets are attempting to make some amends regarding the whole drama that surrounded their inaugural patch for this seasons uniforms. At the risk of reigniting the silly “patch” controversy that developed last month, the Mets introduced another patch — not a replacement — Thursday.  The new one will adorn the left side of the team’s...

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Words Do Not Win Championships

K-Rod said the Mets are the team to beat in their division.  Carlos Beltran smiled and agreed, and the New York media fired that missile back to Pennsylvania.  Jimmy Rollins laughed, saying he was “retiring” from that kind of talk.  Cole Hamels called the Mets “choke artists” on WFAN, and Beltran said he can’t wait for the Mets to “kill”...

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Great Expectations: Just Never from Spring Training

Spring training officially started today, which was a nice counterweight to getting dumped by my girlfriend (keep your violins in their cases ’cause I’m used to it). Late February into March coincides with the winter blahs (except for those of you lucky enough to be in Florida already previewing our 2009 Mets-To-Be), and all baseball fans great expectations that mark the beginning of...

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