Month: April 2012

Do You Believe In This Team?

While others would have preferred that we focus on a Wilpon/Picard trial to get our Mets fill this season, I spent the better part of the offseason trying to keep your eyes in between the foul lines because it felt right, but also because it looked like something special was beginning to brew. In January I said, “If Johan Santana pitches reasonably well and gives us 20 starts this season,...

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Farm Report: 4/14 – Domingo Tapia Was Large And In Charge!

PAWTUCKET 9 – BISONS 6 AAA The Bisons were out-slugged for the second day in a row, this time it was the Pawtucket PawSox who branded them with the loss on Saturday afternoon in Buffalo. A crucial fielding error by Zach Lutz in the fifth inning opened the floodgates to five unearned runs, and as a great baseball genius once said, “that’s the ball game.” Second-baseman...

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Wright On Target: Mets Pound Phillies 5-0

Recap: After missing three games with a broken pinkie, David Wright returned to the lineup today, batting third as the Mets took on the Phillies in the second of this three game set. Jon Niese took the hill for his second start of the year going up against the Phillies sophomore hurler Vance Worley, who has handled the Mets relatively well in his breif career, but not today. As Worley delivered...

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One Hour Left! Win VIP Tickets To Knuckleball, Movie Poster Signed By Dickey!

ONLY ONE HOUR LEFT!!! 9:00 PM DEADLINE WIN VIP TICKETS & SIGNED MOVIE POSTER!!! On Saturday April 21, the baseball documentary Knuckleball! will be premiering at a free screening as part of the Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan. The film highlights the famed pitch and profiles the two most recent knuckleballers, the Mets’ own R.A. Dickey and former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield. The...

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