Month: June 2007

Know Your Place Rook – Volume Two, And More Monday Morning Rants

I hate Mondays, but at least this one this one won’t be so bad because I have a Mets game to look forward to after work.And, might I add, that yesterday’s sweep was absolutely fantastic and that I loved the back page of Newsday this morning with the title "STRAIGHT A’S." ha haAs you all know Carlos Delgado didn’t play yesterday, but check this little...

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Paul Lo Duca Bobblehead With Tossable Accessories

I just had to share this article with you after I read it this morning. Kristie Ackert over at the Daily News really made me laugh with the opening paragraph to her column today. Too bad there isn’t time to change the Paul Lo Duca bobble head doll that will be given away today at Shea. If there were, the miniature version of the Mets’ hot-headed catcher could not only come with a...

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Stay True To The Orange And Blue

OK. So the Mets didn’t sweep the Yanks.  They didn’t even take the series.  But they didn’t get swept either.  In fact, the season series is tied at three and the next time these two teams could face each other would be the World Series. Let me sum up this past weekend for those of you who couldn’t bare to watch for yourselves…our offense was mediocre. Our pitching was lacking.  And...

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Hey Mets Fans, Ya Gotta Have Faith!

Sometimes I find it so hard to see the positives in the Mets season, thus far. I spend so much time looking at and thinking about the negatives, that I forget how many times the Mets have overcome adversity in the past.I was thinking about last year when the Mets lost Pedro Martinez and I thought, "oh my God, our season is over!" Of course I was wrong, our season was not over, and the...

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Beltran and Delgado Get Paid Like Superstars, But They Don’t Play Like Superstars

Mike Lupica severely lashed out at Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado in today’s Daily News.Here is just a little bit of what he had to say…Jose Reyes tried to be a star for his team, all the way to the top of the ninth, when he went up there righthanded against Mo Rivera and got the bases-loaded single that brought the Mets to within 11-8. But that was all the Mets had. Because next...

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