Month: September 2007

Mets Patching Things Up With Their Past

Check out the patch the Mets will have on their uniform next year as they say their farewell to Shea Stadium. It’s pretty cool I think, and it does a great job of bringing together the present and the past of the place we’ve called home for over 40 years. I really look forward to seeing the Mets play in their new home Citi Field, but I am going to miss Shea Stadium very much. When...

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We’ll Have To Win This On Our Own

With our Magic Number down to 7 and only 8 games left to play, the Mets have one way of ensuring that they clinch a division title… Keep winning!The way the Phillies have been playing lately means that we can’t relax and hope that they lose 2 or 3 games down the stretch. They have a lot of fight and a lot of grit, and they don’t look like they are letting up anytime soon....

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The Imperfect Champions

I think most baseball fans (including me); have a chip on their shoulder concerning their favorite teams (unless they are Skankee fans that believe their team could win a title with one hand tied behind their backs). Every time a bad play is made fans like us automatically assume that the game and even the season may be lost. So maybe we have a little Eeyore in us, always expecting that rainy...

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A Mets Fan’s Plea

The Mets are in serious trouble. Wait a minute…I think I started a blog back in July with that same sentence.  Here we go again: Not only is the team letting their lead in the National League East slip away, but they don’t seem to care.  I am not saying these guys don’t want to win, or that they have given up.  It’s just that, upon looking at them, it seems...

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I Have Become Un-Comfortably Numb

I’m not ready to jump off a ledge just yet, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little bit scared right now.At a time when the Mets should be playing their best baseball, we have instead been witness to shoddy defense, horrendous relief pitching, and a lackluster approach at the plate. The Mets are reeling.Jose Reyes has become a liability in September, Carlos Delgado is...

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