Ed Price of AOL FanHouse is reporting that the Mets and the Nationals have swapped second basemen (Hat tip to MLB Trade Rumors). In exchange for the 26 year old, Anderson Hernandez, the Mets will send Class A prospect Greg Veloz. Not much of an acquisition if you ask me, as Hernandez is hitting below the league average. However, Hernandez is certainly an upgrade over what the Mets currently have...
Read MoreWith the Mets pretty much limping to the finish line of the 2009 baseball season I’m finding myself having to adjust the way I watch Met games. Yesterday I made an entry about how I’m rooting for individual players on this team, and wishing them the best. After thinking about that entry a bit, a thought occurred to me: this year the Mets can play spoiler. For the last two years the...
Read MoreOne of the more telling signs about the makeup of the current New York Mets, was clearly visible during the Wednesday matinée against the Cardinals. The Mets may have won the game 9-0, but the Cardinals showed the Mets that they were the team to be reckoned with and not to be messed around with… or else. In the fifth inning, Nelson Figueroa hit Albert Pujols with an inside pitch that...
Read MoreThe Mets begin a seven game road trip starting tonight against the San Diego Padres. Although any chance at going to the postseason is probably out of the question, if the team could pull it off – there is not better team to face than the San Diego Padres. The Padres have scored the fewest runs in baseball, and have a team batting average of .235. As long as the offense can hold their...
Read MoreAs some of you may have noticed today, Zach Braff appeared on SNY’s telecast of the Mets/Cardinals game yesterday. During his interview with Kevin Burkhardt, Braff discussed how he was in the process of filming episodes for the popular sitcom, Scrubs, which is entering its ninth season. This sent me off on a random thought of which Mets players/announcers, both past and present, would play...
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