Month: December 2009

Four Way Trade Involving The Mets Fell Through

ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark is reporting [hat tip to MLB Trade Rumors] that at the winter meetings earlier this month, the New York Mets were involved in a four team trade proposal with The Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels. Had the deal of went through here is how things would have panned out: New York Mets Trade: Luis Castillo Tampa Bay Rays Trade: Pat Burrell Chicago Cubs...

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Jason Bay Asks Red Sox To Reconsider Him

The last thing I wanted to do this morning was bore you with another post on Jason Bay, however some of these strange twists that seem to surface each day make this ongoing soap opera  to difficult to ignore. When we last saw our hero (Jason Bay), his agent Joe Urbon had said that they would be making some sort of an announcement in the next 48 hours. That was late Friday morning, and as of this...

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Mets Hot Stove Providing Little Heat On This Wintry Day

With only five days left until Christmas and 12 days until the start of 2010, the New York Mets still find themselves needing to address the same areas as they did on October 1st when the season ended for them. The Mets did sign a backup catcher in Henry Blanco for a tidy sum of $750 K, and re-signed Alex Cora for more than twice that, but for a team that finished last in MLB in slugging...

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Confessions Of A Baseball Fanatic

I am a die hard Mets fan, and maybe more importantly a baseball fanatic. I’ve always been a Mets fan.  But over the last 11 years my passion has turned due north.  I pray to the Baseball Gods three times a day.  On weeknights, the hours of seven to ten are sacred. When the Mets win it’s like a delicious plate of food which you savor every last bite and is easy to digest.  Heartache...

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At Least One Mets Front Office Dept. Is Still Operational

Those of you who purchased Mets ticket plans last season, will be happy to know that your original December 4th deadline has been moved up again from December 14th to December 31st. Here is the copy of the email that was sent out. Dear Mets Ticket Plan Holder: Thank you again for your support of the Mets in 2009. We hope to see you back at Citi Field for the 2010 season. This is a final reminder...

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