Author: Fan Shots

Hot or Not: It’s Getting Closer Edition!

Happy Saturday Mets fans and welcome to my second spring installment of Hot or Not. We’ve seen our pitching staff banged up and we’ve seen Jon Niese and Bobby Parnell show why they should be watched.The GoodFor any Mets fan, hearing that your ace may miss their Opening Day start is never a good thing. Then you remember that they’re playing the Reds. And then you say to...

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Circle Of Love – Duaner, Omar, Jerry

Good evening MetsMerizers! I woke up this morning feeling pretty good and the first thing I see on SI.com is an article about how Jerry Manuel and Omar Minaya are at odds over Duaner Sanchez being released.   Granted, the article was taken from the NY post so I’m sure it’s a bit exaggerated. The Mets got tired of his arm to come around and it just didn’t happen....

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The Fred Wilpon Legacy

“There is a strange charm in the hope of a good legacy that wonderfully reduces the sorrow people otherwise may feel for the death of their relatives and friends” – Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra                       Legacy. Each one of us will leave one behind when...

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Hot or Not: Grapefruit Edition!

Spring training is here! Even if the games don’t count for anything, it’s still good to see live baseball once again. Welcome to my first pre-season installment of Hot/Not. So far this spring, we’ve had the good, the bad, and the Freddy Garcia.The Good*Jose Reyes looked really good coming out of the three hole this week. At first, I was opposed to this move because his stolen...

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Random Mets Thoughts

Okay. I realize the Shea remembrances and tributes have been done to death recently. It had finally come to a head this week with the last remnants of the old girl finally coming down. That being said, I’m going to beat the dead horse a little more.  For 44 years our beloved Mets called Shea Stadium home. It doesn’t really seem like a long time when you think about it. I know to...

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