On January 11, 2005, 13 years ago today, the New York Mets signed free agent Carlos Beltran to a seven-year, $119 million dollar contract. I can’t recall a greater Mets player who was as under-appreciated as Beltran was when he was with the Mets, despite always giving it everything he had and delivering countless big hits and big plays. “He had a couple of monster seasons for us, and was a huge...
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I know I’ve been scarce on here for a while, but the truth is that it gets harder and harder to keep writing about the same old nothing burgers and trying to make a great lemonade out of a bunch of lousy lemons. You don’t believe me? You try doing this for 12 years, 10 months, and seven days. It ain’t easy I’ll tell ya… So here we are almost three months into the...
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Almost eight years ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Bryan Hoch, who covers the New York Yankees for MLB.com. Of course, longtime Met fans remember Bryan as the creator of MetsOnline.net, the first and perhaps the most influential sports blog of all time. During the era of dial-up internet, Mets Online would set the standard for all team blogs that were to follow. Back when the internet...
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So if you were watching MLB Network this morning, Ken Rosenthal had a message for all the outrage from #MetsTwitter. “Chill the hell out!” Rosenthal then added, “Believe me, I know where all of this anger is coming from, but it’s still too early. If the Mets end up doing very little a month from now, then by all means have at it.” As I tell all my Twitter followers,...
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According to Joe Frisaro who covers the Miami Marlins for MLB.com, the Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves, and Philadelphia Phillies are all in the mix to trade for outfielder Christian Yelich and catcher J.T. Realmuto. Or in other words, everyone in the NL East except the New York Mets. Both Yelich and Realmuto have recently voiced their displeasure with the direction of the franchise after...
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