As 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...
Read MoreAdd Jon Niese to the disabled list for the rest of the year, the 22 year old lefthander suffered an injury in today’s afternoon game. It didn’t look good and as “luck” would have it the news is nowhere near good. Niese had an MRI done and the results of the MRI revealed a complete tear of his hamstring tendon. This injury will require for him to have season ending...
Read MoreBlogger’s disclaimer: I am not being serious in this post in any way, shape or form. I’ve just had enough trying to figure out what went wrong with this year’s team. While others blame Omar Minaya or the trainers, I’ve found something else to blame for this year’s misfortunes. Read on… It was April 13, 2009. Citi Field was hosting its first regular season...
Read MoreIf you were watching today’s game when Gary Sheffield left the bases with apparent leg stiffness, Gary and Ron were reciting the litany of Met injuries, and having trouble remembering all of them. That got me wondering who has not been injured out of the Opening Day roster. Take a look: Out of the Opening Day lineup, only Wright and Murphy have never been injured. Castillo is listed because we...
Read MoreEL AA: Binghamton 4/9/0, Harrisburg 2/6/0 Eric Niesen had his highest strikeout game in AA, with 10 in 5 innings, including striking out the side in his final inning, picking up his 2nd victory, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits in the process. Connor Robertson pitched a perfect 9th for his 8th save. The Mets offense gathered 9 hits and 4 walks, while going 3 for 13 (.231) with RISP, leaving 9 on base....
Read MoreWe all have them—friends who are overly optimistic, even when things with our Mets look as grim as they possibly can. To put this in perspective, during Game 6 of the ’86 World Series, I was hanging out with a bunch of friends in a bar on Long Island. Among those friends was my buddy Tom from Bayside, and I distinctly remember Tom’s insane optimism through my beer-soaked haze as the season was...
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