Johan Santana Speaks, But Doesn’t Say Much

After a well deserved rest back home in his native Venezuela, Johan Santana is back in the good ole’ United States as he prepares for another Cy Young type season.Of course he has heard all the rumors and all the trade talk while he was away, but he offered very little in the way of shedding any light on the situation.Associated Press quoted him as saying the...

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What If The Deal Was For Johan Santana AND Joe Nathan?

While we are all growing weary of the staggering amount of Johan Santana posts throughout the Mets blogosphere, let me offer a post with a twist.No, it’s not a rumor. No, it’s not anything I read anywhere else. It’s just a notion I’ve concocted and wondered about. While there is an enormous amount of debate on whether the Mets should give up five of the...

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Mets Offseason – Any Slower And We’d Be Backing Up

In the interest of breaking up the monotony of the Johan Santana saga, I sat down and tried to think of some positive things about our 2008 Mets. That being said, I love a good commercial. As a matter of fact, most people only watch the Super Bowl for the commercials. So here are just a couple of product pitch ideas some of our favorite Mets (and maybe Met) to make themselves some extra money...

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Yankees Bow Out Of Santana Sweepstakes As Mets Get Ready To Pounce

I preface this post by saying the following information is factual, comes from verifiable sources, and is very legitimate. That being said, hang on to your Mets caps and grab a seat.I have been trying to verify some rumors that started surfacing late last night and spent a great deal of time tracking down verifiable sources from different sites regarding the news that the New York Yankees have...

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Mail Bag: Who Replaces Carlos Delgado In Case Of Injuries

I received a great question via an email from one of our readers last night and thought it was interesting enough to post it on the site this morning. Please feel free to offer your alternative answers or opinions in what I feel is a legitimate concern going into the 2008 season.Q – Last year we had Shawn Green on the roster who proved to very valuable as a replacement at first base when...

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Can Mets Make it Great in 2008?

With Spring Training just a few weeks away, it is finally time to put the past behind us and focus on the future. The 2007 season is six months of our lives that we will never get back. But the 2008 season is one through which we still have to live. So what do the Mets have to do in 2008 to make us once again, “believe“?Pitching, pitching, pitching. Technically the off-season is...

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