Visions of 2006 have cluttered my mind over the past three days. For much of the last eight months of baseball at Shea Stadium, the Metropolitans were a hollow vessel lacking a heart beat. They were there in body, looking quite lavish in their blue and orange uniforms, but it was quite evident that the hunger and drive to attain victory was lost somewhere along the way. Was it the benching...
Read MoreThe troops are currently in the staging area, cleaning their weapons. The engineers are working on the engines and we’re starting to see them click on some of the available cylinders. D Day has been set for June 3rd. Pedro Martinez has thrown a rehab session in A Ball St. Lucie and has been declared ready to return. And not a moment too soon. He returns to what he all hope is Major League...
Read MoreI’ve seen enough of Damion Easley, Fernando Tatis and Marlon Anderson before he got injured, to know that we can and should do better than Carlos Delgado at first base. His slump is not technically a slump. Slumps don’t last two years. Delgado is in steep decline and the sooner the Mets realize it, the better it will be for the team.Carlos Delgado is one of the biggest reasons for...
Read MoreOne word describes last night – AMAZING!! What we witnessed last night, my friends, is reminiscent of 2006 – the Team, the Time, the Mets! They did everything right – from quality pitching, aggressive base running, timely hitting and passionate energy. Tears filled my eyes as the team greeted Beltran at home plate, as he scored the winning run, and then piled...
Read MoreJust before the start of the bottom of the 11th, SNY played a video of the 1969 Mets singing "You Gotta Have Heart". Tonight, the Mets showed that they had plenty of heart as they come from behind twice to beat the Marlins 7-6 in an extra-innings thriller! The night started out very promising for Oliver Perez who cruised through the first couple of innings, but as usually is...
Read MorePlease be advised that this blog was compiled yesterday, before the Mets beat the Marlins 5-3 at Shea. If in fact this team is beginning to turn it around, this will all seem a little less meaningful. They say, “No news is good news.” In the Mets case, no news is, well, no news. Same old story, day after day, week after week, and even month after month. ...
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