Apart from being a Mets fan, I’m a baseball fan. I like to keep abreast of the goings-on of other teams and – as shocking as this may seem – I like to see what fans of other teams think about our club in Flushing. I’m also a fan of good writing. All this is [...]
I like Dave Kingman. Now, I realize perfectly well that makes me an idiot in the minds of some. After all, Kingman could seemingly do nothing besides hit home runs on the field and generally the less said about his off the field exploits, the better. But man, was he fun to watch! The thrill [...]
I’m quite certain that the first time I ever heard about beer was during a commercial for a Mets game. Now it boggles my mind how many beer commercials I must have watched in my lifetime. I’m sort of curious – have I drunk more beer or watched more beer commercials? I’m probably better off [...]
It’s natural for fans to have favorite players and it follows that there will be athletes that do not invoke feelings of sympathy. I like to think that in the last decade or so that the people on the Mets that I detested all earned those feelings from me by their performances on the field. [...]
In 1993, the Mets lost 103 games, the first time since 1967 they finished with triple-digit losses for the year. That terrible finish, combined with the loss of three free agents at the end of the year who earned them compensation picks, led the Mets to having eight of the top 100 picks in the [...]
1964 TOPPS RON HUNT It's post-season awards week, or as I like to call it, The Week When They Give the MVP Award to Someone Other Than a New York Mets Player. I think we can safely say that this year will be no different than the previous 49, and rightfully so. I suppose there's [...]
For all sad words of tongue and pen The saddest are these It might have been You probably recognize this quote but probably don’t know who first uttered it. John Greenleaf Whittier, a Quaker poet and abolitionist from the 19th Century, is the one to credit for the inspiration to today’s post. I’m going to [...]
Merry Christmas everyone! We're all opening presents and singing carols, so please enjoy this trip in the way-back machine to November, 2011
If you are a New York baseball fan over the age of 40, the name Gil Hodges holds a special place in your heart. At the very least you recall hearing about his storied playing and managerial career. You might remember him leading the Miracle Mets to the World Series. Perhaps you remember him playing [...]
Counting interim managers, the Mets have had 20 different skippers in their 50 seasons. Nine of those also played for the Mets before becoming managers. Here is an alphabetical listing of those nine managers, along with their ranks as overall players, their time playing with the Mets and their time managing our favorite team. Yogi [...]
Congratulations to the newest man of leisure, Tony LaRussa and his hearty band of Birds. The St. Louis Cardinals’ ascension to the highest heights after being ten-plus games out of a playoff spot in late-August is nothing short of miraculous – to say nothing of their multiple resurrections in World Series Game 6 alone. For [...]
October 26th marks a sad, but important, day in Mets history. Eleven years to this very day, the boys from Flushing dropped the fifth and final game of the 2000 World Series 4-2 to the New York Yankees. Down three games to one, the Mets entered the elimination game with one of their top pitchers [...]