Here we sit, on the eve of the 50th Opening Day in the history of the New York Mets. Much has been made of openers in Mets history, the bad (never winning one from ’62 through ’69), the good (hardly ever losing one from ’70 until now) and the foreign (Japan in 2000). On Opening [...]
One of my favorite quirky things about the dawn of a new baseball season is the release of the over/under wins numbers by “Las Vegas.” Not that I’m any kind of gambler – I probably would enjoy it more if I were better at it. This is the fearless prediction by consensus of the various [...]
I love being a Met fan. I love the ups (infrequent) and downs (all too familiar) of remaining true to the orange-and-blue. I’m fierce in my defense of them against all enemies, Bronxian, Cheesesteakesque, Fishy or otherwise. I enjoy hawking over them every day from March through October. Well, the BEGINNING of October, anyway. I [...]
So I’ve heard tell this morning that Jason Isringhausen is at Mets’ camp. Apparently, Izzy’s auditioning for a spot in a bullpen which is simultaneously overcrowded and barren, somehow. When I heard this, I was immediately brought back to a hot afternoon in mid-August, 1995. Shea Stadium was a ghost town. The Strike of ’94 [...]
When news of the follies and frolics of the super-rich filters down to us, the great unwashed, it’s usually entertaining. William Randolph Hearst invites Jimmy Stewart and Louis B. Mayer out to San Simeon? FUN! Papa Joe Kennedy referees while Young Joe, Jack, Bobby, Teddy, Kick, Pat and Eunice play a game of touch on [...]
I looked at my calendar the other day, did some quick mental math and realized that 2011 will be the 50th season of New York Mets Baseball. There will be a lot of lists going around – they’ve already started – listing and linking the 50 Greatest Mets, the 50 Worst Mets, the 50 Nondescript [...]
Seems to me… …the Mets are finally getting it. Let’s face facts: our orange & blue heroes probably won’t be contending in 2011. There. I said it. With the roster as presently constituted, coupled with the competition in the suddenly intimidating NL East – let’s be real: 2006 was a looooong time ago – the [...]
Seems to me… …there’s something missing in the Mets’ front office these days: panic. It’s beyond refreshing to have another team in the division – our arch-rival, even, if you will – make a big, splashy move and have the reaction from Flushing be…well…nothing. The Phillies, of all teams, signed Cliff Lee to a contract [...]
Seems to me… …I’ve heard this song before. 30 years before, to be exact. The 2010 MLB Winter Meetings have just concluded and the New York Mets did…nearly nothing. I take this as a good sign. Really. Joan Whitney Payson was the Mets’ first owner and if not their Patron Saint (that would be Casey [...]