A Billy Joel lyric never seemed so apt. Tomorrow night (7/15), the season re-starts with a half-clean slate. This is when baseball takes on a different hue: more serious, less romantic, more about action than speculation. The stakes get raised in the second half, and the surprises of April, May and June are usually worn [...]
One of the reasons I started blogging about the Mets is that I thought what passed for “wisdom” or “knowledge” from mainstream media writers was essentially garbage. There were many Mets columnists whose work in the papers made me cringe. Wallace Matthews, Mike Lupica and Mark Hale are three that jump immediately to mind. Another [...]
We’re all thinking it. With the Mets trading combustible closer Francisco Rodriguez (K-Rod) on Wednesday to the Milwaukee Brewers in an obvious salary dump, Mets’ fans are probably waiting for the other shoe to drop. The shoe in this case would be Carlos Beltran. So, are the Mets on the verge of trading their All-Star [...]