A quick breakdown of the Mets Holiday Video

First, for your viewing pleasure: Now that that's out of the way, let me use my not-yet-received film degree to do some hard-hitting analysis. Let's start at the beginning, shall we? The video opens on a smiling David Wright greeting all Mets fans with a boyish "Hi!"  Wright is green screened in front of Citi [...]

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Chris Young, drinking the Kool Aid and seeing the glass half full

Here are the headlines that greeted me on my return from Cincinnati: Mets sign Chris Young to a one-year deal Yankees sign Brian McCann to a five-year deal Cardinals sign Jhonny Peralta to a four year deal Not exactly the type of news that will get most Met fans excited.  The Yankees continue to do [...]

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Jaff Decker and the real issue with the Mets

“The individual partners lost some money at Madoff. But it doesn't affect the Mets. It doesn't affect the Citi Field project. It doesn't affect SNY or any of our operating businesses.”- Jeff Wilpon, December 16, 2008. *** Jaff Decker is a nice ball player.  He’s got some pop, has a high on base percentage, and [...]

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