Goodbye Ruben Tejada, hello Nick Franklin?

You may have heard that Seattle is willing to move Nick Franklin as Brad Miller seems to have won the hearts and minds of Seattle fans.  If you have not, I’m telling you.  Earlier in the offseason I talked about how Franklin could be an ideal fit for the Mets.  You can read that post: [...]

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The 1969 Mets Daily News portraits

I picked up a complete set of the New York Daily News 1969 Mets portraits at auction a few weeks ago. These “Portraits of the Stars” were published by the newspaper to celebrate the team’s championship. The portraits were drawn by cartoonist, Bruce Stark and are printed on oversized parchment paper. The portraits contain a [...]

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Just say no to Nick Franklin and Brad Miller

The Mets identified shortstop as a part of their wish list leading into the offseason. While there have been perceptible additions to the outfield and the pitching staff (Curtis Granderson, Chris Young, Bartolo Colon, John Lannan, Kyle Farnsworth and Jose Valverde), shortstop has remained status quo. Part of that is due to the fact that [...]

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