Archive for the ‘New York Mets’ Category

That’s One Expensive Pile of…

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

So you’re in a two-team town. The city’s fan base isn’t exactly split 50-50 either. One team wins trophies; the other, well, it used to. One team is an international brand, while the other is more like Stephen Baldwin's political opinion, you know, an afterthought. And no, I’m not talking about ...

So Long, Shea

Monday, September 29th, 2008

A couple weeks ago, Sports Illustrated paid tribute to the closing of Yankee Stadium with a cover and a tribute story written by Tom Verducci told from an interesting angle -- a first-person perspective from Yankee Stadium (him?)self. It was a good piece. One you should read. (Especially if you want ...

Goodbye, Hand Pee Guy

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Well, it is with a sad emoticon that I report the latest news on Mets outfield Moises Alou. It looks like he's done for the season with a tear in in hamstring, and it may be a career for the 42-year old outfielder.Everybody knows what this means: Major League baseball ...

Randolph Suprised By Firing

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

I now know why the Mets fired Willie Randolph: Apparently he's an idiot.How did I come to that conclusion? Because of this article where he claims his firing came as a complete surprise to him. Well, Willie, you're the only one. Frankly, I was thinking they should have fired you ...

Just Do It, Omar Minaya

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Yeah, I know, Tiger won yesterday in perhaps his greatest performance thus far and here I am about to bitch about the Willie Randolph Situation. There are many places to get your Tiger Woods reaction, and I suggest you go there to hear someone much smarter than myself wax ...