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The Thrill of Reading
Earlier this morning, I picked up the final book of David Wingrove's behemoth of an epic tale, "Chung Kuo". This last book is virtually impossible to find, but I was fortunate enough to buy a copy through Doubleday Canada in the early years of this millenium.Now less than 24 hours and 332 pages late...
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April 22, 2008
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Matsui's Anal Fissure
I have not seen this medical term since reading an advertisement for the Flushing Colon and Rectal Center in The Queens Tribune back in '88:Matsui, who signed a three-year, $16.5 million free-agent contract in the offseason, has been sidelined since March 21 while recovering f...
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April 18, 2008
Mets: No-Name Starting Lineup
The Mets really know how to make things interesting. Maybe every team is like this, but our team just seems to find so much drama every single freaking spring training.So as things stand now, the Mets are missing their first-string first baseman (Carlos Delgado, hip); second baseman (Luis Castillo, k...
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March 15, 2008
Opinion: Helmets on the Ballfield
On this past Saturday, I got to watch the first Mets CW11 broadcast of a Mets 2008 spring training game. Playing the Dodgers and their new manager Joe Torre, the most interesting bit came when the cameras focused on Joe and his new coaches, including base coach Larry Bowa.The discussion moved to Majo...
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March 14, 2008
It's Finally Time for Cockeyed Optimism!
Finally, something happened this offseason worth blogging about!MLB.COM: METS LAND SANTANA FOR FOUR PROSPECTSA bona-fide pitching ace is coming to our favorite team in exchange for four spare parts. With a modicum of luck, this is going to be the trade that balances the tear in the space-time contin...
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February 03, 2008
The Interminable Postseason Broadcasts
Thank goodness for Tom Glavine's gem in the first game of this series. Not for the shutout innings he pitched, or for making the deadliest hitter in the universe, Al Pujols, frustrated and grumpy, but for doing it all quickly and efficiently.FOX sports needs to take their cue from Tommie G. I've wat...
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January 29, 2008
A Frightening Revealation
I've never been a baseball bandwagoneer. Not once have I become a "temporary fan" of a team that is doing well. Oh, I've tried, like when the Marlins won the World Series a couple of years back, or when the Diamondbacks slapped down the Yankees in the 7th game, or even when the Red Sox pulled off the...
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January 29, 2008
Technical Post: DVD Recorders Suck Ass
That's right, I said it, and I will say it again: DVD RECORDERS SUCK ASS. Why?DELAY. You can't start or stop recording instantly. There is always a delay of up to three to five seconds.FINALIZATION. Many recorders, if not all, require an invisible last step in burning a DVD, called "Finalize Disc" ...
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January 26, 2008
More Orientals In Baseball!!!!
Speaking for all Orientals all over the world, I hereby insist and demand that there be more Orientals in the front offices of baseball clubs!Major League Baseball is over a century old and is branching out internationally. And yet, in addition to the 1,799 white (Caucasian-Amerian) employees of the ...
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January 25, 2008
Mets: MLB.com = Lifetime
I have figured out why I don't enjoy reading any articles on MLB.com anymore. They are written in a repeating formula, with every article padded with pointless metaphor and flowery simile, a writing style more appropriate to a women's fashion magazine. For example, check this story about Mike Pelfrey...
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January 25, 2008
Manager of the What?
Much of the press has been lobbying for Willie Randolph to be named "Manager of the Year."Pardon me? I thought one had to actually MANAGE a baseball team in order to be even considerd for the award. (Drum fill here.)I have no recollection of Willie having made any attempt to "manage" in the nearly tw...
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January 25, 2008
JUST FOR CARLOS
There is no shame in a little vanity, is there? Myself, I am a little dismayed at the appearance of bright white hairs in my chin whenever I forget to shave for a few days, or the growing and shrinking and growing outward bulge of my stomach in the mirror, or the growing numbers of freckles and splo...
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January 25, 2008
Lying in the High Weeds
The Mets have sucked as badly this past week as they did under the funereal Art Howe for two entire years. And predictably, with a single fragmented yet entirely united voice, every single blogger and reporter has taken up the cry: "OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! THE METS ARE GOING TO BE DESTROYED IN THE PLAY...
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January 25, 2008
METS: Beating a Metaphor to Death, Zombiehood, Death again
Manager Willie Randolph of the Mets plays favorites.Fundamentally, there's no crime being committed. Everyone likes to see their favorites being favored: personally, my favorite food is genuine NY pizza; my favorite flavor of coffee is plain; my favorite toe is my second toe on my right foot, becau...
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January 25, 2008
Mets: How to Enjoy a Spring Training Game
Today's game against the Marlins featured a remarkable display of bad play in the top of the second. The net result: three very unearned runs, and a four run deficit for Mets leading pitcher Tom Glavine.Were this the regular season, I would be all upset and swearing at second baseman Jose Valentin, ...
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January 25, 2008
MLB Extra Innings -- Drama in Paradise!
I'm delighted to be watching a Mets game on channel 11's feed out of NYC, arriving in my television way out here in Los Angeles at 10 in the morning! Who cares that these games don't mean a thing; that I'll only get to see my Mets favorites for only a few innings; that the game will feature a lot of...
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January 25, 2008
Personal Finance: When is Renting NOT Wasting Money? Answer ...
For a very long time, my concept of "Personal Finances" consisted solely of believing that if you wanted to BUY something, you absolutely, positively MUST have the money to pay for it. After all, that's how things worked when you went to the corner newsstand, the supermarket, or the to pizza store.T...
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January 25, 2008
LASIK EYE SURGERY: RELIVING THE TERROR
Now that I own a DVD recorder, I have been slowly converting all of my personal videotapes to DVD, and exulting in tossing the now-bulky VHS tapes into the dumpster downstairs. Reclaiming shelf space that had long been dedicated to videotape storage is a huge relief. I would even call it "therapeutic...
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January 25, 2008
The Fraternity of Bad Broadcasters
The television broadcast team of the Arizona Diamondbacks - Daron Sutton, Greg Schulte, and Mark Grace - have joined a very easy fraternity of broadcasters. The Fraternity of "Homers".It's not a compliment. It refers to a professional sports broadcaster who considers cheerleading for their employers...
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January 25, 2008
Second Base For Sale
Second base has been an exciting turnstile over the last few years for the Metskis. I grew up in the era of Felix Millan (who never missed a game due to injury) and then Doug Flynn, who won a Gold Glove at the position on a team whose only goal was NOT to lose 100 games in a season. I of course rem...
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January 24, 2008
BASEBALL: Ex Met Does Good
Kazuo Matsui has nearly singlehandedly represented the Rockies' offense this postseason. The numbers are fantastic:5 for 12 (.417)2 runs1 double2 triples1 home run (Grand slam)6 rbi2 walks2 strikeouts.500 OBPI've always been an irrationally pro-Matsui Mets fan. Probably due to our genetic similarit...
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January 17, 2008
A Requiem for Trannie
For all my bashing of the talented, hard-working centerfielder of the New York Mets, I feel that MLB.com's final article of the year went a bit too far.Carlos Beltran has had the whole offseason to think about what might have happened if he had swung at a pitch from Cardinals rookie Adam Wainwright w...
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January 11, 2008
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