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SNY Prepares to Do Right By Us
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As trophies and t-shirts were being passed around Wednesday night on five different channels, I flipped to SNY out of curiosity. Would they be taking their New York sports mandate seriously and covering the grim doings at Yankee Stadium? Would they have something special on to cheer...
Flash-Forward Friday: I Saw Everything End
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"Welcome, Mr. Fry. If you'll just follow me this way, I'll show you your suite."
"OK. This is kind of a weird experience. Can you tell me ..."
"It's an adjustment for everybody, sir. We've found that it's best if you take things in...
If You Still Love Baseball
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Let Manhattan clear out Friday, let the authorities spray downtown full of disinfectant Saturday and then reaffirm your love of baseball Sunday by taking Peter Laskowich's Baseball Evolution Tour from 10 AM to 1 PM. Lovely weather is forecast, and I can vouch that what Peter will...
April 5, 2010
3 days ago by
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Mike Burke was president of New York's American League entry in 1969. When its National League counterpart clinched its first division title, he sent this telegram to M. Donald Grant:
Congratulations on being number one. Am rooting for you to hang in there and take all the marbles...
The First Wednesday After the First Tuesday
4 days ago by
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The President returned to the White House late that night to cope with history. History...would not care at all that the Cards won the World Series that day by 4 to 3.
—Theodore White, Making of the President 1964, regarding the events of 10/15/64
On December 15, 1991, six Democratic...
Dark Side's Callin' Now
6 days ago by
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Flipping over from the encore presentation of perhaps the best episode ever of Mad Men and glimpsing the Yankees' ninth-inning rally in Game Four — the one that has all but buried the Phillies' hopes of successfully defending their 2008 championship — I thought of Luis...
Reinstate Melvin Mora
8 days ago by
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In February 1998, Al Leiter became a Met. He couldn't have been happier to join the team he said he rooted hard for during his childhood, which he once referred to as "the Mike Vail years".
This is really exciting for me. I feel like a little kid.
All it took was...
Easy Enough
9 days ago by
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During the World Series player introductions Wednesday night, I wanted to figuratively shoot everybody (figuratively, of course, because I'm not nearly as violent as my baseball tendencies of late would indicate). By the ninth inning, though, I had consolidated my hatred.
This...
A Beautiful Ride
10 days ago by
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Welcome to a special Wednesday World Series-distracting edition of Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End, a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the...
You Never Forget Your Second
12 days ago by
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Twenty-three years ago tonight I got to do something I haven't done since. I got to watch my team become champions of baseball.
I didn't know it would be the last time I'd have that pleasure for at least twenty-four years. I wasn't thinking about what the future...
And So It Blows
13 days ago by
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Congratulations to the 2009 American League champions. They invested well and they followed through. They made the Twins and Angels look like the Nationals and Mets. They earned what they've achieved to date.
That said, both World Series teams, particularly their fan bases,...
'79 or '93: <i>¿Cuál es Mas Mal?</i>
16 days ago by
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Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End, a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin'...
Tragedy Tomorrow, Anaheim Tonight
16 days ago by
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For a fan base that fancies itself the carriers of the You Gotta Believe legacy, we are making me sick.
Yankees? Phillies?
Yeech. Phooey.
You gotta believe in something better than the infinitesimal lesser of two enormous evils.
You gotta believe, if only for another night...
Address to Reluctant Mets Fans
17 days ago by
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My fellow Mets fans,
Tonight we gather not in triumph, nor in joy. Rather, we have assembled out of necessity, driven by the need to combat a deep-seated evil. Tonight we must make choices that will not sit well with any of us. Tonight we must make choices between unpalatable courses...
As Mookies Go & Eras End
18 days ago by
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Welcome to a special Wednesday edition of Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End, a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20...
Welcome, THB Class of 2009
19 days ago by
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People who think computers play baseball will say the Angels are down 2 games to 1. But computers don't play baseball. And when you have a teammate like Derek Jeter, and you see the way he goes about his business and how calm he is after a game like that, it's like you'...
Jet Weather
19 days ago by
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In 1959, a New York Times editorial entitled "Requiem for the Meadows" was only saying what most people thought about this reviled land of burning garbage dumps, of polluted canals, of smokestacked factories, and impenetrable reeds. The Meadowlands was the nation's eyesore...
The Outcome Never Changes
21 days ago by
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Ever since the Yankees recorded a 9-8 walk-off win over the Mets in June on a dropped pop fly by Luis Castillo, they've become conditioned to believe that anything is possible — particularly in their new home in the Bronx.
—Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com
Saturday night, I watched...
Who Can It Be Now?
22 days ago by
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Pedro Martinez mowed down his opponent. Then the Dodgers picked apart Chase Utley and the Phillies' bullpen. There was the added bonus of learning Kobe Bryant grew up a Mets fan and seeing that somewhere in this world it's still summer. Game Two of the NLCS unfolded beautifully...
You Never Forget Your First
23 days ago by
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Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End, a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin'...
The First Year of Citi
25 days ago by
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Not far from here, Citi Field sits empty, as we’ve known it would for months now. The team that calls it home had the kind of year that makes you want to sleep with the light on. The people who run the baseball operations had a worse one.
Given that, it’s a bit complicated answering...
Channeling Randy Newman
26 days ago by
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Century Boulevard? Victory Boulevard? Santa Monica Boulevard?
We love them! We love our Southern California baseball teams. Yes, we love L.A. We love Anaheim of L.A. We love the Dodgers. We love the Angels. Nine years after we began this decade with a Subway Series, we are keen...
Best Postseason Team Ever
26 days ago by
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Watching three of this year's four League Division Series end in sweeps got me thinking that three-and-out is a tough way to leave the playoffs. It also got me checking. Turns out only one team in Major League Baseball history meets the following criteria:
• Has been to at...
Cheers to the Angels
27 days ago by
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During this postseason, I've rooted against the Cardinals. Tonight I'm rooting against the Yankees. For as long as they survive and skip Pedro Martinez, I'll be rooting against the Phillies. But this afternoon I rooted for the Angels and, for the first time in a while where...
Putting the 'die' in Yadier
28 days ago by
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I didn't think I had much of a rooting interest in the Dodgers-Cardinals NLDS until I noticed a fan at Busch Stadium in a MOLINA 4 All-Star jersey. I still didn't think I would glean a lot of satisfaction from this Division Series until Yadier Molina attempted to cross from...
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