LATEST STORIES FROM THE EDDIE KRANEPOOL SOCIETY
NO CARLOS BELTRAN I WON’T GET OVER 2006, NOR SHOULD I
Mike Silva at NY Baseball Digest has an outstanding piece on his site this morning on Carlos Beltran and his time as a Met and his comments on Mets fans needing to “get over 2006”.
I have to say it took me a while to appreciate Beltran and his contribution during his tenure. I think the turning point in the relationship came when Beltran went to Colorado to have surgery on his...
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17 days ago
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SCOTT HAIRSTON MUCH BETTER VALUE SIGNING OVER CODY ROSS
With the word that Cody Ross has signed with the Boston Red Sox with the Mets in contention for his services, the question of the day is whom would you rather have as your 4th outfielder, Cody Ross or Scott Hairston?
Ross put a .240/.325/.405/.730 line last season with the Giants in 461 plate appearances. Hairston, stepped into the batter’s box, a sporadic 145 times to fill a...
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19 days ago
GOTTA GO TO MO’S TO GET A NFC CHAMPS HAT AND T SHIRT
Sorry for the lack of posting at the site the last couple of days. I spent my weekend at Camp No-Be-Bosco just outside of Blairstown, NJ on a camping trip that had everything you’d want in winter camp out, snow, cold and a 2AM run to the latrine, ahhhh……… yes the great outdoors. The camping trip and the New York Football Giants incredible post season (not to mention the best...
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20 days ago
SAD NEWS ON THE KID
We are all saddened by the news that Gary Carter’s health has taken a bad turn and of course we all have The Kid in our thoughts as well as his family
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23 days ago
JOSE WHO?
Courtsey Gary Finkel and 7th Inning Sketch
I have to say, I don’t get surprised by too many things but the response to my post on how the Mets will handle Jose Reyes’ first game as a Marlin at Citi Field really caught me off guard. I would have bet my Bruce Boscliar rookie card that Mets fans would have been on board for a video tribute for Reyes but I guess Mets fans are more...
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24 days ago
HOW WILL THE METS HONOR JOSE REYES IN HIS FIRST GAME AS AN EX-MET ?
Last night watching the Celtics-Thunder game, midway into the game during a break in the action, the Celtics gave tribute to Thunder center Kendrick Perkins, who was a major player in the C’s Championship run back in 2008. Perk wasn’t just a major part of the C’s on court rotation, he was a huge fan favorite for his toughness, hustle and desire and it was Perkins first game...
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26 days ago
WAYNE HAGIN OUT, JOSH LEWIN IN ?
Metsblog has a link from Neil Best of Newsday stating that former Texas Rangers and current San Diego Chargers radio play by play man Josh Lewin, is the favorite to replace Wayne Hagin in Mets radio booth.
Hagin just never clicked with Mets fans, myself amongst them, as he had that generic radio announcers voice and always seemed to be a second or two behind the action on the field...
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26 days ago
HEY SAN FRANCISCO, YOU GOT THE GIANTS
Dress the way you please and put your mind at ease
It’s a city known for its freedom
Cycles shining bright break the silence of the night
Inhibitions, no, you don’t need them, no,no,no
After watching last night’s Giants victory over the Packers, I sat in stunned silence to the point my son was looking for a mirror to shove under my nose. I cannot believe this...
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27 days ago
R.A. DICKEY REACHES THE TOP OF MT. KILIMANJARO
I hope you all have been following R.A. Dickey’s climb up Mt Kilimanjaro via his blog post on the NY Times. Dickey and his group which contain Mets bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello and pitcher Kevin Slowey, were successful in reaching the summit of the mountain which is chronicled wonderfully by Dickey in his latest post.
Dickey has a book coming out in March and I must say...
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28 days ago
IT’S NOT IF, BUT WHEN DOES DAVID WRIGHT BECOME AN EX-MET
David Wright held his Vegas Night charity event in Virginia Beach last night and gave some quotes to the media about the upcoming season. I don’t know if this means much of anything but Wright it seems, has spent a lot of time back home in Virginia that I can remember in an off season. He was at Citi Field for the unveiling of the new uni’s but since then there hasn’t been...
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29 days ago
FREDDY WILPON SPPPPIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!
Well, Freddy Skill Sets came pretty close to being truthful with the fan base when he was interviewed by Brain Costa of the WSJ. Fred was in Arizona (wow Bolt goes to Phoenix?) for the quarterly owners meeting. When asked about his financial struggle and the toll it is taking on him, the Mets organization and its fan base, Freddy Sez:
“How could anybody deny that it’...
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January 13, 2012
WHICH ORGANIZATION HAS THE BEST UPSIDE? NY METS OR NY JETS?
I had a thought this morning while I was reading two interesting sports stories the fish wraps , which organization was in worse shape, the NY Mets or the NY Jets? In my estimation, it’s the Jets.
I put the question out there in Twitter-land and no one in my time line agreed with me, in fact I got a lot of “The Islanders are worst of all” which may be true (see DiPietro, Rick...
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January 11, 2012
NY METS NEED TO ADD STUDY HALL WITH PROFESSOR COLLINS
Boy I am going miss Rangers-Flyers 24/7 now that the Winter Classic is over and the last of the four episodes has aired. What I’ll miss the most is the John Tortorella between period’s motivational speeches (My co-workers are worn out with me screaming ********** screw it on straight will ya” but I have fallen in love with that phrase) and the way Coach Torts uses the video...
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January 08, 2012
OH FREDDIE SKILL SETS, THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE
When it comes to the Skill Sets financial situation it seems we Mets fans are better off ignoring what they say and instead focus on what they do. From the outstanding reporting of Eno Sarris of Amazin’ Avenue, we discovered that the Skill Sets have hired CRG Partners , a firm that works with businesses swimming in red ink and tries to either help them turnaround their business...
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January 06, 2012
ANDRES TORRES OVER COCO CRISP, NY METS GOT THE BETTER DEAL
When the Mets off season got under way one of the position I wanted to see an upgraded was center field. I had seen enough of Angel Pagan and it seems Sandy Alderson felt the same way. I was intrigued by Coco Crisp thinking he would be a nice cheap alternative to man the less spacious tundra of the center of the Citi Field outfield. Alderson felt the better man for the job...
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January 05, 2012
THE NEW YORK METS ARE OUT FOR BLOOD, LITERALLY
Tomorrow at Citi Field, the New York Mets will conducted a winter blood drive. Between the hours of 10AM to 5PM at the Caesar’s Club. Those you do step up and give blood will receive a voucher for pair of tickets to a select April Mets game at Citi Field and a 15 % discount on merchandise at the Mets Team Store.
Fans can enter the ballpark via Hodges VIP with complimentary...
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January 04, 2012
THE NEW YORK METS ARE UNDER MY SKIN
Now that we have the holidays out of the way, we can now look forward to spring training for what should be quite the interesting Mets season.
Eric Simon of Amazin’ Avenue had an interesting post today on how bad will the Mets be in 2012? Of course the number one item on his list of things that will impact the season is the Skill Sets financial situation, something that will most...
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January 03, 2012
METS SHOULD DO LIKE THE NETS AND REACH OUT TO THE HOUSE OF MOUSE
The soon to be Brooklyn Nets have made a great move towards there relocation to Brooklyn and the Barclays Center by reaching out to the Walt Disney Co. to work with the team on training game day personnel on treating the fan/customer the correct way.
I have been screaming for the NY Mets to do this for years. If you have ever been to Disneyland or Disney World you know that the folks...
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January 02, 2012
PLAYOFFS?? OH YEAH PLAYOFFS!!!!!
The New York Football Giants are back in the Super Bowl Tournament after a wonderful ass kicking of the Dallas Cowgirls at GIANTS Stadium last night. So now it’s on to the Tournament and the Atlanta Falcons come to the Swamp. The Atlanta offense will a huge test for the G-Men D, so for the first time in a long time, I’m hoping for a good ol’ fashion Nor’Easter...
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January 02, 2012
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!
Just would like to take the time to wish you all and Happy and Healthy New Year in 2012. I hope we can get back to some important Mets on the field news in the coming weeks but for now I’m watching Sunderland try to pull off a second stunner in the EPL this weekend (Man U’s loss to Blackburn Rovers a SHOCKER! but good for Blackburn’ under fire manager Steve Kean...
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January 01, 2012
RANTS AND RAVES
Time for a stream of semi-consciousness not all of it Mets related :
I’m as upset as most Mets fans with the inactivity so far by the front office in procurement of players but when you look at the list of free agents still available I’m hoping its Sandy Alderson playing the supply and demand game and not the We’re broke game. There are still some good players and some serviceable...
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December 30, 2011
FRED WILPON, THE EDITH BEALE OF BASEBALL
While other teams add players and their fans converse in real baseball talk, we Mets fans are stuck in a Mets minutia malaise. Such as the club sending R.A. Dickey a cease and desist letter about his climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro for charity. There is no doubt in my mind that Dickey’s reason for doing this is true and from the heart as he is raising money and awareness to teen sex...
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December 29, 2011
A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE FOR THE WILPON’S
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and enjoyed the extra day off yesterday to recuperate or to return gifts at the mall. I’m still fighting off fatigue this morning, my first day back to work in 3 days, from the holiday and from a huge sports weekend.
It all started for me on Friday night as I attended the Rangers-Flyers game at a jammed packed Madison Square Garden. The Rangers...
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December 27, 2011
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Merry Christmas to one and all and let’s hope that our Christmas wish comes true that our beloved baseball team gets a new owner soon and that we can have the summer and autumn of baseball that we Mets fans deserve.
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December 25, 2011
BACK BURNER FOR METS BASEBALL
gotta love Hank and the Broadway Hat
Most under-rated athlete in NYC
I’m soooo happy Danny Ainge didn’t my favorite Celtic RAAAAAAJJJJOOOONNN RONDOOOOOOO
It’s tough to spend time on Mets minutia today with trying to finish up loose ends at work and get ready for what should be one of the best nights Madison Square Garden has seen in quite a while as the Rangers...
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December 23, 2011
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