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But What I Really Am... Is a Starter!: A Brief History of Aaron Heilman
2 days ago by
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Poor Aaron Heilman.The former Notre Dame phenom just can't catch a break, can he? First he comes to the Mets a highly-touted right hander, a first-round draft pick and the future of the Mets' rotation.In spite of his college success, the Mets, ever wise when it comes to developing...
But What I Really Am... Is a Starter!: A Brief History of Aaron Heilman
2 days ago by
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Poor Aaron Heilman.The former Notre Dame phenom just can't catch a break, can he? First he comes to the Mets a highly-touted right hander, a first-round draft pick and the future of the Mets' rotation.In spite of his college success, the Mets, ever wise when it comes to developing...
Sick Six Drummer the Sickest Dude Alive?
6 days ago by
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As regular readers are aware, we're pretty big fans of The Strokes around here.It's been a quiet three (soon to be four) years for the group as a collective, but individually the guys have been banging out solo albums left and right.On November 3, lead singer Julian Casablancas...
Long Term Greedy
11 days ago by
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As I read John Harper's piece about the Mets in today's Daily News (alternate title: "Spend, Baby, Spend"), it struck me that articles like this are exactly why New York teams feel they cannot stand pat during the offseason.Actual title: "After dismal 2009, New...
Bringing Home the Championship New York So Richly Deserves
13 days ago by
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We all know this decade (the Ohs? The aughts? Just two more months of this damned uncertainty!) hasn't been kind to the New York sports fan.Sure, the Giants won a Super Bowl for the ages a couple years back, but aside from that it's been pretty slim pickins. The Mets brought...
The Curse Is Dead, Long Live The Curse
17 days ago by
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From the point the Yankees took a 7-1 lead it wasn't worth it to watch last night.Today I won't be able to look at the papers.When the ticker tape parade comes I'll bury my head in work.As regular readers are aware, I was "pulling" for Philly in this Bad Meets...
Anyone's Series
18 days ago by
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I'll never understand the sports media's obsession with premature postmortems. A team falls behind 3-1 in a series and all of a sudden they're dead and buried.Now, I appreciate that very few teams have ever overcome a 3-1 deficit in a World Series (or League Championship...
'Red Sox in 7. Mets in 7 Years'
20 days ago by
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It's funny how the mind works.On Saturday a moment from my past came careening into the present, offering insight on a much-lamented past and a glimpse of a hoped-for future.It was October 2004, and I was working with on a group presentation in an international relations class...
Winning on the Road, A Crucial 'Bad Meets Evil' Caveat
24 days ago by
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An important thought occurred to me yesterday as I took in the end of Game 2.The other day I endorsed the Phillies for 2009 World Series Champion. No backpedaling on that one, but I do want to specify an important caveat/rider/addendum to that endorsement.It is my great, great hope...
Staring at the Pinstripes
25 days ago by
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One thought kept coming back to me as I watched Game 1 last night.Anyone who thought the Phillies were going to roll over against the Yankees simply has not been watching this team the past few years.To the dismay of Mets fans, this is a Philadelphia team that doesn't get scared...
The Bad Meets Evil World Series
26 days ago by
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It's come to this. By November 6th, either the Yankees or the Phillies will be World Series champions.This is what happens when Bad (the Phillies) meets Evil (the Yankees). The outcome disastrous. Suffering across the land. No alternative but to watch with despair.As a baseball...
Bad Meets Evil: Stay of Execution
October 23, 2009 by
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As the Yankees were on their way to putting up a 6 spot in the top of the 7th last night, the reality of it all finally dawned me.It was the prospect we began whispering about back in June or July. The tone over the summer was more of the "wouldn't it suck if" variety...
The Wilpons: Not Just Visiting Misery on Mets Fans Anymore
October 22, 2009 by
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It was the cloud that had hung drearily over the Mets since December 11, 2008.Since the first details emerged of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, Fred Wilpon and the Mets have been part of the story virtually every step of the way.The losses Wilpon had presumably suffered in connection...
New A-Rod?
October 21, 2009 by
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Easily the most nauseating part of the Yankees' return to playoff dominance has been the newly inspired play of Alex Rodriguez.For years the poster boy of everything hateable about the Yankees and a symbol of their postseason ineptitude, A-Rod has paced the Yankees' offense...
The Phillies: Everything We Wish the Mets Were
October 20, 2009 by
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When I went to bed last night it was 4-3 Dodgers at the end of the 8th. I wanted to stay up to watch the finish but it was late; though I wouldn't watch it live, as I closed my eyes I had a sinking feeling that the Dodgers were teetering on the edge of disaster.And so, when I woke...
There's Always Two Years From Now
October 19, 2009 by
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I watched Game 2 of the Yankees-Angels series with the Hound the other night. As the game went to extra innings and the hour grew later, he asked me what the Mets could do to make things better next year.I told him I didn't know where to begin.You start by talking about needing...
I Dream of Jeff
October 14, 2009 by
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Lest this sound a little creepy, I want to preface the below by noting a few facts in my defense.First off, though I run a Mets blog, I am not the kind of guy who adorns his bedroom with an unhinged amount of Mets memorabilia. Not knocking those people, but I've never been the...
Reflections on The Grove
October 13, 2009 by
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It was a weekend of firsts for the Glass Man as me and Little Miss Citi bounded down to Ole Miss for three days of tailgating, football, and Southern hospitality.Simply put, tailgating at The Grove is unlike anything I'd ever seen before. I have one incredible tailgating memory...
A View to October
October 07, 2009 by
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It was just after the last of the 5th inning of Game 1 at Yankee Stadium. It was a scene of excitement. The home team had just put 3 runs on the board en route to a 6-2 lead. The crowd was going wild.The new Yankee Stadium looked the part. The bunting flew proudly. All the seats appeared...
Bracketology
October 06, 2009 by
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Heckuva ballgame tonight between the Twins and Tigers. A back and forth kind of battle between two good, if flawed, teams that wasn't resolved until the 12th, it was the battle to the last that Mets fans might have expected out of their team each of the last Septembers.Only that...
Old Unis, New Results?
September 30, 2009 by
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You know it's a slow season when, in the last week of the season, a 40-word blurb in a local scribe's online "notepad" about a potential uniform change generates more interest than, you know, the team itself ever has in recent memory.But what about that report! "...
Get Depressed
September 28, 2009 by
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Yesterday the inevitable happened.With their 100th victory of the season, the Yankees clinched their first AL East division crown since 2006. Last week they locked up their first playoff berth since... 2007 (2008, of course, was the first time they had missed the postseason since 1993...
Omir Santos... 2010 Mike Pelfrey?
September 25, 2009 by
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I remember arguing with somebody on a message board over at MetsMerized about Mike Pelfrey in the waning weeks of Spring Training.To my counterpart, Pelfrey was a sure thing. He'd looked dominant for large swaths of 2008, and was ready in 2009 to be a 15-20 game winner.To me, Pelfrey...
Shades of the '07 Mets
September 21, 2009 by
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It was 1-0 after one. 8-2 after two. 10-4 after 3. We were cruising. The commish turned to me between innings and said that "Team 2" might have to be broken up.Rallying behind a mandatory 1-inning pitching change, the other team began to close the gap. The worked deep counts...
Fixing Citi Field: 5 Action Items
September 16, 2009 by
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Here at Y2K we're all about a bias to action. We see problems and we want to be part of the solutions.That's why, when Jeff Wilpon asked, I could hardly refuse offering my top five actionable suggestions for enhancing Citi Field.Let me be clear: I think Citi Field has a lot...
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