…At least the Mets can’t blow their postseason chances on teh last day of the season for a third consecutive year!
Cuz that would have just been devastating.
Although, collapsing early on in the season isn’t that much better.
I have been very far removed from baseball this year – with moving out and moving in [...]

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Please keep doing what you’re doing. And not just for the next few months, but for the ENTIRE rest of the season, and then all the way through the postseason.
That would be great.
Just remember: you can’t get lazy and start losing games. No, the best bet would be for you to go [...]

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It’s baseball season – hooray!
So I was able to go to Citi Field yesterday for a work out, which was basically an extended batting practice.  The workout was neat, but for the most part, we toured the new stadium, exploring every inch of the beautiful new grounds.
(Want to see pictures? They’re here!)
Overall, everything people [...]

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We are at the end of an era.
Shea Stadium is almost no more.
I took some pics on my cell phone, but they are incredibly blurry – check out
this page for some much better images.
I know Shea was a dump, but it was a dump I have a lot of happy memories from, and [...]

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Hooray, the Mets have a closer again! And a good one to boot – 62 games saved last year!
Of course, there are still issues that need to be addressed this off-season: starting pitching, relief pitching, and second base being the chief three. But signing K-Rod shows that Minaya and co. are [...]

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ESPN is reporting that Aaron Heilman is demanding (demanding?) to be either moved from the bullpen to a starter position or be traded.
As shocking as that demand is in and of itself, the story then takes an even worse turn: The Mets are debating what to do.
Please, allow me:

TRADE HIM!

This guy wants to start games [...]

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Photo courtesy of Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
For the second straight year, the Mets handed the NL East title to the Phillies.
For the second straight year, the Mets lost the last game of the season, sealing their fate for not playing in October.
But I’m not going to harp on it.  In fact, I’m sort [...]

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Dear New York Mets,
Hey guys, how are you?  Rough night?  Yeah, me too.
Well, let me start out by saying that I still have faith in you, and I believe that you WILL not only make it to the playoffs, but that you will do so by capturing the NL East pennant.
But here’s the thing: my [...]

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There are some people in the game of baseball that are just really easy to hate: A-Rod, Manny Ramirez, and Barry Bonds come to mind.
But no one compares to Larry.
Don’t know who I mean?  You may know him better by his fake name, Chipper Jones.
Ugh, just look at that smirk.

Of course I should note that [...]

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Photo credit: Newsday/Bruce Gilbert
By a lucky fluke, Courtney and I got to see Billy Joel at Shea Stadium last night for the first of two concerts billed as the Last Play at Shea. Tickets for both of these final concerts sold out in under an hour, and I wasn’t able to get through [...]

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