Archive for October, 2009

  • The Plight Of A Pennsylvanian Mets fan

    The Plight Of A Pennsylvanian Mets fan

    It’s not easy being a Mets fan these days. Ok, that’s probably the understatement of the year, as anyone who has donned a blue baseball cap with an orange interlocking “NY” on it can vouch for the validity of that statement. Think about it for...

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  • Assessing 2009: June-All Star Break

    Assessing 2009: June-All Star Break

    June was supposed to be where the Mets really turned it on and started turning everything around and getting hot. They had taken care of business over the three previous series, besting the Red Sox in two of three on the road, sweeping the Nats, and...

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  • Baseball Bloggers Alliance Voting Results

    Baseball Bloggers Alliance Voting Results

    I’ve been taking part in a new organization called the Baseball Bloggers Alliance.  The reason for the group’s formation was to do season award voting similar to the Baseball Writers Association. Our first season of award voting has come to a close, and you can...

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  • Assessing the Mets 2009 Season: April & May

    Assessing the Mets 2009 Season: April & May

    There was a certain anxiety that started when the Mets lost the final game of 2008 that led up to April 6 of 2009. It’s safe to say fans knew in the offseason that they would have an overhauled bullpen for 2009. Not much else...

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  • Steve Phillips: Another Great Trade

    Steve Phillips: Another Great Trade

    Steve Phillips pulled off a move he was notoriously against in his tenure as GM of the Mets in his recent sex scandal… He went younger! Mets fans everywhere would expect Phillips to go after a crafty veteran girlfriend, way past her prime, but he...

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  • The Worst Case World Series?  Maybe Not

    The Worst Case World Series? Maybe Not

    It’s going to happen Mets fans.  Barring some major comebacks, which while not impossible, are highly unlikely, the Yankees will be facing off with the Phillies in the World Series. Some Mets fans think this is the worst case scenario.  Two bitter rivals facing off...

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