2009 Season Archive

  • Assessing 2009: September & October

    Assessing 2009: September & October

    September wasn’t as bad as August in terms of entertainment. Any expectations of reasonably-close-to-major-league-level play from the Mets were gone…so with no expectations, one could actually watch games and be entertained by some wins, especially considering we would be seeing candidates for the 2010 support...

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  • Assessing 2009: All-Star Break to August

    Assessing 2009: All-Star Break to August

    The Mets started a pattern following the break, that they didn’t stray much from often—losing games early in series and salvaging games either pitched by their best pitcher or mailed in by their opponents. They dropped three out of four to the Braves coming off...

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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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  • Assessing The 2009 Season: The Francisco Rodriguez Signing

    Assessing The 2009 Season: The Francisco Rodriguez Signing

    Hello, everybody. A brief introduction for me: my name is Dave Meisel. I’m a student at Hamilton College in upstate New York. And I am a diehard New York Mets fan. I’m young, but I’ve been around and aware pretty much since the Mets’ run...

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