July 2010
June 2010
Yankee Fan On Cellphone Catches Ground Rule Double... →
Leverage
On the same night Hisanori Takahashi gives up 6 runs in an inning, Cliff Lee pitches a complete game against the Yankees:
Goodbye bargaining leverage, it was nice knowing you…
Best Infield Ever, the Home Version →
Word is it was 99 in the shade at Citi Field Sunday, yet right here, it feels a bit like ’99 in the Shea: The Mets are hot on the Braves’ heels, Bobby Valentine is basking in the media’s glare and the Mets’ infield has been warming to its task with uncommon aplomb.
Highly uncommon, but wonderfully reminiscent of the way it used to be around first, second, short and third. Very wonderfully. So...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: 6/21 - 6/28
The Good - Pitching
It’s pretty hard to argue with the fact that the Mets have appeared to have hit their stride. Are they as good as winning 8 in a row? Probably not. The real breakthrough this year seems to be that even when they take a punch to the jaw (read: on Saturday), they bounce back with a crisp, convincing win. They’re winning series, which is what you’re supposed to...
What if Pagan Weren’t a Met? →
With all the uproar associated with those who even DARE mention Angel Pagan‘s name in a potential Cliff Lee trade, I thought it would be appropriate to explore a certain scenario. What if, just what if, Angel Pagan was putting up his 2010 numbers…… in another uniform. In other words, what if Pagan were on the Braves, hitting .302 with 4 HR, 35 RBI, 41 R, 14 SB and exceeding everyone’s...
The Johan Hatorade
Just because Johan Santana has had a slow month of May, it seems as if there were a giant punch bowl of Hatorade that the Mets world has been drinking. In one piece, David Lennon from Newsday went so far as to say in the title that the “Mets need a new ace” and argues for the Mets to acquire Cliff Lee. While I agree, the Mets should trade for Lee, and concerns for Johan and his...
“He crushed that. He’s got stupid pop. I told David mine went farther, David...”
– Jeff Francouer after he, David Wright and Ike Davis all homered in the Mets 6-0 victory over the Twins.
Jon Niese put in another good outing for the Mets, but Scott Baker has had a miserable June. In 29.2 innings across 5 starts, Baker has given up 20 runs on 8 home runs. It’s the Twins lack of...
“Just because he’s not in the starting lineup doesn’t mean Rod Barajas wasn’t...”
– Mets.com. (via 1863-project)
Great Production For Little Cost →
One third of the position players for Mets, total cost = $2.3 million
Four fifths of the rotation, total cost = $2.5 million
Talk about bang for your buck.
“I couldn’t care less if an athlete engages in consensual, adult sex with someone...”
– Sex-Loving Media Using Johan Santana to Further Disturbing Agenda — FanHouse
Insightful piece from Lisa Olson.
(via metsgrrl)
Watchbrooklynmutt:
Jerry Seinfeld Talks Lady Gaga With Keith Hernandez in Mets Broadcast Booth video ganked from gawker
A rant on John Maine (since 99% of my friends IRL...
lauramets:
In 2006 I was entering my freshman year in high school and it was the first year I REALLY started to watch Mets games religiously. (The games were always on in my house, and I knew who the players were, but gradually with each season through middle school I built up a love for the team.) I fell in love with John Maine, he was the first player I found myself rooting for every time he...
“The only way I’m staying up for this Yankees game is if Newman shows up in the...”
– Neil Best - sportswatch (via brooklynmutt)
“This woman is a jerk. I hate her,” Seinfeld joked. “I can’t believe they put her...”
– Jerry Seinfeld on Lady Gaga
“Baseball has conditioned out starting pitchers not to pitch deep into games....”
– Nolan Ryan
The Rangers are currently fourth in the AL in Team ERA, just behind the Yankees.
Watchbrooklynmutt:
Mets Draft Pick Matt den Dekker Makes, Perhaps, Greatest College World Series Catch Ever
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“Lady Gaga goes from stadium to stadium embarrassing herself. It’s like...”
– David Letterman
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: June 14 - June...
Apologies for taking a short hiatus last week from providing the masses with my Man Crush and Dog House Resident of the Week, but I’m back, and decided to share a quick little review of the last week in a bit of a different way.
The Good
I’ve been sternly in the camp of Mets fans that were completely confused as to why Jenrry Mejia was in the majors as a reliever, when he really...
“It’s good because they’re thinking about me. It’s not like they’re sending me...”
– Jenrry Mejia on being sent down to AA Binghamton, where he will make his first start Wednesday (via 1863-project)
“Yankee and Mets families are some of the hardest hit families in MLB.”
– MLB teams soak fans who buy seats online with random and exorbitant costs - and New York’s clubs are among the top offenders, a new report says.
NYDailynews (via brooklynmutt)
With World Cup Begun, the Mets Catch a Buzz, If... →
octoberspazbaby:
A small troupe of Mets players, all of them American, came strutting out of a back room in the visitors’ clubhouse at Camden Yards on Saturday looking like a group of fans at an international soccer game.
There was Jon Niese, unfurling an American flag, a half-smile on his face. David Wright followed him holding a flag in one hand, and then Rod Barajas, and finally Ike...
WatchFans by Aaron Freeder
Four Weeks.
Four weeks ago tomorrow, the Mets lost to the Yankees 2-1 and fell to 20-23. Jose Reyes was hitting .211 at the time.
Today, just 23 games later, the Mets are 38-28. During the 18-5 run, Jose Reyes has put up the following numbers:
36-97, .371 AVG., .419 OBP, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 8 SB, 0 CS, 10K, and 16 runs.
While Met pitching has been spectacular and David Wright has caught fire, it is unequivocal...