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An All Star Experience 17 Jul 2013 | 06:51 pm
The 2013 Major League Baseball All Star Game might have been the most boring game I've ever attended. Zero hitting. Minimal run scoring. Even the runs that were scored were on lame sac flies or fielde...
Why the Mets Sweeping the Yankees Means Nothing and Everything at the Same Time 31 May 2013 | 06:57 pm
The Mets swept the Subway Series from the Yankees this week. It's never happened before and who knows if it will happen again. The fact that the Mets were able to win every game in the series isn't as...
Trustless in Flushing 23 May 2013 | 05:48 pm
Some Mets fans and especially vocal ones on social media will try and call you out for criticizing this team. They may say you're not a "true fan" or spout how they love this team regardless of the re...
It's Time for Sandy Alderson to Be Held Accountable 13 May 2013 | 06:19 pm
Betting on futures can be a dangerous game. Futures can be used either to hedge or to speculate on the change in price of tan asset. For example, a producer of wheat could use futures to lock in a cer...
There Will Be No False Hope this Mets Season 30 Apr 2013 | 07:18 pm
The issue for Mets fans the past few years has been the tease of hope amidst the reality of low expectations. A fast start last year turned into a painful collapse after the All Star Game and the ques...
I Know I'm a Broken Record But Mets Pitchers Are Acting Like Mental Misfits 17 Apr 2013 | 06:06 pm
In the past week I've already lauded the mental toughness of Matt Harvey and ridiculed Dan Warthen's ability to fortify the psyche of his pitchers, but here I am again talking about the total lack of ...
I Still Think Dan Warthen Needs to Go 11 Apr 2013 | 07:56 pm
Look at the Mets pitching under Dan Warthen. Go ahead and sift through the stats, the records and the personnel. Talent wise the Mets pitching isn't great. Starting pitching has been better than relie...
Matt Harvey and the Killer Instinct 9 Apr 2013 | 06:13 pm
Over the last decade, the Mets have had their chances at becoming a winning ball club. They had talent. They had pitching. They even had opportunities. But the thing that was missing most was the ment...
Closing the Book on Johan Santana 29 Mar 2013 | 03:47 am
Johan Santana is injured...again. It's a recurring storyline that Mets fans have lived through for several years. This time, it's the final chapter in the Santana story with the Mets. With his contrac...
Why the Retirement of Mariano Rivera Should Make the Mets Reflect on the Error of Their Ways 11 Mar 2013 | 07:13 pm
Every time I turned on the radio this weekend they were talking about Mariano Rivera retiring. WFAN, ESPN, and even WCBS couldn't shut up about Rivera retiring. He still has a whole season to play, we...
