Hey Mets Fans, Root For Phils I've run into so many Mets fans during the playoffs who've told me they're hiding their heads in the sand, hoping that both these teams will just go away. My response has been this - you should root for the Phillies. Why?
How To Fix The Mets How to fix the 2010 New York Mets. A gargantuan task to say the least. Not an easy cure-all, but you have to start somewhere. For starters, they could use another solid starting pitcher. And a power hitter...
Putting A Wrap On '09 So it's not just the Mets who have perfected the art of blowing big leads late in September. The Tigers did them one big one better by proceeding to blow a 3-game cushion with just 4 games to play...
MEDICAL UPDATE ON JOSE REYES The Mets today announced that shortstop Jose Reyes will undergo surgery to clean up scar tissue around the accessory hamstring tendon behind the right knee (semi tendinosis tendon).
METS ANNOUNCE 2010 COACHING STAFF CHANGES The New York Mets today announced that Bench Coach Sandy Alomar Sr. and First Base Coach Luis Alicea will not be returning for the 2010 season. Alomar Sr. will be offered another position within the organization.
Schwei By The Numbers
Closing Out At Citi The 2009 season comes to an end for the Mets this week with three games against the Nationals in Washington and three vs. the Astros at Citi Field.
First at Third David Wright begins this week with 832 games played at third base for the Mets, just four away from playing the most ever by a Mets' third baseman.
Tracking the Long Ball Anderson Hernandez hit the 6,000th home run in Mets' history in the first game of the day-night doubleheader in Philadelphia this past Sunday. Here are some of the other all-time milestone homers for the Mets:
Rivalry Week The Mets face the top two teams in the National League East this week when they host the Florida Marlins and visit the Philadelphia Phillies.
Power Outage Gary Sheffield begins September as the Mets home run leader with 10. Sheffield's total is the lowest by a Mets player heading into the season's final full month in club history.
Rosey Outlook
Like It Was Yesterday Permit me this indulgence as I begin the post All Star break period. The tiny bit of vacation that I had adjacent to the break allowed for a brief vacation, and at my wife's behest we spent a few days in London.
Passion Play Well, I think I've finally figured out what makes the regular season Subway Series between the Mets and Yankees so special.
Interleague Play Is For The Birds Sitting here in a dank, bleak hotel room in Baltimore, watching the rain come down, makes me wonder just exactly why it is that we're here. That's WE, as in the entire Mets traveling party, not just me.
The Ballpark In The Bronx We interrupt this baseball season once again to bring you interleague play. This gimmick, which totally distorts what used to be known as pennant races...
Dining In The Steel City Those of us fortunate enough to broadcast professional sporting events for a living have a saying: "We do the games for free; they pay us to travel."
Wayne's World
Turning Losing Into Winning In an interview, I once asked Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Buck what sport was his favorite to broadcast? Without any hesitiation he replied, " winning baseball". I asked the inevitable follow up question, which sport is your least favorite? Jack answered, " losing baseball".
Are Instincts Becoming Extinct? Baseball isn't just about the games being played, scrutinized, argued, and judged.. It's about the people who play it. I learned a long time ago that criticism is as common an element to the game as a bat and a ball.
The Dreamer Dreams are things that people cling to. It makes you want to dare to be something more than what you are.
No Citi Limits Let me get this right. The Mets had just one home run in their last eight games. Not since May 13th had they struck as many as two homers in a game.
Rickey Rickey Henderson will get his coveted spot in Cooperstown later this summer. Voted in on the first ballot, Rickey, arguably, is baseball's greatest leadoff hitter.
