Mets Villains: Roger Clemens
By: Sean Pidgeon | March 11, 2010
This is the first in a series of posts we’d like to call Mets Villains. One by one, we will chronicle players and other objects that Mets fans love to hate. Villains to be profiled include Chipper Jones, Jimmy Rollins, Yadier Molina, Karma, September ’07, September ’08, Mo Vaughn, Doc and Darryl’s yeyo, and many others. [...]
Read more →Duncan D’oh, Nuts
By: JKurp | March 10, 2010
A part of being a hard-core sports fan, specifically a Mets’ fan if you’re reading this website, is remembering the little guys. This column celebrates the Mets who may never enter the Hall of Fame (check that, they never will enter the HoF), but hold a special sort of place in our hearts. Jeffrey Matthew [...]
Read more →“Santana.”
By: Brendan Bilko | March 9, 2010
Back on February 18th, Johan Santana uttered his own surname when asked who the best pitcher was in the National League East. Mets fans everywhere gave a semblance of “damn straight,” while rival counterparts down the turnpike certainly thought the exact opposite. While there is no pitcher in the game I would rather watch throw [...]
Read more →Tim McCarver’s Grapefruit and Cactus League Preview
By: TimMcCarver | March 8, 2010
Another great season of baseball is upon us. My partner Joe is relaxing at home with the wife and kids after a long football season. He spends each afternoon in church so he can build up enough sanctimony to last the entire baseball season. But before we get to the regular season, I’d be remiss [...]
Read more →A Sabermetric Therapy Session
By: Sabometrics | March 7, 2010
The mood is electric at Shea Stadium. The winner of this game earns the right to go to the World Series to face the Detroit Tigers. The Mets have to win, right? The Cardinals were a thoroughly mediocre team all season – going 83-79 and only outscoring their opponents by 19 runs. The Mets on [...]
Read more →Captain Hook: Baseball and Steroids, Cont.
By: Sean Pidgeon | March 7, 2010
“Very violent sport now, isn’t it, baseball?”—Captain Hook Reading pavpl’s comment on my post Baseball and Steroids and Viagra reminded me of a scene from the movie Hook. Peter Pan’s son Jack is teaching Captain Hook and his pirates how to play baseball. During the game, a pirate runner takes off from first base. The [...]
Read more →Baseball and Steroids and Viagra
By: Sean Pidgeon | March 5, 2010
There are very few certainties in life, but some things we can count on. We can count on death. We can count on taxes. We can count on Keith Hernandez sporting an amazing mustache. And if we watch any televised baseball game, we can count on seeing a bunch of aggrieved (and annoying) Joe Buck-ish [...]
Read more →2010: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By: robertjames | March 5, 2010
This off-season, like any other, has me feeling schizophrenic. I want to punish the Mets, dislike them for all the pain they’ve caused me, and find another team to root for. But I am bound by something bigger than myself, and after a long winter, I find myself embracing the same cautious, irrational optimism that [...]
Read more →Why Stats Matter in Baseball
By: Sean Pidgeon | March 4, 2010
I was born on December 30. I share a birthday with Lebron James and Tiger Woods, the world’s greatest basketball player and the world’s greatest fornicator. Tiger’s greatness need not be attested to at this time. That might be a topic better left to Golf Digest or, perhaps, Penthouse forum. But Lebron’s greatness is evident [...]
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