I realize he’s not the sexy choice to open the season at shortstop for the New York Mets. He’s not Felipe Lopez, but then again, he’s not Alex Cora. He’s Ruben Tejada, and he’s apparently Jerry Manuel’s choice to play shortstop should he continue his torrid spring. If half of the many things that the [...]

As a Mets fan, I am never surprised when the team finds ways to lose. Take the 2008 September collapse. The worst part is I just KNEW it was coming. I KNEW! And this is because the Mets are the new Boston Red Sox. We Mets fans have displaced those Bostonians as pessimistic fatalists. Boston—the [...]