Poll: Mets Fans Hate Yankees And Phillies Equally?

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I’ve been thinking about the nightmare scenario for Mets fans for a while now. What I’m talking about is a World Series featuring the Phillies and Yankees. I alluded to this idea in my post a couple of weeks ago, that I don’t understand Mets fans rooting for the Yankees. Now that the Phillies are in the Series again, and the Yankees are on the cusp, it’s time to get serious about this issue.

I’m still holding out a sliver of hope that the Angels can pull off a miracle in the headquarters of the Evil Empire. I still have such fond memories of 2004!I haven’t totally given up on the Angels and I’ll be rooting for them. But winning two at Yankee Stadium will be tough. Continue reading “Poll: Mets Fans Hate Yankees And Phillies Equally?”

Steve Phillips Girlfriend Causes Trouble

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Former Mets GM Steve Phillips was back in the news today for having another affair. This time it was with an ESPN intern identified in media reports as Brooke Hundley. You can see pictures of her here. The NY Post has been all over this story as you would expect.

The reports make it sound like a “Fatal Attraction” type of situation with Hundley harassing Phillips wife (who filed for divorce last month). The reports also say Hundley was posing as a Wilton, CT high school student to get information about the family on Facebook from Phillips teenage son. Continue reading “Steve Phillips Girlfriend Causes Trouble”

Mets 2010 Starting Pitchers- Question Marks Everywhere

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There’s only one certainty when it comes to the Mets starting pitchers for 2010: Johan Santana. As long as he’s healthy, there’s no reason to think he won’t be one of the best pitchers in baseball. He’s had some minor injury problems but I don’t expect to see any decline in his performance. After Santana, the situation gets very murky, very quickly. This is about to get ugly, so Mets fans hold onto your hats.

Mike Pelfrey– In 31 starts Pelfrey finished the season at 10-12 with a 5.03 ERA. 2009 was a serious regression for him from his 2008 line of 32 starts 13-11 and 3.72 ERA. Pelfrey had some disgusting performances like June 4th in Pittsburgh giving up 8 runs in 3.2 innings and giving up 9 runs in 4.1 innings in Atlanta on July 17th. There were other ugly games but you get the idea. Often Pelfrey looked uncomfortable and frustrated, but who wouldn’t be while pitching poorly? He had a bad year but the Mets have too much invested in him for him not to be back in the rotation. He’ll be there. You can bank on it. But I doubt that he’ll be considered the #2 starter. He should be demoted in the rotation. I’ll be surprised if he doesn’t have a bounce-back year in 2010.

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Ron Darling Tax Problems And Billy Wagner Retiring

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I haven’t been posting too much daily stuff about the Mets recently but two stories caught my eye today. Ron Darling and Billy Wagner are both making big news.

First, SNY’s Darling owes $544,197 in back state and federal taxes according to the Detroit News. That’s a big number even for a guy that likely makes a nice living from SNY and TBS. He also made $17.9 million during his playing days.

Second, Billy Wagner says that he’s retiring at 385 saves instead of going for 400 next season. He’s a free agent and I’m sure somebody would pick him up on a one year deal to close. I think he’s just down after giving up 2 runs in .2 innings against the Angels in the ALDS.

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2009 MLB Playoffs Without The Mets

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Although I shouldn’t be, I’m enjoying the MLB playoffs this year without the Mets. I think the reason why is because I expected the Mets to be in the playoffs in 2007 and 2008. Obviously, I had no such delusion this season.

Keeping up with other Mets fans has been interesting on my Twitter account. I haven’t seen any of us hoping that the Phillies take the series over Colorado. But I have seen some Mets fans hoping that the Yankees can go all the way.

I just don’t get that… I suppose it’s possible for a casual fan to be a “New York” fan. That’s what I’m attributing it to. But I could never see myself hoping the Yankees get another World Series championship. Enough is enough. If you’re a Mets fan hoping the Yankees go all the way, comment below about why that is. I’m curious to hear your opinion. Continue reading “2009 MLB Playoffs Without The Mets”

Video: Mets 2010 Left Field- A Trade Awaits

Here’s an interview I did with Kerel Cooper of On The Black. We talked about the Mets left field situation for next year. Watch the video and let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

http://blip.tv/play/gvchgaW2dAI

 

Thanks to Kerel Cooper for the invitation and check out his Mets video blog at On The Black.

Audio: Mets Management On 2010

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As part of their press tour today, we got to hear the Mets brass talk about their disappointment in 2009 and commitment to winning for 2010. What else would they say?

You won’t know just how committed they are until free agency starts and they can start spending. That’s when we’ll find out.

Dave Howard, Jeff Wilpon, and Omar Minaya spent quite a bit of time with Mike Francesa on WFAN this afternoon. He did a nice job of hammering them on Daniel Murphy among other things. It’s a two-part audio you can listen to below.

Mets management Part 1

Mets management Part 2

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