The day is here. Start to the best weekend of the season, if you're an employee at Yankee Stadium who's a Mets fan. The second part of the Subway Series comes on the heels of the Mets' first successful road trip in a few years and the Yankees struggling to get through the likes of Jamie Moyer and Kyle Kendrick. Now, I understand the Moyer mystique ( Read more... )

I am not a fan of window shopping at the mall as this is an activity better enjoyed in front of a computer monitor. I have to delete emails from Amazon and Overstock now to curb my appetite for shopping online. However, when the emails from MLB Shop arrive, I'm too curious not to see the deals offered on my favorite team's apparel. Bargain hunter ( Read more... )

If someone told me at the beginning of the season that a Mets/Nats match-up could mean a fight for second place, I probably would still be laughing. However, such is the case tonight, and I'm not laughing as the Mets start the division-heavy portion of their schedule tied for second best with the Nationals (17-14), two games behind the Phillies. ( Read more... )

Happy 28th birthday to Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez! Here's to no more walk-off grand slams against you or your pen mates in 2010 ( Read more... )

With the new year only about four days old, the Mets are finally making their way into the news with the signing of outfielder Jason Bay before New Year's. The deal was made official with Bay passing his physical this morning and the press conference is scheduled for tomorrow. The Mets slipped from the backpages in early September when their season ( Read more... )

As a Mets fan who joined the party during the downswing of their heyday, it is always nice to watch airings of old games on SNY. From the NL East pennant clincher in 1988 to Johan Santana's 3-hit shut-out last season, these games always ignite something in me, to remind me that there is a reason I like this team. During the winter, the Mets ( Read more... )

This OFP was inspired by recovering righty John Maine, whose first career home run versus Pittsburgh in 2007 spurned my interest in the seldom-seen home run hitting pitchers. I remember watching Maine's ball sail into the bleachers in left field, unable to stop laughing because no one was expecting it. Maine's respectful trot around the bases ( Read more... )