The New York Mets will be 50 years old this season and three of the original Mets will be among the honorees at the 76th anniversary banquet of the New Jersey Sports Writers Association on Jan. 22 at the Pines Manor in Edison. The three 1962 Mets are pitchers Al Jackson and Jay Hook and outfielder Frank Thomas.
ESPN’s most depressing Mets preview ever
Let’s see…which team in the NL East has the 5th best #1 starter. Check.
5th best 2-starter? Check.
Three? Check.
At least the Mets did OK at SS…
This is back-of-the-napkin stuff … but fun back-of-the-napkin stuff. As we wait to see if Prince Fielder does land in Washington, lets check out the state of the NL East. Well go position by position and rank the players. Then well come up with a final tally five points for first, four for second, etc.
via NL East showdown: Position rankings – SweetSpot Blog – ESPN.
Personalized Mets road jerseys available March 1
I have been itchy to complete my 2012 jersey collection and…
Number 7 appears at Mets fantasy camp
Optimistic Mets Fan: CRG and Fred Wilpon Don’t Affect Me
You’re welcome to not spend money on the team if you want. The Wilpons won’t see a dime anyway, no matter what you spend, since the team is losing money. Winning solves the Mets problems, losing exacerbates it. Nothing you do will change that. If you can give up the enjoyment derived from going to see a game, that’s fine. Just remember you’re also withdrawing your support from Ike Davis. David Wright will notice when he hits a walk-off grand slam and there are only 12 people cheering. Do you think he’ll remember that when he becomes a free agent at the end of one of the next two seasons? Did Jose Reyes notice how empty it was in front of his supposedly loving fans in September while he was chasing Mets history?
Some people phrase it as “Choose the Mets, not the Wilpons”. To me that means enjoying Mets baseball whenever I can get it and not worrying about who the owner is. I derive no joy from who owns the Mets, or who runs the Mets. All I keep thinking is that if the Wilpons selling is so important to you, you’d almost have to be disappointed if the Mets went on a miracle run and went to the World Series, because the resultant cash flow could cement them as owners. So I’ll stick to hoping for that miracle run and let the financial stuff shake out where it may.
