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The Mets need to go 49-3 to win 100 games.

Saw this in Newsday and it confuses me:

The manager hoped that converting Parnell to a starter would force him to develop his secondary pitches, namely the slider and changeup. But he stuck to his mid-90s fastball and that was not enough to overpower the Padres. Of his 68 pitches, he threw 57 fastballs.

Is Parnell calling his own game?  Who asked for 57 fastballs?






Good job out of the 700 Level coming up with a definition of “Citifelled”  I will give you enough to get you inetersted then you go click the link.   Citifelled:   to be undermined by those persons or dugout steps or athletic trainers standing next to you on the mound intended to aid your quest; to be betrayed by a friend or one’s own weakness


I let the 700 level know they should be nice to us or we will have Mike Schmidt Day at Citi and invite him.






I think it’s great that only one company will be making baseball cards in 2010, and the boy in me is glad that the company is Topps.   Great point here (and more details) – baseball cards (like comic books) got ruined when there were way two many to collect.  When we were kids you traded with your friends to get all 700 or so cards.   Then you were done.   Now, I wouldn’t even know where to begin.  Hopefully Topps just puts out one set for 2010.


Here is a GREAT photo gallery from the National Sports Collector’s Convention.   Trust me.  Check out the seats on Page 4.  Pennants on page 5.   I should have taken more care of my Happy Days lunchbox.  Awesome football bobbleheads on page 15. 


The “I’m Calling It Shea” guy has branched out.


According to Uni Watch, Santana is 0-3 with an ERA over 10 while wearing black.  I think it’s clear that if anyone is to blame for 2009 it is Charlie Samuels.   








Coming Attractions:


Come back tonight for some pictures of awful Mets hats, and some Mets sneakers.   I’ll have some other things between now and then, I just haven’t written them yet.


Monday:   a possible site for the Mets Hall of Fame?
Tuesday:   did the Mets honor the NY baseball Giants and we didn’t notice?  It’s not impressive.
Wednesday:  the Mets Police guide to being cheap about parking.




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An interesting study in the Wall Street Journal:

Some statistical analysis shows that not much would change if baseball switched to two strikes and three balls.   The average game would go from like 150 pitches to 100, the game would go by faster, and all the statistics would stay the same.

Before you roll your eyes, doesn’t your softball team start 1 and 1?   Doesn’t the pitcher bat in your softball league?  Read the story before you dismiss.

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Thanks to Metsblog who picked up the Valentine theory I have…you can read Matt Cerrone’s take here along with a fair amount of comments.

Thomas from Checked Swing suggests that the Mets give everyone with an obstructed view one of these.


The ‘ropolitans have some cool “The Disabled” (a “The Departed” parody t-shirts.


My spidey sense thinks the first Mets no-hitter will happen very soon…it also thinks it will happen on one of these late night who cares games, although a Parnell no-hitter would be quite surprising.

Check out the bizarre “Razor Shines Coach of Life” thing.  You can ask him yes or no questions.  I asked “Do the Mets suck?” and got some nonsense about fastballs.   So I asked Magic 8-ball which was definitive.


















I feel bad for both the Mets and this guy:


kjs has left a new comment on your post “How To Solve Many Of The Obstructed Views At Citi …“:

The Mets never recontacted me about making financial amends for the awful, fecal-like–stained seats I bought in Section 504, row 1, seat 1, published earlier this week on this blog. When they ask me to renew my two plans for 2010 in the fall(which are fairly decent seats in 512 and 504, despite the fact they are only a row or two from the top), I’m just ripping up the invoices. They’ve lost me as a consumer (and I use the word “consumer” because there’s no indication they see the people who go to Wilpon’s Folly as fans). Adois, Metsies. 

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