What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Not yet…but this was a pretty interesting article from the other day (I’m on the road and pre-loading articles) with the MLS commissioner who discusses discussions with the Wilpons and some insight into the league philosophy of playing in the summer and having a playoff system.
I’m not an investigative reporter. I’m just a fat guy with a dopey blog. I keep reading stories every week about the Devils being accused of not paying their debts. Perhaps Newark should lock the building and encourage the Devils to find a new home until they pay up. That’s better than the way things usually get solved in NJ.
City officials say they’re still waiting for the hockey team to pay for sewer installation and small businesses displaced by the arena, along with contractors and sub-contractors who say they are also awaiting checks for services rendered.
At the same time, a half-dozen businesses forced out of the arena zone by eminent domain say they are struggling to get by without reimbursement for their moving expenses. The Housing Authority and the Devils are fighting over who must pay the roughly $750,000 in relocation costs.
Jorge Aguayo, whose pompom factory was forced out of the zone, is owed $292,000, his attorney, William Ward, said.
The housing authority argues the Devils must pay the relocation costs since the city handed over $220 million to fund the construction. The city and other public agencies have also spent $85 million fixing up the area around the Prudential Center.
As Mike Mussina heads off to retirement, it's time to nominate him for the Hall. No, not the Hall of Fame, the Hall of Garvey.
The Hall of Garvey is where the almost-greats go. It should be obvious who the founding member is.
Don Mattingly? He's in the HOG. Keith Hernandez? First ballot HOG.
Moose had a good career but he was never the best. You never looked at him and thought he'd be the one you told your son about. He didn't win championships. He had a solid very good career.
Cooperstown? No.
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I got the MLB Christmas catalog yesterday and noticed that there are quite a few Mets items with a very dark blue, almost a Casey-era blue. These aren’t random oddball caps or things labeled “Cooperstown Collection” – they’re right there with all the normal items from the other teams.
I’ve looked around the internet and I can’t find any images, and none of this dark-blue stuff appears on mlb.com, and I’m too lazy to hook up the scanner right now.
At the end of the season there had been a rumor of some darkening of the blue that would make the orange pop – we talked about it here off a mention by Mets By The Numbers.
Anyway what I saw in the catalog matched the rumor from October 8th, which was denied the next day. Let’s hope it was accurate.
