What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
I’m tempted to write a “Go Get Andy Pettitte” posting but I did that already so I’ll just leave you with some pics of a dying Shea Stadium. There won’t be any NFL teams moving here, no Metrostars games (I know) nor any more concerts:www.metspolice.com
A pretty good Peter Gammons column the other day that included this observation (useful to GMs that like 41 year old outfielders).
Dave Studenmund has a great piece in this year’s Hardball Times Annual about how the game is getting younger. Studenmund points out that the decline in average age between 2007 and 2008 was the largest in major league history and that 24 of the 30 teams got younger between 2007 and 2008. The Twins were the youngest team in the major leagues at 25.5, and won 88 games — one fewer than the New York Mets — without the great Johan Santana.
Also:
The Yankees are going to be really good, but as Joe Posnanski points out, for all the talk of a salary cap, only twice in the past 30 years has a team won the World Series with a $100 million payroll: the 2004 and 2007 Red Sox.
In those 30 years, 20 different teams have won World Series titles, and it would likely be 21 without the 1994 strike that cost the sport’s best team — the Montreal Expos — a chance to win it all. In those 30 years, 14 different teams have won the Super Bowl, 13 have won the Stanley Cup, nine have won the NBA championship.
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Around these parts we really really hate the Mets black uniforms. Unfortunately the Wilpons don’t care and only like money. Today I appeal to their greed.
Assume every dopey 20 year old already has a black Piazza shirt and a black Wright jersey. It’s time to sell them some new items, and Wilpons I propose to you that there’s money in that there blue and orange.
NHL reveals top-selling third jerseys entering holiday season
Look what made the list. The good old blue and orange Islanders jerseys. Not the new dark blue ones, the traditional ones. I think the article says it best when it says:
Two observations: First, and rather obviously, is that these teams released third jerseys with a distinct retro and/or traditional look. For many of them, that meant literally recycling older jerseys with a tweak here and there. In fairness to the other teams that released alternate sweaters this season, sometimes it’s easier to remake a classic than to create an original.
Second, if these are the top sellers according to the NHL, then there’s only one black jersey (Boston) among the top six. Which actually fills our hearts with hope, even if for a moment, that teams will shy away from the dark side in creating new duds.
How about it Fred & Jeff? Roll out the pinstripes (no names) for a few years and let teenagers buy some #5 jerseys. I’ll meet you half-way and you can wear whatever you want on Sunday.
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The The Future Look Back At 2009 made it onto Fark so that was the big winner of the week. Read it to find out who wins the 2009 World Series.
Some people agreed that The Mets Should Go Get The Guy Who Hit .158.
It’s just a link but people enjoy Photos of Dying Shea & New Yankee Stadium
All I did was link to the Daily News blog who got ripped by most bloggers for posting what we all think is an inaccurate report – that got lots of hits – but since none of actually know if it’s wrong I wondered Why Are Mets Uniforms A State Secret? which got me into rant mode and made me revisit my reminder to the Wilpons that The Mets Never Played In Brooklyn.
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