Author Archives: Paul Festa

About Paul Festa

Paul is a freelance writer, blogger, and broadcast technology professional residing in Denver. A New Jersey native, he is a long-suffering Mets fan, a recently-happy Giants fan, and bewildered Islanders fan. He's also a fair-weather Avalanche and Rockies supporter. In his spare time, he enjoys the three Gs: Golf, Guitars, and Games.

Blog Roundup: Mets > NFL Replacement Refs

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Paul Festa

Don’t look now, but the Mets have won 4 in a row.  How’d they do it?  By beating up on teams that are even less competent than they are.  They swept the hapless Marlins in a series that Mets’ radio … Continue reading →

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11 Years Ago Today…

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Paul Festa

Eleven years ago today, this happened:

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Blog Roundup: Sputtering to the Finish

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Paul Festa

The good news: Matt Harvey finished up a very promising abbreviated season with 7 innings of one-hit ball.  The bad news: Josh Edgin, making his first (and maybe last) appearance as closer, gave up a two-run homer to Ryan Howard, … Continue reading →

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Mets to Host Breast Cancer Awareness Night

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Paul Festa

Folks, as hard as it is to believe, there’s more to life than baseball.  And the New York Mets organization recognizes that. This Wednesday, September 19th, the Mets will host Breast Cancer Awareness night at Citi Field. The first 10,000 … Continue reading →

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Blog Roundup: Wilpons Still in Debt

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Paul Festa

After dropping 2 of 3 from the defending champion Cardinals, The Mets find themselves 7 games under .500, and 9 games out of the wildcard. The good news is, R.A. Dickey pitched 6.2 innings to earn his 18th victory on … Continue reading →

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Blog Roundup: Dickey Goes for 17th W

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Paul Festa

Having won their past two series, (break up the Mets!) New York heads down to Amazing Technicolor Marlins Park for a series with the Marlins.  Miami followed up their offseason spending spree with a comical, and somewhat predictable, fire sale … Continue reading →

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Collin McHugh Blogs About his MLB Debut

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Paul Festa

Here’s a link to Collin McHugh‘s latest blog post in which he describes going to New York, pitching a gem, then going back to Buffalo.  You have to love his maturity and positive attitude. That being said, our trip from … Continue reading →

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Mike Piazza Bobblehead

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Paul Festa

Here’s a symbol from some better times (1998-2000, at least).  It’s the bobblehead version of Mike Piazza that the Mets will be giving away this Saturday, when they play the Astros at 1:10 PM.

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