Category Archives: Around the Blogs

Mets Better Bet Than Yankees for World Series

Just saw on Yankees Chick that the Vegas odds have our beloved Mets at 5-1 to win the 2008 World Series. The Red Sox are listed at 4-1 and the Yankees at 6-1. Would that be due to Johan? BTW, … Continue reading

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Don’t Blame Willie

Many of you have already seen my article on Gotham Baseball Magazine titled “Why Willie Gets a Pass”. In short, I explain that I can’t put 100% blame on Willie Randolph for the way he (mis)handled the Mets bullpen last … Continue reading

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Tigers Want Heilman

Just saw this on Gotham Baseball: According to a MLB executive familiar with the “talks” (which no one will confirm are actually going on), no deal is going to happen with the Tigers (for Marcus Thames) unless the Mets take … Continue reading

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How Many Mets Blogs?

My wife found this interesting tidbit while perusing MetSilverman.com: … as of February 2008, the number of Mets blogs, according to baseballblogs.org, stood at more than 9,900 Wow. Almost 10,000 blogs on the Mets. Not baseball blogs, not team fan … Continue reading

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Live From Mickey Mantle’s

Last week Gotham Baseball Magazine launched their radio program, “Live from Mickey Mantle’s”, on BlogTalkRadio. There were some technical difficulties, as is to be expected the first time out — especially when using cutting edge technology such as internet radio. … Continue reading

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Offseason Talk: Oakland Athletics

While the Oakland A’s mean little to Mets fans — after all, they’re not on the 2008 schedule — it’s hard to be a baseball fan and not notice what’s going on in Oakland. Billy Beane is picking apart the … Continue reading

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Bloggers 1 Sportswriters 0

Earlier this month I posted my theory on why the hot stove was so full of misinformation this winter — something to do with the “professional” sportswriters losing eyeballers to the great fan-driven blogs such as MetsBlog. Well it appears … Continue reading

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Needs and Luxuries

One of my favorite baseball sites — MLBTradeRumors — recently covered the Mets in their “Needs and Luxuries” series (hat tip to Micalpalyn and Isuzudude for inspiring this rebuttal). Take a look at that post and then come back here. … Continue reading

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