Category Archives: Shea What?

Deja Vu All Over Again

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Joe Janish

This past Mets season was a failure, and the brass made several public appearances to apologize and explain it away, while also announcing the beginning of changes that were coming in the offseason. Sound familiar? As Yogi Berra said, “it’s … Continue reading →

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Wilpon: Citi Field Criticism Unfair

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Joe Janish

Much has been said about the lack of Mets history at Citi Field — not only from here, but throughout the Mets blogosphere. Many fans have felt that the park is an homage to Fred Wilpon’s beloved Brooklyn Dodgers — … Continue reading →

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Wilpon, Minaya, Howard Explain Your Pain

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Joe Janish

In case you missed it yesterday, Mike Francesa hosted Jeff Wilpon, Omar Minaya, and David Howard on his WFAN show. Francesa joked that Howard’s presence was “to be a filibuster”. In truth, it was because he is “the guy” associated … Continue reading →

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Manuel Mystery Tour

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Joe Janish

Matthew Artus of Always Amazin called the Mets’ multiple press appearances a “curious epilogue to 2009” and included a graphic resembling the cover from the old Beatles’ album “Magical Mystery Tour”. Fitting, and well done, Mr. Artus. (Kids, an “album” … Continue reading →

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Manuel On Auditions: FAIL!

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Joe Janish

With the late season auditions almost over, Jerry Manuel has proclaimed failure. We don’t know who Jerry is referring to specifically when he talks about the players who have “had a good shot … but … haven’t taken advantage of … Continue reading →

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More Slick Talk from Manuel

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Joe Janish

For our latest edition of “Manuel Being Manuel”, we have this from Jerry Manuel, stated in an interview with Mike Francesa on WFAN:

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FOUND: Nick Evans

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Joe Janish

A year ago Daniel Murphy had a partner in crime — a righthanded-hitting version of an infielder-turned-outfielder with a simlarly promising bat, questionable glove, hustling approach, and fresh off a hitting streak in AA. The two rookies gave the team … Continue reading →

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Evaluating the Mets Pitching Staff

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Joe Janish

In David Lennon’s article on the “housecleaning” of the Mets, the poor performance of the pitching staff — and Dan Warthen’s responsiblity for it — was explained away by the injuries (funny, seems that EVERYTHING that’s gone wrong for the … Continue reading →

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