Monthly Archives: June 2007

No Rest for the Weary

MetsToday reader Micalpalyn pointed out one stark difference between Willie Randolph and former manager Bobby Valentine: bench management. Bobby V had an almost predictable rotation among his bench players, making sure everyone was well-rested, fresh, and ready to go. Randolph … Continue reading

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Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo

Missed your Mets fix due to the rainout? An alternative is to listen to MetsBlog TalkRadio hosted by Matt Cerrone of MetsBlog.com. This past week featured yours truly in a “Blogger’s Roundable”, along with Toasty Joe. The theme was “The … Continue reading

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Pelfrey in Double Dip

According to The New York Times and Metsmerized Online, Mike Pelfrey will be promoted from AAA New Orleans to start one of the games in Friday’s doubleheader in Philadelphia. Interestingly, The Times also reports that the Mets braintrust has “internally … Continue reading

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How Axl Rose Can Help the Mets

Last night when Tom Glavine walked out to the mound, he had the wrong Guns N Roses song playing. Instead of Sweet Child O’ Mine, it should have been Patience. Yes, the Mets won the game, and they won on … Continue reading

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Keith Said What?

Speedlinking around the Mets blogosphere … Zisk Online (is that Richie Zisk?) has a few fun conversations among the SNY crew from last night’s game, in case you missed it. Check it out to find out how to say “war” … Continue reading

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Planet Randolph

The awful losing streak that is hopefully behind the Mets seems to have done a number on Willie Randolph’s psyche. While we expect Willie to feed the media standard, ambiguous answers to the tough questions, to keep a positive light, … Continue reading

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Shea to Shea?

The West Coast Los Angeles California Angels of Anaheim in Orange County Just Minutes from Disneyland and Intersecting the 91 and State Highway 55 (TM) have DFA’d Shea Hillenbrand. Is he the righty bat that the Mets would be interested … Continue reading

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Mets Game 76: Win Over Cardinals

Mets 2 Cardinals 0 The Mets are so good these days, it took them only six innings to beat the Cardinals. In reality, it was the rain that washed out the last three innings of the ballgame, but we’ll take … Continue reading

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