Shea Goodbye: 70 to go
I’m always wary when going to Shea Stadium with the Braves in town. I tend to get my hopes up — This is the day. Today, they’ll turn it around and bury those punks. — only to have Tim Hudson…
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Shea Goodbye: 73 to go
Thoughts and scenes from Game No. 8 at Shea… The Mets had a moment of silence for the fan who fell from an escalator after yesterday’s game, though they didn’t say that he died. “Heartfelt condolences” and “prayers” went out…
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Shea Goodbye: 75 to go
I’m not going to be able to post after every game, so I won’t bother trying. But when I can, I’ll continue the Shea Stadium countdown. What we’re left with after this weekend is a deflating loss to the Brewers…
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Shea Goodbye: 78 to go
Couldn’t watch this one because I was at my friend Dave’s wedding rehearsal dinner — this, the guy who planned his wedding for the same week as the Mets’ home opener and thus couldn’t go on Tuesday, snapping his streak…
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Shea Goodbye: 79 to go
Aaaaaaand … breathe … Now that feels better. Glad to see the Mets show some patience and hold off on swinging at pitches thrown nowhere near the strikezone. Kyle Kendrick — who’s soft-tosser Paul Byrd, only 15 years younger (and…
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At Shea, the future looks bright — it has to
The Mets are celebrating 45 seasons at Shea Stadium this summer before they open the sparkling new Citi Field in 2009, and as the new ballpark takes its final shape behind the giant scoreboard in right-center field, it’s hard not…
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Starting a new Tradition (or Starting anew at Tradition)
If teams are supposed to bring at least four starters to road games in the spring, how do you tell with the Orioles? That’s a question I asked my new friends as we watched the Mets and Orioles from the…
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Beltran suddenly becomes a leader
Oh, it’s on. Last year, Jimmy Rollins — an already vocal sparkplug in the Phillies’ clubhouse — came out and declared the Phillies the team to beat in the NL East, with little more than personal pride to back him…
