On draft picks and jerseys
Updated… Some quick hits, because I suck at consistency and I’ll be away for a few days: This is what you get when Darryl Strawberry* is making your picks at the draft: You end up with Guillaume Leduc, a pitcher…
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This is why they play the game
Thursday afternoon, May 17, the Mets came back to defeat the Cubs, 6-5, after entering the ninth inning down 5-1. The slumping Carlos Delgado (center) delivered the game-winning single through the right side of the infield, sparking the celebration. David…
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Better late than never for another Mets opener
Ryan Howard’s three-run home run in the sixth inning silenced Shea Stadium. The Mets had just taken a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth despite John Maine’s struggles. Willie Randolph turned over the game to the bullpen, starting…
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Sprinting from the gate
I don’t know that my mom is superstitious per se, but she’ll make a comment or joke about maintaining her routine during a baseball or football game if the Mets or Notre Dame have been playing well. “I don’t want…
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Black and blue and red all over
Getting everything in order and closing on a house can be hectic enough, so I wouldn’t recommend doing it during as important a week as baseball’s first of the season — particularly if your job revolves around said week as…
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Byrd or puffer fish?
If I decide to follow up on last season’s “Faces on the Mound” mosaic, the first image will be that of Paul Byrd, whose Pitcher Face may indeed top all of those I used last August. I mean, how hilarious…
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In a change for baseball, A-Rod says something
An article in The New Yorker this week (and last week, this being a well-deserved double issue) sorts out some misconceptions when it comes to famous quotations. Sherlock Holmes never said “Elementary, my dear Watson.” Neither Ingrid Bergman nor anyone…
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Why I love this game
For Valentine’s Day yesterday, there was a story on Mets.com in which various players and other baseball people explained why they loved the game so much. I know I’m a day late, but the snow and the warmth of home…
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Laying Trachs to the AL East
Steve Trachsel The right-shoulder injury sustained by Kris Benson leaves the Orioles in a lurch, because the team felt rather comfortable up to this point with its pitching situation. Baltimore went out and spent more than $40 million to bolster…
