Archive for the ‘Baseball’ Category
in which my mets are doomed before opening day
George Vescey in the NYT: It is growing late. Too much cable money is being squandered. Jerry Manuel’s laughter has run out its novelty. He is probably set up to fail, waiting for the next era, whatever that will be. In theory, it’s always nice to have a new baseball season, but at Dante Alighieri [...]
isn’t that special
The geniuses employed by the New York Mets have decided to make throwing more strikes a priority of their pitching staff this spring training. What a brilliant idea. Too bad we didn’t think of this last year. I love this line from MLB.com: In the case of the 2010 Mets, the notion is that each [...]
random thoughts on the day
Daniel Murphy might be a good outfielder some day for the Mets, but my guess is that it won’t be any time soon. I have zero confidence in the Mets’ starting rotation, with one notable exception. ESPN baseball commentators try too hard to fill dead air by telling us useless information and heaping effusive praise [...]
down go the yankees
Well…at least they have that gorgeous new ballpark. Today makes two days their starting rotation has been torched for many runs, and it’s only April! I feel safe in predicting today’s loss to the Indians, even though the game’s still in progress. Not even the Indians could blow a 20-2 lead in the 6th inning. [...]
happy opening day!
About time there was baseball on TV again. Happy Opening Day to all my fellow baseball fans, and especially to Mets fans. My beloved Mets kicked off the regular season against the Reds, beating the Reds 2-1, and it was all working for them on Monday. Johan pitched well, we got a few hits, and [...]
go cubs
As a Mets fan, I am ashamed, appalled and embarrassed by the shaky performance of my baseball team down the stretch, and I am tired of watching their bullpen and their lack of timely hits choke away our chances at postseason play. So I’m done with them for this year. They may still surprise us [...]
joe torre
Regular readers of this blog are well aware of my dislike for the Yankees in general, and for their owner George Steinbrenner in particular. Don’t even get me started on the Yankee groupies, who pretend to be real fans only when the team is winning. I know very well this doesn’t apply to all Yankee [...]
alive and breathing
Winners: Ohio State wins 30-7 over Minnesota. The Mets FINALLY WIN A GAME, beating the Marlins 13-zip with a 14K, 7 2/3 no-hit ball performance from previously underwhelming John Maine. Hopefully Glavine can come up big in Sunday’s game. Losers: The Phillies FINALLY LOST one, falling to the Nats 4-2. Ok…you caught me…Michigan did win [...]
755
Barry Bonds finally tied Hank Aaron’s home run record, and soon he will break that record and hit number 756. We all have our opinions about whether this record was attained honestly or not, but I think it’s safe to say that the court of public opinion has already convicted Bonds of steroid use. This [...]
spring is officially here
it doesn’t really start until first pitch of baseball’s opening night, you know. the mets had a pretty good opening night, when they got a little revenge on the world champion cardinals and ace chris carpenter. i don’t know how the rest of the series will go, but i like the way it started. as [...]
