Monthly Archives: February 2009

Assorted Baseball Notes

There's a lot to report today, mainly being some signings here and there and some other news. Specifically to the Mets, today marked the day when the last section of Shea fell to the ground. the remaining piece of Shea … Continue reading

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Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: Where to Bat Reyes

Jerry Manuel made a very casual comment the other day that he was going to try changing things in the order to not only give Castillo more confidence but also to make Reyes a better player, because really, you are … Continue reading

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The 2009 Mets and Swagger

Over the last few years, a problem the Mets have had to balance in some weird, almost counter-intuitive way was the amount of swagger, confidence, cockiness that they put out on the baseball diamond. Some say they have too much, … Continue reading

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Seeing Sports from Another Perspective: Concessions

Long time readers of this site probably remember a series of posts last fall where I talked about my experience reffing and working at Raven's M&T Bank Stadium. Well today I had that opportunity again to work in Sports, this … Continue reading

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Back Up Starters: Livan Hernandez

The Mets, according to the Daily News, are set to sign Livan Hernandez to a minor league deal for about a million dollars with a million in incentives. This means a few things but first off, the Mets have finally … Continue reading

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A Great Read: Spring Training Cliches

Roto Authority posed a great read today in their article, Spring Training Cliches. This article looks at, so far, who has lost a lot weight, or tried a new work out routine. Its pretty funny because it just lists all … Continue reading

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Pitchers Already Impressing

I am sitting in College Park Maryland right now and it was 70 yesterday, I feel like it will be that way again today. In short, it feels like Spring in College Park and it feels like Spring in baseball … Continue reading

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Some Spring Battles to Keep Your Eyes On

With Spring Training so close, and with players already arriving at camp, its time to focus down on a few battles that probably will go on during Mets Spring Training. These are not the only battles, this is more of … Continue reading

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Rumor Mill Is Going Crazy: Manny, Hudson, Abreu

Three of the big names remaining on the free agent market are Manny, Hudson, and Abreu and things could be falling into place for all of them now. There is a rumor circulating, and being reported on MLBtraderumors.com that the … Continue reading

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Politics and Baseball

This site is one of the worst forums for politics because its a baseball site. Baseball should not have to have interactions with the US government, but it does. The two should never be mixed and for some reason people … Continue reading

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