No Pony In Sight
There’s an old joke about an inveterate optimist and a pile of horse manure, the punch line of which is, “There’s gotta be a pony in there somewhere.” And indeed, you’d think that after the last 18...
View ArticleYou Wright Up My Life
That’s what All-Stars are for, eh? One belts two homers, each with a man or more on, and the other pitches fairly deep if not particularly stylishly — but it’s been established we don’t care about...
View ArticleNot Very Badass
Out in Section 106, where a couple of Mets fans willing to plop down in seats about 18 rows behind where they were assigned could spread out and enjoy the night if they ignored the fundamental...
View ArticleSomebody’s Favorite
First off, a fearless prediction: R.A. Dickey is not going to win the Cy Young award. He’ll be deserving — he’s got a good chance to lead the league in strikeouts and maybe wins, and he’ll be up there...
View ArticleBrace Yourselves
In the bottom of the second inning last night, the umpires made R.A. Dickey cut two small friendship bracelets off the wrist of his glove hand — bracelets his daughters had given to him in January,...
View ArticleRight Now I’m Tired
Annie, I’ve got a lot of time to hear your theories, and I want to hear every damn one of them. But now I’m tired, and I don’t want to think about baseball and I don’t want to think about quantum...
View ArticleFun and Won (No ‘Despite’)
I went to the game Saturday, had a great time and the Mets won. Oh, how I’ve been waiting what seems like ages to say that. No “despite” need be spoken. Nobody has to say, “Despite the way the game...
View ArticleClassy Pitcher 1, Team Tasteless 0
R.A. and Matt, three days of this ‘n’ that. Not the most inspiring slogan, but we’re not the most inspiring team unless R.A. Dickey is continuing his magical season or Matt Harvey is launching his...
View ArticleThe R.A.refied Air of an 18th Win
Now he’s at 18. Now this is getting to be a whole other kind of fun. Oh, it was good, clean, dry fun — no rain, please; it disturbs everything for which he stands — from early on this season. And it...
View ArticleA Real Sense of Purpose Now
If R.A. Dickey had counted on the Met offense to act as his Sherpas when he set out to climb Kilimanjaro, he’d still be at base camp. Tuesday night’s foiled attempt at scaling Win No. 19 goes down...
View ArticleFive Things to Make You Feel Better
So this simultaneously struck a chord and was no fun at all. What might improve things? 1) Make a date to see Knuckleball! It’s a terrific movie — a smart, sweet baseball valentine, and a wonderful...
View ArticleThe Archetypal Game
Joshua was very excited about his first-ever night game, crafting a highly detailed case for why he ought to be able to have ice cream very late in the proceedings. I’d been harangued long enough to...
View ArticleJust When I Thought I Was Out…
…well, you know the rest of the line. On Wednesday night I walked down the stairs through the rotunda, but before proceeding out of the gates with their NYs, I looked briefly behind me. I had two...
View ArticleNo, They Can’t Take Those Away From Me
I’m happy on a Monday from attending two Mets-Marlins games Saturday and Sunday, I’m pretty sure, because the act of Mets baseball — seeking it out, absorbing it fully and wrapping up the leftovers to...
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Down at the Sunset Grill
You see a lot more meanness in the city It’s the kind that eats you up inside Hard to come away with anything That feels like dignity Hard to get home with any pride —Don Henley The sun is setting on...
View ArticleThe Last-Picked Mets
Adam Greenberg gets his second chance for a first impression tonight in Miami. The Marlins responded to his (and his filmmaker advocates’) “position wanted” campaign by saying, in essence, what the...
View ArticleThe Abdominal Showman
He won 20 games, 19 of them after tearing an abdominal muscle in his second outing of the year. That he didn’t win a 21st in his last start doesn’t detract one iota from the season he crafted. Will Cy...
View ArticleWe Are R.A. (And The Precedent We Set)
The name “R.A. Dickey” has become to us Mets fans what “Maria” was to Tony in West Side Story. Say it loud and there’s music playing Say it soft and it’s almost like praying Now, with the 2012 Cy Young...
View ArticleGood News (in These Parts)
The Germans have their specialties: awesome board games, unhealthy food that repeats on you, whistle-worthy luxury cars, the occasional bid to cover the world in darkness. They’re also known for long,...
View ArticleThe Devil & Angel on Sandy’s Call
“Sandy, everybody’s on. Go ahead.” “Thanks Paul. Devil, you there?” “Here, Sandy.” “Great. Angel?” “Here.” “Good. Thanks for coming on the call, guys. As Paul told you, we’re exploring all our options...
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