Paul Festa

Author's details

Date registered: 7/28/2011-3:16am
URL: http://www.twitter.com/pauljfesta

Biography

Paul is a freelance writer, blogger, and broadcast technology professional residing in Denver. A New Jersey native, he is a long-suffering Mets fan, a recently-happy Giants fan, and bewildered Islanders fan. He's also a fair-weather Avalanche and Rockies supporter. In his spare time, he enjoys the three Gs: Golf, Guitars, and Games.

Latest posts

  1. One Year From Now… — 11/8/2012-7:00am
  2. Player Projection Wrap-Up: The Pitchers — 10/9/2012-7:17pm
  3. Player Projection Wrap-Up: The Lineup — 10/5/2012-12:24pm
  4. Cy Young Watch: 2012-10-03 — 10/3/2012-1:38pm
  5. Post Game: Number 20 for R.A. Dickey — 9/27/2012-4:17pm

Most commented posts

  1. Player Projections: Mike Pelfrey — 153 comments
  2. Post Game: Pirates Scuttle Mets — 141 comments
  3. Player Projections: R.A. Dickey — 69 comments
  4. Mets: The Hangover — 59 comments
  5. Player Projections: Andres Torres — 57 comments

Author's posts listings

Jun 22

Mets Links: A-Rod the Mets Fan

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Paulfesta

by Paul Festa

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Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York writes a column today about how a 13 year-old Alex Rodriguez, now the Yankees’ third baseman, idolized none other than Keith Hernandez when Mex was a Met. Of course, A-Rod almost became a Met prior to the 2001 season, but he and agent Scott Boras scared then-GM Steve Phillips …

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5 comments

Jun 19

An Open Apology to R.A. Dickey

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Mets, Paulfesta

by Paul Festa

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I recently went through some posts on my old blog,”Mets Fan in Texas/Rocky Mountain Mets” (depended on where I lived at the time), and I came across a post that kind of suprised me.  I wrote it following a disastrous series against the Seattle Mariners at Shea in 2008.  You know the one – Felix …

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10 comments

Jun 14

Post Game: Mets Hold Off Rays, Finish Sweep

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Mets, Paulfesta, Post Game Wrap, Real Dirty Mets Blog

by Paul Festa

Bay HR

The Mets survived a ninth-inning scare and outslugged the Tampa Bay Rays by a score of 9-6 (Box Score), completing a 3-game sweep of the AL East powerhouse in St. Pete. With an 8-4 lead, Bobby Parnell pitched a 1-2-3 seventh, and Tim Byrdak followed with a perfect eighth.  The Mets went ahead, 9-4, on an Ike Davis RBI …

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15 comments

Jun 10

Post Game: Yanks Finish off Sweep of Mets

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Mets, Paulfesta, Post Game Wrap

by Paul Festa

Jonathan Niese took a step forward in 2012.

Bad defense and a lack of timely hitting doomed the Mets to a 5-4 walk-off loss to the Yankees (BoxScore).  The Yankees completed their 3-game sweep of the punchless Mets in the Bronx.  The Mets have now lost 6 of their last 7, and are now looking more like the last-place team everyone thought they would …

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39 comments

Jun 08

An Ode to R.A. Dickey

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Paulfesta, Real Dirty Mets Blog

by Paul Festa

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R.A. Dickey has been pitching so well, he’s been worthy of all kinds of unqualified praise.  So much so, that he inspired me to write a poem…an ode…an Ode to R.A. Dickey: Robert Allen Dickey is your given name But as R.A., you rose to fame   As a youth, you invited a fight But …

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4 comments

Jun 07

Post Game: R.A. Really Awesome in D.C.

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Mets, Paulfesta, Post Game Wrap, Real Dirty Mets Blog

by Paul Festa

Dickey

  The Mets salvaged the final game of the 3-game series in Washington, D.C., beating the Nationals by a score of 3-1 (Box Score) Dominant Dickey R.A. Dickey (W, 9-1) continued to pitch the best baseball of his life, as he tossed 7.1 innings, allowing no runs on 4 hits, striking out 8 and walking …

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29 comments

Jun 04

First Place

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Mets, Paulfesta

by Paul Festa

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It’s June 4, 2012, and the Mets are tied for first place. Before the season, Sports Illustrated predicted the Mets would win 75 games.  That’s what most of us Mets fans figured they’d win.  Michael Kay, the Yankees play-by-play man and WFAN ESPN Radio blowhard reckoned the Mets would win 50 games this year. Well, here …

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27 comments

Jun 01

Johan Santana – The Chosen One

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Mets, Paulfesta

by Paul Festa

Johan no hitter

50 years.  8,019 games.  No no-hitters. Until tonight. Johan Santana and his rebuilt shoulder threw 134 pitches.  Terry Collins had made it clear that Santana’s limit was 110 pitches, maybe 115.  But when you are the New York Mets.  And you’ve never thrown a no-hitter in 50 years.  And you have a no-hitter in progress …

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12 comments

Jun 01

It’s Hard to Not Get Excited about Wheeler

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Mets, Paulfesta

by Paul Festa

Wheeler has lived up to his billing this year

I try not to get too excited about prospects, especially those playing below AAA, but I’m having trouble suppressing my giddiness over Zack Wheeler. Wheeler reeled off 7 innings of 3-hit ball last night against Reading, walking none and striking out 8.  He threw an efficient 90 pitches, 68 of them for strikes. This season for the AA Binghamton …

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20 comments

May 24

Rusty Staub Talks to Bloggers

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Mets, Paulfesta, Real Dirty Mets Blog, Rusty

by Paul Festa

Bobblehead Rusty

In honor of his bobblehead day on May 26th, the Mets Media Relations department was kind enough to hold a conference call between the great Rusty Staub and several Mets bloggers.  Rusty was very nice and accomodating.  A range of subjects was covered, from his career, to today’s players, to grilling tips. Here’s a sampling: …

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