Nov 25
Although Terry Collins wasn’t elected Mets manager, like a newly-elected president he is the Mets manager, whether or not you “voted” for him or not, like it or not. And like a newly-elected president, as patriotic Met fans, we either back him or stop being Met fans. A couple of dozen season ticket holders, including …
Oct 06
Who do I want the Mets to be their next GM? Dunno. To paraphrase Butterfly McQueen, I don’t know nothin’ about birthin’ GMs. Who should the new Met GM hire as manager? On that I have some definite ideas. First off, no Bobby Valentine. Remarrying your old spouse is rarely a good idea. I liked …
Oct 04
As the dark clouds crowded over chilly CitiField, the 2010 Mets season came to an appropriately dreary 14-inning end yesterday. With the added financial disaster of being a season ticket holder with no market for unused or second-seat tickets, I’m as, if not more so, disappointed by how the Mets finished this season as anyone. …
Sep 20
One silver lining of the last two dismal Mets’ seasons has been the forced youth movement; a team chasing a playoff spot would never have committed to fielding a team as young and inexperienced as the Mets have the last few weeks. Optimism about the Mets eventual re-rise to prominence may be found in a …
Jul 18
It’s been widely reported that the Mets are in line to host the 2013 All-Star Game, one of my motivations for splurging on season tickets. I’ve attended three All-Star affairs, the 1985 game in Minneapolis, the 2004 game in Houston (where I saw David Wright go 1-3 in the Future’s Game and sat behind and …
Jul 15
After wallowing in George Steinbrenner nostalgia the last 48 hours (and I must admit after hearing about all of George’s heretofore unpublicized charitable largesse I am inclined to think more kindly of him than I had previously), I found myself disturbed by the insistence of talking haircuts not even born when Steinbrenner bought the Yankees …
Jul 14
As a long-suffering every-silver-lining-has-a-cloud kind of Mets fan, this past weekend seemed depressingly familiar – Mets and Braves battling for first place, and the Mets losing two of three. Do the Mets have enough to make the playoffs or even win the division? I’ve identified five keys to the second half, each with its potential …
Jan 18
You often get the feeling that players aren’t as passionate about the same things as Joe Fan is. But it turns out, the Mets (at least some of them) hate the Phillies as much as fans do. Personally, I don’t hate the Phillies like I used to hate the Braves. My “hatred” is more jealousy …
Dec 06
Mets management is reaching out to its core constituency more aggressively than I can remember in the quarter century I’ve been a season ticket holder. Last week, I was among one of the first groups invited to a season ticket holder Behind the Scenes Tour, and I thought I’d give you a photographic representation of …
Nov 20
Now that the kerfluffle over who to root for in the World Series has (hopefully) subsided and we have entered the cabin fever-inducing “who to sign/trade/trade for” hot stove kerfuffle, I’ve had a chance to ponder the vehemence over my and everyone else’s post-season rooting interests. Forgive me as I briefly wax philosophic. My rooting rumination …
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