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BUD SELIG, THE ENABLER: His Close Friendship with Fred Wilpon Has Damaged the...
Bud Selig makes his “Home Alone” face, but continues to stand behind his BFF — to the detriment of the team, the city, and the sport. - Jimmy: We’ve been blogging for almost a year and the money is...
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NEWS & VIEWS: Tejeda, Travis Takes a Beating, Reverse Standings, and Talking...
A fitting end to a sad season for the Mets shortstop. Jimmy: Tough way for Ruben to end a miserable season. That’s what I call a bad break. Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Get it? Sometimes these jokes write themselves....
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Trading Places: The Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Mets
Mike: One of the feel good stories in baseball has been the Pittsburgh Pirates, who returned to the playoffs Tuesday for the first time since 1992. As I watched both the Pirates and Mets seasons unfold...
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Has Sandy Alderson Become Irrelevant?
Jimmy: Bill James was a revelation for Sandy Alderson, back in the early 80’s. He was one of the first insiders to really take James’s theories to heart. Actually, “insider” is not the right...
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Bullpen Explosions, Injured Outfielders, the Signals on Syndergaard, and More
Well, four games this weekend at Coors Field, and the Mets finally won on Sunday to avoid being swept. Right after the win Sunday I saw a tweet that summed up what I was feeling. Good news: Mets win...
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Some Quick Thoughts: Dumb and Dumber, Insanity at Shortstop, Wheeler...
A few random thoughts today, as our series with the Dodgers, the team that Bud Selig allowed to be free, continues: – Speaking of free, somewhere between 3:00 and 5:00 on Friday my Twitter timeline...
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The Mets Are a Franchise Heading Nowhere, Full Steam Ahead
Dave Hudgens, former hitting coach. “I am not a hitting coach” – Sandy Alderson, after firing Dave Hudgens As I mentioned yesterday, I went to the game, and sadly the game was just one more example of...
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Remembering the Good Times With Sandy Alderson
The long weekend continues, and while Jimmy and I continue to get a little R&R, the Mets big quest for 90 wins dissipated. Sandy Alderson has tried to backtrack and spin away from the 90 win thing...
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The Wilpon Family Holds the New York Mets Hostage
Since Bernie Madoff drained the Wilpon family of their ability to properly fund the operation of the team, the New York Mets have limped along, with no end in sight to their issues. Despite this, the...
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An Enjoyable Baseball September
When I celebrated July 9, 1969, this year I brought up the fact that until that day there had always been two kinds of baseball for Mets fans. “Growing up in the early 60s left me following two types...
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