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LOW END OR HIGH END WHERE DO THE SKILL SETS GO SHOPPING?
I am pressed for time this morning as I have to leave work early and next week is a very short work week for me (just two days!!!!!) so I have ton of work to finish. But last night we had a great show on PRO BASEBALL CENTRAL that lasted 2 hours. The first part of the show we ...
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TONIGHT AT 9PM ET IT’S PRO BASEBALL CENTRAL: METS HOT STOVE EDITION
kranepoolsociety.com — Tonight at 9PM ET we are back with a Hot Stove Edition of PRO BASEBALL CENTRAL on Blogtalk Radio. Joe McDonald and I will be joined by Rich Coutinho of ESPN1050 , Rich Mancuso of NY SPORTSDAY and Eric Simon of Amazin’ Avenue . We will ... (more) TONIGHT AT 9PM ET IT’S PRO BASEBALL CENTRAL: METS HOT ...
WELCOME BACK WALLY
WELCOME BACK WALLY
kranepoolsociety.com — How would you like to be Jerry Manuel today? First the Mets bring back Wally Backman to the Mets family as manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones and then they announce that Tim Tuffel will run the Bingo Mets. Then it’s announced that Dave Jauss will be ... (more) WELCOME BACK WALLY
THERE ARE 37 DAYS OR A CASEY STENGEL UNTIL CHRISTMAS
Over at More Hardball they are counting the days until Christmas by using the players with uni numbers coresponding to the day. So today the 37th day until the baby Jesus birthday and the day he entered the retail market (”JESUS AND JOB THEIR PRICES ARE HEAVENLY” ASK ABOUT OUR ...
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IF I HAD TO PAY A FINE FOR EVERY TIME I GAVE SOMEONE THE FINGER…..
I’d be fucking destitute. Kudos to my new favorite sports team owner the Titans Bud Adams who flipped off Buffalo Bills fans this past Sunday and the NFL hit him with a $250K fine. Now that’s my kind of owner!!!!! Thanks to Stone Cold Steve Austin for the great pose. I’d ...
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THE FRANCHISE TURNS 65
Happy Brithday to the greatest player ever to wear a Mets uniform. Tom Seaver turns 65 years old today.
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CAN WE GET SOME SERVICE OVER HERE??????
All this talk about Matt Holiday, Jason Bay, Curtis Granderson and Brandon Philips has me totally baffled. You could bring in all four of these guys in and it still doesn’t solve the Mets biggest off season problem PITCHING!!!!! Of course the Mets need help in the corners of 1 ...
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REMEMBERING WHEN THE DOCTOR WAS IN
Wayne Coffey in today’s Daily News has a great two page story on Dwight Gooden and his road back into baseball and leading a life free of drugs and alcohol. Coffey zones in on Doc’ 1985 season which is one of the greatest pitching season in baseball history. I love that Coffey mentions that ...
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CAREFULL I’VE MADE A MESS IN HERE
I am one lazy fuck today so here is one lazy fucking post be careful I’m all over the place today: It’s what, a week into the baseball off-season? and the bullshit rumors are as high as Randy Johnson’ eye but this much is true, Omar is under orders to get rid of Luis ...
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SHAKEDOWN ON 126TH AND ROOSEVELT AVE
So the Skill Sets have sent out invoices to their loyal season ticket holders and some of these customers it seemed got bigger decreases in the invoice than others. If you’re a fat cat who buys tickets in the Metropolitan section you get a bigger break than the guy who buys tickets in ...
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WE SALUTE OUR VETERANS
Take time out today and reach out to any veterans you know and thank them for their service to our country. To all the military vets, thank you for your service and your commitment to freedom.
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JEFFEY AND OMAR TAKE OUT YOUR BLOCKEBUSTER CARD AND START DEALING
On the great website MLBTR , I saw this post this morning they had a link that was music to my ears: REDS TO CUT PAYROLL, BIG NAMES COULD BE DELT Now I am on record as having advocated trading with Cincy for Aaron Harang and Bronson Arroyo and with the Reds looking to move ...
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LOOKING TO HOOK UP FOR A THREE-SOME ? CALL OMAR @718 507-6387
Who knew Omar Minaya was a fan of Gossip Girl ? Reports say (and get ready to hear all kinds of bullshit moves bandied about from the MSM as they justify why they are sitting in a hotel airport in Chicago for the next few days ) that the Mets will move Luis Castillo to the Cubs, for ...
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HOLIDAY ? IT WOULD BE SO NICE!
Tim Dierkes of MLBTrade Rumors has a post of the predicted whereabouts the top 50 Free Agents will land. His number one rank Free Agent is Matt Holliday has he sees the Mets making a big time signing here by going 5 to 6 yrs and over $100mil to land the coveted LF’er. This is in contrast with ...
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LET’S GO SHOPPING FOR STARTING PITCHING
So let’s see how we can reconstruct the NY Mets to make them a contender in 2010. We all know wear the major work needs to be done starting pitching, left field, catcher, and fortifying the bullpen so today I want to look at candidates for the starting rotation. As far as I’m concerned there ...
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I AM A METS FAN AND I AM DAMN PROUD OF IT
I AM A METS FAN AND I AM DAMN PROUD OF IT
kranepoolsociety.com — Well, thank God that’s over. Because I work in Lower Manhattan, I had no choice but to suffer through that awful parade yesterday. I had thought about taking the day off and not subject myself to the pageantry of douchebags that would be on ... (more) I AM A METS FAN AND I AM DAMN PROUD OF IT
STAY STRONG METS FANS, STAY STRONG!
STAY STRONG METS FANS, STAY STRONG!
kranepoolsociety.com — Loads of Highlander bandwagaoniers on the ferry and subway this morning. Lots of neighbors who I see in passing {Sidebar: one of the biggest differences between living on Staten Island from living in Brooklyn is Brooklynites are much more ... (more) STAY STRONG METS FANS, STAY STRONG!
THE 2010 BILL JAMES HANDBOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE
Now that we amateur GM’s are ready to get down to business fortifying the Mets roster for 2010, the one item that is marked ESSENTIAL is The Bill James Handbook for 2010 (published by ACTA Sports ). The Handbook is loaded with stats and leader boards that you would hope the front ...
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I’M ESTATIC THAT CHAD GAUDIN FINALLY GETS HIS WORLD SERIES RING
I guess I should be gracious and congratulated the Highlanders on not only winning the World Series but finally putting an end to this miserable baseball season, and thankful they ended before the season’s first snowfall. For all of my fellow Mets fans who wanted Pedro Martinez ...
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CHECK OUT JOHN DELCOS LIVE BLOGGING TONIGHT OF GAME 6
Over at John Delcos’ blog he will be conducting live blogging of Game 6 of the World Series tonight . Also check out his post on how Game 6 of the World Series are usually memorable.
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