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Kids Loved It!
Apparently, the children were very excited when the Macy's Parade featured a new balloon: It made the kids want to hide in the attic.
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Chip Caray and TBS Part Ways
Richard Sandomir writes in the NY Times , Chip Caray’s tenure as TBS’s lead major league baseball announcer ended Monday when he and the cable network agreed to part ways. Caray’s high-volume style was mixed with a penchant for bad play calls, embellishments and factual errors. His best known ...
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The Home-Town Critic
"According to FoxSports.com , the Mets are close to re-signing RHP Elmer Dessens." -Some homeless guy's Christmas wish is coming true: Dessens back in Queens! "According to the New York Post , Ike Davis’s dad, former Major League 1B Ron Davis, believes his son will play 10 to 15 years in ...
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Jerry Jeterfeld
There is a new #2 in New York... Hellloooo, Jerry!
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Elf'ilicious (Video)
Elf Yourself elves take over Union Square in New York with a dancing flash mob. This is becoming a hot move throughout the world; spontaneous group dancing on public streets. ImprovEverywhere is known for it, as well as Nefesh B'Nefesh in Israel.
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Mike'd Up, Up, and Away! (Video)
Tirico Suave reports, In his never-ending quest to deport Jets QB Mark Sanchez, Big Mikey Francesa tried to persuade the Jets into benching him. He used Troy Aikman as an example, explaining that Jimmy Johnson benched his star rookie quarterback after struggling. There was only one problem: ...
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Hotel Fire Alarm Gives Wake-Up Call To Jets
Apparently, it didn't do good enough of a job. Chris Chase writes: In the first half of a big divisional game against the New England Patriots, the New York Jets came out sluggish, getting outscored by 17 points and converting just two first downs over the first 30 minutes. Maybe it's because ...
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First Lady's First Picture
Search for Michelle Obama’s name via Google’s image search and you’ll likely find an image that has been characterized as a racist caricature of the first lady of the US in the top results: For more on this, check out the original source .
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Money Gain on 'Oh, The Pain!'
A Black-Friday special: Excerpts from the book include, "Spring Training is like non-alcoholic beer" and "I'm not into the whole twitter thing." Props to JohnInga .
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Marriage Kid-vice
Recently, kids were asked to give advice on the topic of marriage: How do you decide who to marry? You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. -- Alan, age 10 No ...
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You're Not The Boss Of Me Now
I salute you, Dilbert.
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Blog Update
We will be writing about (way cool) things, other than the Mets, in the near future. Don't worry... We still will cover those Mets like a warm blanket!
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Celebration 2006: Lastings Milledge
Milledge's first drink... ...was probably also his last.
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What Was That Award?
The Onion is reporting: A number of players suggested to reporters Monday that, with accolades such as the AL Platinum Baseman Award and the Best Lead Off of the Year Trophy, the Baseball Writers' Association of America was almost certainly making up its year-end honors on the spot. "When ...
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SNY = So Not YES
So, apparently, 3 losing seasons won't toughen some men up... Didn't think I hit ya that hard, Burk-soft.
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The ____ Bridge
I originally posted this blog post in May of 2009. The Mets finally named the bridge in the month of November 2009. Why do I bring it up now? I refer you to the 2nd comment on the bottom of this post. It needs a name. Many of the fans who have been out to Citi Field have walked on it; the ...
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A Walk In The Park
A friend, Skeptic Al , recently showed me around Citi Field being that he has it "in" with the corporate fellows in the Mets new Home of Amazin. The place is huge! But what made the day most memorable was that towards the end of the tour, we noticed an office door with a nameplate along side it. ...
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If the Mets played basketball...
NBA Blogger, J.E. Skeets , writes, Funny moment from Saturday's marquee Anti-NBA Finals game: 0.5 seconds left in the first quarter. New York Knicks inbound the ball to guard Nate Robinson(notes). The New York guard, for whatever reason, turns and purposely heaves a 30-foot shot at the wrong ...
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3-Peat
As a fellow, Fonz , said on Twitter, "I'm a Mets fan, but I still thought this was funny. Ditto, Fonzy.
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Hey, Man! (Part 2)
Hey, Man! is our very special off-season series that will outline how exactly Jon Heyman behaves rudely, illogically and in today's case, like a tool. Rich Lederer writes for BaseballAnalysts.com , "Just a puppet on a lonely string Oh who would ever want to be king?" - Coldplay, Viva La Vida ...
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