Fan Report: Celebrating the Fourth in Style

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 Fan Report: Celebrating the Fourth in Style
This evening's fan report comes to us from loyal reader and great commenter Jay of thewaywarddream.com . I can't think of a better way to spend the Fourth of July than at a ballgame in the nation's birthplace... so that's exactly what we did. With my Mets fan brother Kevin in tow, we braved the traffic and other Mets fans to show up for batting practice, he in his David Wright jersey ... [link]

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Maybe This Weight Was A Gift...
Published 7/7/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Mets2Moon) at The Ballclub
... an awful lot like the complaints of Mets fans, where we have good starting pitching, a shaky bullpen, and an underperforming lineup that boasts some of the worst situational hitters in Baseball. The real attraction when these two teams meet, however, is the fabled warring factions. Although I didn't see any major fistfights breaking out in the stands, it's always interesting to hop over to The 700 Level and see what the good folks there have to say. Mmhmm, Example A, Example B, Example C. Nope, no surprises here. What was surprising was the result of ...

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