nybaseballdigest.com - 10/15/2009
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Robert Kennedy ran an admirable campaign for the presidency in 1968. He famously said:
“There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why…I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?”
But this is no way to run a baseball team. So ...
Could Matsui and Mets be a match?
newsday.com 10/10/2009 — October 9, 2009 By DAVID LENNON david.lennon@newsday.com Could there be a Godzilla sighting in Flushing next year? With Hideki Matsui telling friends he'd like to remain in New York above all else, as well as return to leftfield, it would be logical ...
Rooting for the Yankees
nleastchatter.com 29 days ago —
Mets fans’ heads are exploding now that the Yankees and Phillies have pounded their way into the World Series. I, however, won’t have trouble deciding who to root for:
The Yankees.
A few weeks ago I expressed the same intention and was dubbed the anti-Christ by one ...
End The False Rivalry
metsmerizedonline.com 19 days ago — This year marked the end of my rivalry with “true” Yankees fans. Personally, I know there are many Mets fans that simply cannot accept another Yankees World Series Championship, but I can. This year, the NY Yankees defeated the NY Mets division rival in the World Series, yet so many Mets fans ...
You Never Forget Your First
faithandfear.blogharbor.com 10/16/2009 — Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End , a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin' or not, here it ...
Could Matsui stay in New York?
riveraveblues.com 10/11/2009 — But with the Mets? Some guy with the same name as me at MLBTR passed along this report from Newsday, where David Lennon speculates that Yanks’ DH Hideki Matsui could wind up in Flushing with the Amazin’s next year. Allow me to quote:
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My Take on the Nightmare World Series
mostlymets.golddave.com 30 days ago — When the Yankees beat the Angels last night it set up a World Series that is a nightmare for most Mets fans: a Yankees/Phillies World Series. And it also begs the question of which team Mets fans will be rooting for. My answer? The Yankees.
Being a Mets fan and a fan of [...]
The Most Beautiful Failure
theballclub.blogspot.com 10/19/2009 — October 19th, a rather unassuming day as it might seem, is a rather cathartic day for most Mets fans, at least those who remember some of the more memorable games that this team has played on October 19th. On October 19th, 1986, the Mets played the Red Sox in Game 2 of the World Series. The ...
Seriously Mets Fans? You're Rooting for the Phillies?
noyoureatowel.net 30 days ago — So you're crosstown rival--who you play 6 times a year and don't affect if you go to the playoffs or not--is playing your division rival (who you play 17 times a year and have kept you out of the playoffs the past few years in an embarrassing way) in the World Series. So who do you root for? It ...
Read Comments On Uniform Unanimity
metspolice.com 10/18/2009 — Got a bigger reaction than I expected when I brought up how Yankees fans know what to wear to games because there aren't 50 variations. Any time I say anything nice about the Bronx it distracts people...perhaps I should have used the Cardinals as an example. Regardless, a good ...
New York Mets: Anatomy of a Franchise – Part 3, 1969 “Amazin”
sportsthenandnow.com 10/15/2009 — The 1969 New York Mets captivated a city and a nation.
What the New York Mets achieved in 1969 was truly amazing and the world witnessed not only man’s first steps on the moon but equally remarkable, the first World Championship by a National League team in New York in 14 years.
I ...
Rainy Day Blues —
Blogging the Bombers - NY Daily News Blogs 10/15/2009
Greetings from Workout Day 2 (for the Yankees), also known as the official workout day of the ALCS. Angels are due in later, Yanks are working out now in the cages indoors because of the rain. The weather, obviously, is going to be a big deal in this ...
Scioscia splits aces to face Yankees —
NY Post: Sports 10/15/2009
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mike Scioscia knows it takes a lefty to be successful at Yankee Stadium. To that end, Joe Saunders will start Game 2 of the ALCS for the Angels.
Scioscia is counting on Saunders' power sinker to keep the ball in the blastoff bal...
Billy Martin's Great 1953 World Series —
Bleacher Report - MLB 10/15/2009
Billy Martin picked up where he had left off the year before.
In the seventh inning of the seventh game of the 1952 World Series, Martin had made a spectacular catch of a wind-blown Jackie Robinson pop-up with the bases loaded and two outs to save ...
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