This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty 10-25-09
feedproxy.google.com 10/25/2009 — Good morning to all my fellow Mets fans out there. Unfortunately I have sad news to report. According to the NJ.com website, Eighteen year old Mets minor league pitcher, Rafael Castro, collapsed and died Friday night at the Mets minor league complex in Caraboo, Venezuela. Castro. A native of ...

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty : The None Of The Above Edition 10-28-09
nleastchatter.com 28 days ago — This goes out to all the Mets fans that would rather have root canal without anesthesia than root for either of the two arrogant and obnoxious teams that have made it to the world series. Get off your knees ! Get to your feet and unbow your head! Nobody will live life for you! Or you will ...

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 ...

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty 10-13-09
nleastchatter.com 10/13/2009 — I had a dream - more of a nightmare during the first week of this season. In this dream I was sitting in the stands of a ubiquitous stadium with with fans of two teams that I couldn’t discern . Whenever I asked a fellow spectator what was going on the person would say “ the bleeps ...

Who Can It Be Now?
faithandfear.blogharbor.com 10/17/2009 — Pedro Martinez mowed down his opponent. Then the Dodgers picked apart Chase Utley and the Phillies' bullpen. There was the added bonus of learning Kobe Bryant grew up a Mets fan and seeing that somewhere in this world it's still summer. Game Two of the NLCS unfolded beautifully for my purposes, ...

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty 11-04-09
nleastchatter.com 21 days ago — Good Morning my fellow Mets fans . As we all know this has a been a very painful post season - Hey whenever your two biggest enemies make it to the final round of the post season it can make ones life a extremely difficult . But I have been keeping myself very occupied - with such shows as the ...

No matter who they face; Don’t you DARE root for Philly!
metsmerizedonline.com 10/13/2009 — Back in August I posted here that the NY Mets should look to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as their blueprint for future success in building a franchise. (Shameless Plug: http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/08/angels-should-be-the-mets-blueprint.html ) While I am still largely on my Los ...

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty 10-12-09
feedproxy.google.com 10/12/2009 — This is the price we gotta play / and all the games we gotta play/ It makes me wonder if it’s even worth to carry on. “ The Price ” by Twisted Sister Yes my fellow Mets fans this is the price we have to pay by not reaching the post season! We have sit around meekly as ...

First Do No Harm
nleastchatter.com 10/7/2009 — I smell a repeat of this debacle. Earlier this week, I argued the Mets should essentially stand pat for 2010, let the injured heal, the young mature and everyone jell, and let’s see what happens before we dive into the trade or free agent pool. Aside from my previous arguments about ...

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty 10-22-09
nleastchatter.com 10/22/2009 — “ I guess I have just entered the sixth circle of Hell ! “ That’s the first thing that came to mind when I woke up this morning and turned on the television only to find to my grand ambivalence that the Philadelphia Philthies had clinched the NLCS Crown , bringing them one ...

Walk in the park: Dodgers rally on Happ's walk — Examiner Sports 10/17/2009
Keeping the Dodgers down through seven innings is no guarantee of a victory. Philadelphia found that out the hard way. Pedro Martinez allowed just two hits over seven shutout innings for the Phillies, but once he left, the Dodgers staged their latest ...

Manuel says Martinez was 'done' after seventh — NY Post: Sports 10/17/2009
LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Manuel defended his decision to lift Pedro Martinez after seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball and just 87 pitches yesterday. The move immediately backfired on the Phillies manager as Chase Utley's throwing error and a ba...

Tough luck, Pedro — NY Post: Sports 10/17/2009
LOS ANGELES -- Pedro Martinez should pursue charges, because what his second baseman and bullpen did here yesterday was downright criminal. A seven-inning masterpiece by Martinez was tossed out the window by his Phillies teammates as Chase Utley's...

Lefty vs. lefty, but Phillies J.A. Happ still walks Andre Ethier — L.A. Times - Baseball News 10/17/2009
Despite hitting a pitiful .194 against left-handers, the Dodgers right fielder works the count with the bases loaded, allowing Russell Martin to score the winning run. >  ...

Dodgers Victory Lucky? Or a Great Manager? — Bleacher Report - MLB 10/17/2009
Now a 2-1 win is a 2-1 win, and I am sure Joe Torre and the Dodgers will gladly take this sure loss and head to Philly with a split. What perplexes me though is the way managers continue to take 162 games worth of coaching and strategy and throw ...