It Ain't Easy Being Us
mikesmets.com 4/24/2009 — I received a text from one of my sons in the 7th inning of Thursday night's game that said, "I wish I wasn't a Mets fan". I answered the only way I possibly could. I simply typed the words "I'm sorry" and hit send. And then it occurred to me, while I ...

Book Excerpts That Don'T Suck: Faith And Fear In Flushing [Book Excerpt]
deadspin.com 4/7/2009 — Sigh. Here we go. " Faith And Fear In Flushing: An Intense Personal History Of The New York Mets " is not a book I'd promote on this site unless it was really, really good. I consider that the best possible endorsement of Greg W. Prince's book I ...

Autograph This!
metstradamus.blogspot.com 4/21/2009 — But wait! You have the Mets all wrong! If the Mets were to clean off Dwight Gooden's autograph, it would have been done with Mets history in mind: by Bret Saberhagen with a bottle of bleach. This whole Doc Gooden autograph flap is three parts ...

A Guide to Mets Blogs
metsgeek.com 2/24/2009 — There are dozens of Mets blogs and new ones pop up seemingly every week. They all provide unique perspective and vary in focus, whether it’s news reporting, opinion, statistical analysis, or general ranting about the status of the Mets. In no ...

The Key Carlos
theballclub.blogspot.com 3/18/2009 — This is #5 of 5 Key Mets Players for the 2009 season. At the outset, saying that the expectations for Carlos Delgado's output in 2008 were questionable at best was an understatement. Following his miserable 2007 season , in which he was puzzlingly inconsistent, nobody knew what to expect from ...

Read: Q&A with Greg Prince
metsblog.com 5/10/2009 — I recently had the chance to speak with Greg Prince of the blog Faith and Fear in Flushing about his new book which is appropriately titled, Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History . This is truly a book for the fan by a fan, which ...

The Best Triples I Know
metswalkoffs.com 5/6/2009 — It figures that we're going to need to know a lot about triples this year. So I figured I'd "knowledge-up" and share my findings in this space. The format is similar to the " Best Games I Know " blog posts, which require the Mets to win the game ...

Dangerous Game
theballclub.blogspot.com 5/26/2009 — The Mets went 5-5 on their last Road Trip, something that most fans seem to consider a hearty accomplishment considering all the injuries they've been experiencing. This is, perhaps. true, but if you consider that had the Mets hit at all after their 3rd game in San Francisco, they likely could ...

Planning Ahead For A New York Mets Game Could Cost You
metspolice.com 5/28/2009 — Here's another great guest post from Carlo Thinking About Planning Ahead for a Mets Game? It Could Wind Up Costing You. As soon as you log onto the tickets section of the Mets website, the team is urging you to plan ahead and purchase your tickets early for the inaugural season at ...

Another Wasn't Supposed To
theballclub.blogspot.com 5/5/2009 — If the Mets played like they did last night in Atlanta a little more often , maybe we wouldn't be in this mess. That statement can be taken two ways, and both are correct. 1) If the Mets played like this every time they played in Atlanta, that is, to fall behind the Braves like they usually ...

Positive step for Maine as Mets roll — Major League Baseball News 4/1/2009
John Maine showed much improvement in his final spring tuneup, Daniel Murphy and David Wright each knocked in two and the Mets beat the Marlins on Tuesday, 9-2.

Sanchez solid, but Marlins fall to Mets — Major League Baseball News 4/1/2009
Anibal Sanchez gave up three runs, one earned, in six innings, and Cody Ross had two hits, a run and an RBI, but the Marlins fell to the Mets on Tuesday, 9-2.

No choke: SI predicts '09 crown in Queens — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 4/1/2009
CC Sabathia, not the Mets, dominates Sports Illustrated's cover this week. So perhaps it's not a full-scale jinx. Still, the magazine has predicted the Mets to win the 2009 World Series over the Angels.

Green loses that number (48), the same one Heilman wore — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 4/1/2009
Reliever Sean Green was assigned No. 48 by the Mets after arriving in a trade from the Mariners, since his former No. 54 was already worn by bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello.

New York Mets Ready To Open Season and New Stadium — Bleacher Report - MLB 4/1/2009
The New York Mets are ready to come back to New York for the final spring training games. The games will be held at the new digs for the Mets, Citi Field, and will be against the Boston Red Sox. The Mets and Red Sox will play two games starting ...