Monthly Archives: April 2009

I finally got a chance earlier today to see Santana's handshake run from yesterdays game, which you can see on Metsblog here. At first, it was really funny. He has a unique, complex handshake for every player on the Mets. … Continue reading →

With the first game of the season comes the first off day of the season. It is funny in a very non-humorous way that we wait so long for opening day only to have it followed by an off day. … Continue reading →

The Mets won the first game of season today, bringing their opening day winning streak up to four games (2006, 2007, 2008, and now 2009, remember 2005 when we started 0-5, not fun). The real story today was originally going … Continue reading →

The first game of the season! The Mets will hopefully taking on the Reds today, the hopefully there because the weather might have another idea. It is going to be cold, wet, nasty, possibly icy, and maybe even snowy today … Continue reading →

It is time for the annual opening day article. Yes its a bit cliche but it is so necessary. Tonight everyone has the same record. Mathematically everyone has the same shot of making the playoffs. Hope Springs Eternal. Optimism right … Continue reading →

Just for fun, I decided to try to predict all of the Opening Day games from tonight through Tuesday (15 games). The one thing every team has in common right now is they all have the same record of 0-0, … Continue reading →

This journey is now over. 36 games ago we started looking at stats and started to see who will play what and last night it all ended with the last exhibition game of the season, and a trip to see … Continue reading →

Today I went to Nationals Park to see the Nationals take on the Orioles for an exhibition game, the last one of the Spring for both teams. As always, I have plenty of stories from the game because if you … Continue reading →

Here are some statistical achievements and even numbers some Mets players could pass this year (In no Particular Order): Sheffield 500 HRCastillo 1500 GDelgado 1500 RBIBeltran 1000 RBIReyes 1000 HDelgado 500 2BDelgado 500 HRWright 200 2BWright 500 RBIWright 100 SBReyes … Continue reading →

The Mets opened up Citi with a win last night and it was my first time seeing the Mets new home…on the computer of course (I have looked at my schedule and the first time this season I think I … Continue reading →