Following a full year and most of a second offseason on the job, I think I have detected a bias to Omar Minaya's player procurement. It's not about where you're from — it's about how far you've come, how much farther you're likely to go and how much you're due.

We've seen the man has no [...]

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If you were kind enough to post a link or a save a bookmark to Faith and Fear in Flushing before December 2005, chances are you have an outdated URL that won't get you here. Two months ago, our blog host compelled us to change addresses [...]

It's dangerous to attempt to piece together a 25-man roster even at this late stage of the winter, but I'm going to give it a try.

The catcher will be a Metropolitan-American.

Around the infield we'll see four Metropolitan-Americans.

Each of the three outfield spots will be occupied by a Metropolitan-American.

The bench? All Metropolitan-Americans.

Five Metropolitan-Americans will fill out [...]

One more curtain call for Mike Piazza! He signed with the Padres. Last week's rumors about him and the Skanks proved hollow. For that alone, he rates a standing ovation.

One now, two later. He's scheduled to compete against us in seven separate games, four in April in San Diego, three in August at Shea. I [...]

Spring is in the air!

Is it the weather? No, not really — New York's been experiencing the kind of weather one would normally expect to find in a videogame this winter, making such judgments utterly unreliable. (It was 49 degrees today, which pretty much ensures it'll be 29 tomorrow.)

Is it that the Super Bowl [...]

It's not for the reason (make that word plural if you're feeling dirty-minded) you might think. But before we get to Anna, some other business.

My own overreaction will come if they trade Lastings Milledge for Barry Zito. I know prospects turn into suspects all the time, but I'd like to see us take a page [...]

I turned on WFAN this afternoon and learned that the Mets had traded Kris Benson to the Orioles for Jorge Julio and John Maine.

Then I turned off WFAN and switched to WTF?

What the fudge is Omar doing now? Why are we trading a reasonably reliable mid-rotation starter for a reliever who reportedly gets worse every [...]

One minute you're imagining what your new home will look like, the next minute somebody tells you.

Bloomberg.com baseball writer Danielle Sessa broke details Friday afternoon of just how inspired by Ebbets Field the Mets' new ballpark will be. (If this link doesn't take you there, there is a summary of the salient points at Gotham [...]