That’s what it took to beat the Rockies tonight — 485 feet of offense, in two equally unexpected doses. First came Damion Easley’s 400-foot drive into the bleachers with two outs and two strikes, a wonderfully ridiculous bit of theater (Down! To! Their! Last! Strike!) from the last Opening Day Met to crack the 2007 [...]
 
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In the parlance of the pocket schedule, Monday night was a value date. Don't say there isn't truth in Mets advertising. I'll bet David Wright is in the lineup tonight. I'll bet David Wright, good health willing, will be in the lineup 158 times this year. When I first heard the name “Kelly Johnson” two years ago, I snickered the stunningly puerile snicker of one who had spent too many morning hours listening to Howard Stern. Kelly = a shade of green. Johnson = ah, you know. It wasn’t funny then. It’s twice as unfunny after today. There’s nothing funny about a Kelly Johnson. [...] I was unfair to my old hometown of St. Petersburg earlier this week — turns out there's a lot more going on downtown than when I lived there, complete with core-city lofts and their attendant cafes, boutiques and what-not. Not bad for a city chiefly known not so long ago for the advanced age of [...] Oliver Perez was reborn Saturday as a control freak. May he remain obsessive, compulsive or whatever it takes to do repeatedly what he did today. Six and two-third innings. Two runs. Nine strikeouts. No walks. None. Barely any balls at all…in the literal sense, that is. Whatever became of the human WALK sign? That fellow (41 of 73 pitches [...] Nice to see a little offensive pulse late in Friday night's game, but to paraphrase Jackie Robinson, a hit is not important except in the impact is has on other hits. On August 10, 2000, Stephanie and I trekked to Eighth Avenue and 157th Street to pay our respects to the Polo Grounds. Theplaque, at the fourth of the four Polo Grounds Houses, marks the approximate location of home plate and notes that in addition to the Giants and some American League team whose name escapes me, [...]  1 comment - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1962 Mets, Flashback Friday, New York Giants, Polo Grounds If you can trace your roots without paying a genealogist, then it must be Flashback Friday at Faith and Fear in Flushing. On April 18, 1957, New York’s National League franchise opened its home schedule just as it had done every year since 1883, just as it would never do again. Fifty years and two days [...] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1957, Baseball Digest, Flashback Friday, New York Giants, Polo Grounds, Roger Angell I have a strong suspicion that the Mets we have seen through 14 games represent the new normal. These are the 2007 Mets. Our team. Our time. |
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