No matter which team was your team today, you came back with a DWI — intoxicated by the performance of Dontrelle Willis or David Wright.

Yes, we finally beat the D-Train (8-1, 1.85, in case you missed it). Or, more properly, we no-decisioned him to irrelevance in the final accounting. Of course Dontrelle wasn't exactly starting […]

Before we get to tonight's game, a few more words about the never-to-be-called-that Mets Ballpark. I know you and I pretty much agree on Shea at this point — it's crumbling, rusty, spills strange substances on you, the escalators don't work, the plumbing backs up, the batter's eye breaks between innings, fuses blow and knock […]

It's a crack, I'm back yeah

I'm standing on the rooftops shouting out

Baby I'm ready to go

Tonight two long-awaited things will finally happen:

1. It will be light for a respectable amount of time into the evening.

2. There will be a baseball game that means something.

The fact that these two marvels fall on the same day this […]

A whirlwind tour of Winter League 2005-06….

PARKS DEPT.

What It Should Look Like

What It Should Sound Like

What It Might Be Like

PLAYERS TO BE NAMED

Final Exam

Extra Help

Final Answers

Better Know A Blogger

MEET MORE METS

Xavier Nady

Carlos Delgado

Billy Wagner

Paul Lo Duca

Julio Franco

Duaner Sanchez

Jorge Julio

The Met Effect

What Are Their Names Again?

OUTTA HERE

Gary On The FAN

John Olerud

Anna Benson

Fran Healy

Mike Piazza

Bret Boone

Al Leiter

FAN […]

In mid-March you’re struck by your annual worry: that this year’s Mets don’t seem to hold the same power over you as all the previous years’ did.

In late March I’m struck by my annual grumble: that spring training is just too long.

Oh, spring training. You wait for it forever, the first spark of anticipation appearing […]

Sorry to hear about your 5 o'clock vigil, hombre. I'll fill you in on Opening Night.

I arrived late — Joshua is sick and was on a mission to watch every episode of Harold and the Purple Crayon, so when I tuned in Mets pregame was beginning. So were AV mishaps. The picture kept garbling and […]

(Begin disclaimer)

I know we're a huge-market team. I know we get a disproportionate share of ink. I know actual Royals fans will be horrified that I'd even dare to find common cause with them, given our vast payroll, reasonably bright prospects and appetite for whatever free agents we desire.

But I came of baseball-fan age in […]

Last season saw Met fans come around on Tom Glavine — after Glavine finally came around to realize that what had worked for him for so long in Atlanta wasn't working in New York. For the first half of the year he was still the Manchurian Brave — remember back in April? Andruw Jones said […]