On the heels of our 1986-inspired tour of Mets unifalia, Paul Lukas of ESPN.com’s Uni Watch was kind enough to share asample image of the Ol’ Perfesser himself showing what the original Mets uniform was supposed to look like (standing in front of what the original Flushing Meadows Municipal Stadium was supposed to look like, no less). The […]

Mr. Met gets a little wistful this time of year, realizing that though another season is just around the corner, it means he’s gotten a little older and he has to put one more year in the books.

Wow, Mr. Met’s been thinking, 2005 was a heckuva time for him. He made new friends from Boston […]

One has, for at long last certain, left the building. The other has said goodbye to the game. The cold December night yields fresh miss.

The Mets did not offer Mike Piazza arbitration. We were all but certain they wouldn’t and they didn’t. Now we know that the provisional farewell of October 2 was really it. What […]

Jace anticipates a Met sweep, while Greg has an unhappy premonition of a young third baseman not guarding the line….

Spencer swings and squibs. The ball travels 35 feet down the first base line. Sturtze grabs it unsurely and flings it over Posada’s head. Matsui, who isn’t as fast as everybody says, finally crosses the plate. Mets win 10-9. Yankees lose 10-9. And all at once, the new place is christened. The co-op is truly […]

No, that’s not Juan LeBron on the right, the reward for shipping Joe Randa off to Kansas City with a king-sized grudge that he’d unleash on us in Great American Ballpark in April 2005. It’s Carlos Beltran! (And that’s LeBron on the left.)