Carrie’s on a train into the city to meet her mom and her brother, to navigate them through Penn Station for their Mother’s Day visit. I should be writing final exams, but Jack is up and squirming, so I’m watching him. This doesn’t leave a lot of opportunity to think and type, but it’s a [...]

Posted on May 9th, 2009 by Chris
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The Mets were eliminated today by the Florida Marlins, on the last day of the regular season. Most people would have ended that sentence with the word “again”.  But today was different for two very important reasons.  First, because this year’s team really sucked compared to last year’s.  Last year, the Mets were building upon [...]

Posted on September 29th, 2008 by Chris
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When the 2007 season finally careened off the road and into a tree (thanks to Glavine overcorrecting at the wheel), I was pretty certain that Willie Randolph had to go.  A couple of older, wiser fans talked me down from the ledge through October and November, and helped me realize that at least half of [...]

Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Chris
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Carlos Delgado has been getting booed unmercifully, by fans in his home stadium, most of this season, because he started the season off with a bad hitting slump.  I suppose I could look the other way if fans boo a guy after he does something that sucks, but Delgado (along with guys like Aaron Heilman [...]

Posted on April 27th, 2008 by Chris
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I have written before about all the good-natured fun that ensues when Philly fans come up to spend a Saturday at Shea. Deadspin‘s AJ Daulerio lodges this stirring report about the gracious hosts that Philly can be. (Note to Daulerio: We wouldn’t hold the Super Bowl over your heads like that if you didn’t start [...]

Posted on April 25th, 2008 by Chris
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As noted on MetsBlog.com in this article, readers of Fark and Digg successfully Rickrolled the New York Mets, who held an Internet poll on what song should be played during the 8th inning of ballgames. Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up”, the Internet prank meme du jour, got so many votes that the Mets [...]

Posted on April 8th, 2008 by Chris
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MetsGeek posted a nice interview with Bryan Hoch, who, as a 14-year-old, started possibly the first fan-run baseball web site.  I was a grad student at the University of Vermont when he started MetsOnline.net in 1996, and it was a significant part of my lifeline to home during those long, cold winters.  I remember mourning [...]

Posted on March 10th, 2008 by Chris
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Tuesday’s parade through the Canyon of Heroes was the perfect ending to a perfect season for the Giants, who in the process, spoiled another team’s perfect season. It was awesome and humbling, and I was overcome once again. Not by my own joy, this time, but by the joy I saw in Michael Strahan, who [...]

Posted on February 7th, 2008 by Chris
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It’s an exciting week for we rare few, who cheer on the Mets and the Giants.  First, the Mets landed about the only trade that has mattered this off-season, getting Johan Santana, a real, honest-to-Ged #1 starter, for four minor leaguers.  Thank you, Omar.  (The deal isn’t done yet; the Mets have until 5:00 Friday [...]

Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Chris
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Hey, it’s 2008! Gone is the year of the Mets’ famous collapse, of the Mitchell Report, and of the Giants’ latest first-round playoff exit. Here’s hoping that this is the year of the Mets and Giants ruling their respective leagues. I have a few things to say about Eli, but they’ll have to wait for [...]

Posted on January 1st, 2008 by Chris
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