I got a huge kick out of leafing through the 1967 Mets Yearbook years after it was published and finding that even then Ed Kranepool, a mere 24 yet the only Met left from the Mets’ first year of 1962, was referred to as “The Dean” of the Mets in terms of continuous service with […]
 
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 14 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Al Jackson, Bob Moorhead, Brandon Nimmo, Brooks Raley, Chris Cannizzaro, Continuity, Darryl Strawberry, David Robertson, David Wright, Dwight Gooden, Ed Kranepool, Frank Thomas, Hubie Brooks, Jacob deGrom, Jesse Orosco, Jeurys Familia, Jim Hickman, John Franco, Jose Quintana, Jose Reyes, Juan Lagares, Justin Verlander, Longevity, Mad Men, Mets Once Removed, Mike Piazza, Mookie Wilson, Pedro Feliciano, Recidivist Mets, Ron Darling, Ron Hodges, Rusty Staub, Seniority, Steve Cohen, Steve Trachsel, Team History, The Dean, Wally Backman After defeating the Marlins on Monday afternoon, the Mets are 24-10 at home and 4-1 in games that end homestands. As if to express their affection for Citi Field at the end of this 5-2 homestand, they touched home six times en route to their 6-0 victory, each time crossing the plate like it meant […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Astros, David Peterson, Dom Smith, Ender Inciarte, Homestands, Jerar Encarnacion, John Paciorek, Juan Lagares, Marlins, Mets Once Removed, Mike Birkbeck, P.J. Conlon, Pedro Feliciano, Road Trips, Seinfeld, Team History, Terry Leach, Tommy Hunter, Willie Harris The alliteration was irresistible, but Pedro Feliciano wasn’t so much perpetual, per the clever nickname tagged on him by the SNY booth, as he was constant. Granted, the two words work in adjacent cubicles at Roget’s, but perpetual implies something that goes on forever. Constant — in noun form — is something that is always […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Moment of Silence, Pedro Feliciano Welcome to the eighth chapter of Faith and Fear’s historical countdown of the The Top 100 Mets of the 2000s. A full introduction to what we’re doing is available here. These are the more or less best Mets we rooted for as Mets fans during the decade FAFIF came to be. In honor of the […] Comments closed | | Print This Post | Bobby J. Jones, Bobby Jones, Glendon Rusch, Jay Payton, Joe McEwing, Jose Valentin, Lenny Harris, Mets of the 2000s, Mike Hampton, Pedro Feliciano, T#m Gl@v!ne, Tom Glavine, Turk Wendell Welcome to the sixth chapter of Faith and Fear’s countdown of The Top 100 Mets of the 2010s. An introduction to the series is available here; you can read the most recent installment here. These are the more or less best Mets we rooted for as Mets fans these past ten years. Since a decade […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Francisco Rodriguez, Frankie Rodriguez, Josh Thole, Juan Uribe, Kelly Johnson, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Mets of the 2010s, Mike Baxter, Pedro Feliciano, Robert Gsellman, Todd Frazier The Royals’ 7-2 victory in Wednesday night’s Game Two provided a healthy reminder that there are two league champions vying in this World Series. Or, more cynically, the Giants’ 7-2 defeat in Wednesday night’s Game Two provided a pointed reminder that an 89-win team is playing an 88-win team for the championship of the world. […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1998 Mets, 2001 Mets, 2002 Mets, 2003 Mets, 2014 Postseason, Bruce Chen, Dennis Cook, Ed Lynch, Jose Reyes, Julio Franco, Last Met Standing, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Luis Lopez, Marco Scutaro, Masato Yoshii, Mike Glavine, Mike Piazza, Octavio Dotel, Pedro Feliciano, Rigo Beltran, Scott Strickland, Team History, Tony Phillips, Turk Wendell, Ty Wigginton, Willie Blair I’m pretty sure the Mets won their game Friday night. Score says they did. My memory says they did. Eric Young, Jr., tossing his helmet into the air before stomping on home plate amid a sea of orange-trimmed blue jerseys says they did. So why doesn’t it feel more festive? Probably because, in descending order of […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amos Otis, Carlos Torres, David Aardsma, David Cone, David Wright, Dillon Gee, Ed Hearn, Eric Young Jr., Interleague Play, Joe Foy, Pedro Feliciano, Royals If you’ve ever felt a little charge upon reacquainting yourself with an old song that wasn’t exactly a favorite back in the day but it’s surprisingly good to hear playing again from out of nowhere, then you know how I feel upon seeing Pedro Feliciano in a Mets uniform this Spring Training. For me and […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Comforting Reassurance, Firefall, Mr. Met, Odia Coates, Patrick Buchanan, Pedro Feliciano, Recidivist Mets Gentle Reader: The topical hook of this column is incredibly outdated, but the historical stuff is still keen! *** Michael Bourn. Not a Met. Not yet. Maybe never. Maybe soon. It’s not a story that seems to include resolution. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Resolution came.) But if Bourn is gonna be one of ours soon, he’s gonna start his […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Leiter, Brady Clark, Brandon Lyon, Chan Ho Park, Chris Aguila, Clem Labine, Clint Hurdle, Dale Thayer, Dan Wheeler, Dave Kingman, David Cone, David Lamb, Dennis Springer, Dick Stuart, Don Aase, Elmer Dessense, February Finds, George Foster, Hisanori Takahashi, James Baldwin, Jason Isringhausen, Jason Pridie, Jay Bell, Johan Santana, Jose Lima, Livan Hernandez, Luis Alvarado, Luis Hernandez, Mark Johnson, Marlon Byrd, Michael Bourn, Mike Glavine, Mike Jacobs, Nelson Figueroa, Pedro Feliciano, Recidivist Mets, Ricardo Rincon, Rich Rodriguez, Ricky Bottalico, Rod Barajas, Ron Taylor, Scott Erickson, Team History, Todd Zeile Soon enough, we will concern ourselves with Spring Training hellos, including those from the Mets’ most recent flurry of somewhat tentative acquisitions. There’ll be first-pitch greetings from Shawn Marcum, Scott Atchison and LaTroy Hawkins; first-catch greetings from Landon Powell; greetings for the first time in a little while from previously dispatched Omar Quintanilla; greetings for […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Woodward, Danny Heep, Ed Charles, Football, Going Out On Top, J.C. Martin, Kevin Mitchell, Landon Powell, LaTroy Hawkins, Marlon Byrd, Masato Yoshii, Octavio Dotel, Omar Quintanilla, Pedro Feliciano, Ray Knight, Scott Atchison, Shawn Marcum, Team History |
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