Josh Thole loomed as Mr. Metaphor Saturday night, falling down rounding first and getting his eager ass tagged out on a throw-behind from Emilio Bonifacio to Gaby Sanchez in the seventh, then picking himself up, dusting himself off and lining the go-ahead single in the ninth. Turned out, however, Thole’s destiny was to serve as […]
 
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 6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2007 Mets, 2011 Mets, Blaine Boyer, Bobby Parnell, Brad Emaus, Brett Hayes, Carlos Beltran, Chin-lung Hu, Chris Coghlan, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Emilio Bonifacio, Frankie Rodriguez, Gaby Sanchez, Greg Dobbs, Ike Davis, Jon Niese, Jose Reyes, Josh Thole, Logan Morrison, Lucas Duda, Mike Dunn, Mookie Wilson, Omar Infante, Redemption, Ryan Webb, Scott Cousins, Soilmaster Stadium, Terry Collins, Willie Harris The Florida Marlins remain no help whatsoever. By not having announced a start time for their Opening Day hosting of the New York Mets at Name Subject To Change Stadium, they did not allow us to calculate precisely when the Baseball Equinox would be upon us. That’s something we look forward to figuring out every […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2011 Mets, Baseball Equinox, Chin-lung Hu, Marlins, Modest Anticipation, Soilmaster Stadium [T]he ending always comes at last The Mets began this baseball season by playing the Florida Marlins. They suffered their first loss while playing the Florida Marlins. They absorbed their first serious body blow when they were swept by the Florida Marlins. They […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Etiquette, Beaky Buzzard, Bugs Bunny, Dan Uggla, Gaby Sanchez, Gary Carter, Jerry Manuel, Joe Torre, Jon Niese, Marlins, Mets Managers, Mike Francesa, Mike Pelfrey, Mike Stanton, Soilmaster Stadium, Wally Backman I was napping when Sunday afternoon’s game began. So were the Mets. When I awoke and flipped on the bedside radio, the first thing I heard from Wayne Hagin was something about trying to limit the damage. But the damage had been done. The Mets were down six-nothing and yet another starting pitcher…and it wasn’t even […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Injuries, Jon Niese, Marlins, Soilmaster Stadium, The Shawshank Redemption That was a brutal way to lose a baseball game. I’m referring to tonight against Cody Ross and the Marlins, though I could be referring to Wednesday afternoon against the Nationals, Monday night against the Nationals, Sunday afternoon against the Giants, last Wednesday against the Reds or last Monday against the Reds. But then […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cody Ross, Johan Santana, Josh Johnson, Marlins, Soilmaster Stadium It’s nice to know who you are, even if you don’t always buy into it, even if who you are keeps on changing. For example, per a request made here several weeks ago, Andre Dawson will be going into the Hall of Fame as a Montreal Expo, making thousands of dispossessed ‘Spos fans (if not […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1984 Mets, 1997 Mets, 2010 Mets, Andre Dawson, Bobby Valentine, Davey Johnson, Expos, Fernando Tatis, Generation K, Identity, Josh Fogg, Six Feet Under, Soilmaster Stadium, Uncertainty |
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