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In The Nick Of Time
Nick At Night Late Afternoon
OK.  Enough with the horrible puns but, Nick Evans played a big part in the first time Mets fans could feel good for the first time in what seemed like weeks.  The Mets ended a 5 game skid with a 9-2 win over the Rockies.
Evans went 3-for-4 [...]

Thankfully I Fell Asleep On This One

The game was 4-4 when I fell asleep but the Mets ended losing to the Rockies 6-5 in 13. I’m glad I fell asleep. There were mistakes by Jose Reyes and Willie Randolph and another elderly Mets player (Marlon Anderson) got hurt, so it was a typical day in Metsland.
Ollie Perez was erratic [...]

Mets Finally Beat Up On Last Place Team; Randolph Still A Fool

The Mets beat on up the LAST PLACE Yankees on Sunday to sweep the rain shortened Subway Series. While the 2 wins were nice, a legit playoff team is supposed win games against a LAST PLACE team.
In light of dropping 3 of 4 earlier in the week against Washington, I am not going to [...]

Smith To Be Sent Down, Mets Lose: Commitment To Mediocrity

The Oakland Raiders have signs hanging up around the sidelines that read “Commitment To Excellence.” At one time, before Al Davis seemingly lost his mind, those signs meant something. The Raiders played a dominant brand of football and won 3 of the first 18 Super Bowls. Even if they didn’t win it [...]

Flushing Cyclones

The roller coaster named Oliver Perez lead the roller coaster named the New York Mets to a 8-3 win over the Reds on Sunday.
The Mets have been consistently inconsistent over the past week, showing flashes of the greatness we expect of this team and flashes of terrible play that we have grown to also expect [...]

Mets Win In 11, Meh.

Not much to write about the Mets 5-4 win over the Bucs in 11 innings.
Starter Johan Santana had another so-so April start that has become a career long trademark of his. He went 5.2, threw alot of pitches, gave up 2 solo HRs that were also the only 2 hits he gave up, and [...]