Tag: Baseball
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Time for My Annual Baseball Post: Johan Santana’s No-Hitter Is First in Mets’ 51-Year History
I missed the game, darn it, but this compilation of all 27 of Johan Santana’s outs has given me a taste of the first Mets no-hitter. If you care about the Mets, it’s well worth the 4-plus minutes it takes to watch. Heck, if you care about baseball at all, it’s worth it. I love […]
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First Memories of Citi Field
What a perfect way to spend a summer Sunday afternoon — sitting in the shade at Citi Field, a beautiful blonde by my side, watching my Mets shut out the Atlanta Braves. Seven scoreless innings by Johan Santana, a rare 1-2-3 ninth from K-Rod, a thundering home run to straightaway center by Ike Davis, a […]
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An Off-Season of Renewal and Hope
My friend Dennis was wandering with his camera one day in late December and snapped this photo of Shea Stadium, in the process of being disassembled. Gone already is the outfield fence, over which Kevin McReynolds hit a homer in the 14th inning to beat the Expos in August 1989. It was by far the […]
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McCain Swings for the Fences with October Surprise
The five-run homer gambit (the Palin selection) didn’t work. But now McCain may have hit on a winning strategy: exposing how Barack “Lefty” Obama’s rank hypocrisy may endanger the integrity of our National Pastime: Standing just miles north of Philadelphia, whose Phillies will represent the National League starting Wednesday against the American League champion Tampa […]
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The Allure of Going Nuclear in the Late Innings
Losing the Presidential race has to be even worse than losing the World Series. If you lose the World Series, you at least get to put up a banner proclaiming that you were the League Champion for the year. Your hometown throws you a consolation rally, and you start talking about the future (“hey, we’re […]
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Ya Gotta Bereave
For the second straight year the Mets are eliminated by the Marlins on the final day of the season, after leading the division late in September. I was hoping they would make the playoffs, but I didn’t have high hopes for them IN the playoffs, where pitching is even more important than in the regular […]
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Let’s Go Mets
The whole post-every-day thing is already running out of steam. So far the blog seems to be mostly about Obama. Today it’s about the Mets — game starts at 1:10, I need to head for the train in less than an hour, I’m meeting my son Harry at the ballpark. Johan Santana (8-7) vs. Kyle […]