Miracles Never Cease

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Published Dec. 19, 2009 at 10:55 p.m.

Apologies in advance if a technical matter temporarily disappears this post. We're still in the process of switching blog platforms, and I was going to wait on any further posting 'til it's done, but I wanted to continue to get the word out about the following project ... plus snow is falling on Long Island like pop flies on Luis Castillo's head, and I need to stop staring out the window ... Back when Bob Costas was an up and coming broadcaster whose every other utterance was cheekily charming

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Making Their 'Presence' Felt

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Published Nov. 21, 2009 at 10:27 p.m.

Earlier this week, esteemed FAFIF commenter Kevin from Flushing sent me a link to a video report out of Minnesota regarding the new Twins ballpark with the following warning: ... "kick in the balls 23 seconds in" ... I didn't necessarily want a kick there or anywhere, but with a come-on like that, how could I not click? I did and, as promised, at 0:23, Jana Shortal of KARE-TV wound up and delivered. As the camera lingered over a wall devoted to an immense image of Kirby Puckett, she let loose

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About the Cream, It's Clear: Close, But Not Quite

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Published Nov. 24, 2009 at 12:14 p.m.
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Update: It's official. I don't believe the Mets that the natural color is from 1962 ... It's an open secret that next year the Mets will have a cream-colored version of the pinstripes uniform, though reports are all over the map about whether the white pinstripes will still exist and whether the annoying black drop shadow will remain in either or both ... Like a lot of things the Mets have done in the last year or so, most significantly the big new mostly but not completely great stadium they

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Blue & Orange Thursday

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Published Nov. 25, 2009 at 4:02 p.m.

The Mets used to regularly play Memorial Day doubleheaders, Independence Day doubleheaders and Labor Day doubleheaders, yet the holiday that launched them into the public consciousness was the one we celebrate tomorrow ... That's right: the Mets are as much a part of Thanksgiving as stuffing, pumpkin pie and forced conversation you could do without ... Two months before they started limbering up in St. Petersburg and nearly four months before they began losing in earnest, the New York Mets made

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SNY Prepares to Do Right By Us

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Published Nov. 6, 2009 at 6:05 p.m.

As trophies and t-shirts were being passed around Wednesday night on five different channels, I flipped to SNY out of curiosity. Would they be taking their New York sports mandate seriously and covering the grim doings at Yankee Stadium? Would they have something special on to cheer up the rest of us? Would there be racing from the Meadowlands? ... They were airing a repeat of The Best of Mets Weekly which, at that moment, featured Dave Howard giving Julie Alexandria a tour of a Citi Field

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'79 or '93: ¿Cuál es Mas Mal?

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Published Oct. 23, 2009 at 2:28 a.m.

Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End , a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin' or not, here it comes ... Let others, for now, stew over what would be the worst World Series outcome possible. A Phillie repeat? A Yankee return? One is a kick in the head. The other is a kick in the groin. The key

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Is This the Most Disappointing Season in Mets History?

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Published Sept. 18, 2009 at 12:46 a.m.

Shockingly enough, the Mets lost. They started feebly, offered a little spurt of purposefulness, then rolled over and died ... Which was actually an improvement from the night before, when they expired in a fashion that should have been gut-wrenching but instead was just numbing. Not so long ago, the Mets losing on a game-ending error would have left me fuming for hours on end. Last night, it barely registered. And tonight? I barely remember tonight ... At Amazin' Tuesday I was chatting with

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This Happened Once Before

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Published Sept. 2, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.

Tell me if this sounds familiar: Runner on first, ball hit through the infield to center ... runner out at second ... I'm sure it does. But just how familiar is it? We're so used to seeing the 2009 Mets pull boners out of their oversized hats and then learning that such missteps are either virtually unprecedented or thought extinct since the days of Chris Cannizzaro that it's surprising to find a Met doing something embarrassing that another Met did not that long ago ... When Angel Pagan

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Rites of Passage

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Published Aug. 28, 2009 at 4:54 a.m.

Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End , a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin' or not, here it comes ... They checked Nolan Ryan's schedule. They didn't check mine ... Go figure ... Normally, I'd applaud the Mets' diligence regarding Ryan and not giving him any excuses to avoid the Mets the way

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Euphoria and the Infinite Sadness

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Published Aug. 14, 2009 at 9:34 a.m.

Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End , a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin' or not, here it comes ... If the Mets, with their reputation as beloved fools, could win a World Series in only their eighth season, why anything could happen — the Vietnam War could end; cancer could be cured; the

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