Mets Entries in the 50 Greatest NLCS Moments
Over on ESPN.com they have posted their 50 greatest moments in LCS history. The Mets are represented nicely.
- Number 50 is Gary Carter’s home run in game 5 in 1986.
- Number 34 is Endy Chavez‘s stealing a home run from Scott Rolen in game 7 in 2006.
- Number 32 is the infamous Bud Harrelson vs. Pete Rose fight in game 3 in 1973.
- Number 31 is Len Dykstra’s wlak off homer in game 3 in 1986.
- Number 9 is Robin Ventura’s 12th inning game 5 grand slam in 1999.
- Number 6 (and number 1 in my heart) is the 16th inning of game 6 in 1986. I think Jesse Orosco’s glove is still stuck in the rafters of the Astrodome.
It’s no all good news for the Mets. Also included are Mike Scioscia’s homer against Dwight Gooden and Kirk Gibson’s 12th inning game winner (both in game 4 in 1988) at numbers 27 & 26 respectively as well as well as Kenny Rogers walking in the series winning run in game 6 in 1999.
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Mr. Met Trashes Willie Randolph
I’m a little slow posting this but the New York Post featured a cartoon by Sean Delonas on October 2 that summed up Mets fans feelings toward Willie Randolph after the clubs demise this past season. The cartoon, pictured below, was published before general manager Omar Minaya announced that Randolph would return next season.
Cartoon By Sean Delonas
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Site Theme Update
It’s been a long time coming but I finally have a different theme on this blog. I have been looking for one for a while but couldn’t find a theme that I liked. I was trying to maintain all of the functionality that the previous theme had (collapsible panes in the sidebar, etc.) as well as be able to keep the same features (On this day, Mets Quotes, Upcoming Games, etc.) in a convenient way. I finally found a theme I liked and coded some custom widgets for the sidebars so that almost everything from the previous theme is there. I will be doing one more custom widget to complete the functionality aspect and that will be done today. The last thing is to find some mets related images I could use in the banner and background. If anyone has any suggestions for where I can find images like that or any questions, comments or suggestions for this site then please let me know by leaving a comment or using the feedback new form (accessible by clicking the contact link on the top of the center column).
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Minaya Tabs Randolph As Manager For 2008
Mets GM Omar Minaya announced yesterday that Willie Randolph will be back managing the Mets in 2008. Although the collapse of the team still stings it’s nice to see Minaya make a quick move here rather than let the issue languish into a controversy. Many fans are still calling for Randolph’s head but that’s because they are still hurting (and will hurt for a while) and not able to make a rational decision. Kudos to Minaya even if the move backfires (in which case he’ll probably lose his job).
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Rollins Was Wrong: Mets Were Team To Beat, They Just Got Beat
Jimmy Rollins said before the season began that his Phillies were the team to beat. All Mets fandom scoffed at the comment. Today many people will give Rollins his due since his Phillies have prevailed to win the NL East. However despite the Mets dramatic fall (finishing a game out of first place after having a 7 game lead with 17 games remaining) I would have to disagree. The Mets were actually the team to beat, not the Phillies.
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It’s Still Not Over
I haven’t written much this month and am not likely to write regularly for the next couple of weeks. And, though I’m not very superstitious, I felt I should write something in the hopes that it would break the horrid slump the team has been in since my last post. Since that post on September 4 the Mets have gone 6-8 and have allowed Philadelphia to make a race of it. The Phillies are now only 1.5 games back and the Mets have only 9 games to go.
Once again I must point out that Kevin Kernan‘s column in the New York Post on August 26 proclaiming “It’s Not Over Yet, But NL East Race is Over” was way off the mark. The Mets have gone 10-13 since that article appeared proving the old Yogi Berra adage that “It ain’t over ’til it’s over”. It’s going to be a nail biter.
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Pedro Milestone
Pedro Martinez made his return a victorious one yesterday. He also recorded his 3000th career strikeout. Congratulations Pedro!
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Pedro Returns
Pedro Martinez‘s return from surgery has been widely reported in many venues since it was announced before Friday’s game but I thought I would mention it here anyway. Pedro will make the Labor Day start this afternoon against the Cincinnati Reds.
It’s a pretty good time to get Pedro back. Though the Mets swept the Braves over the weekend they got their behinds kicked by the Phillies last week when they lost 4 straight games to them. You could tell by watching that series that this is not the same Mets team as last year despite most of the roster being the same. They seemed to lack the fire it takes to compete at the level needed to succeed in a playoff atmosphere. Pedro always brings enthusiasm to the game and hopefully it will rub off on some of his teammates.
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Sweep Proves Me Right
I wrote the other day criticizing Kevin Kernan‘s column in last Sunday’s New York Post in which he proclaimed the race in the NL East over. After the Mets got swept in a four game series in Philadelphia yesterday I now have the sad privilege of gloating. A 6 game lead has turned into a 2 game lead heading into a 3 game series in Atlanta, a team the Mets have gone only 4-8 against this season. The Mets magic number remains at 28 with a very real possibility that the team could be knocked out of first place with a couple of losses to the Braves and a couple of Phillies wins against the Florida Marlins.
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The Race Is Not Over
New York Post columnist Kevin Kernan wrote a column for yesterday’s edition entitled “It’s Not Over Yet, But NL East Race is Over”. Kernan’s contention isn’t so much that the Mets have a big enough lead. after all, it’s still August and 6 game leads are still erasable. Instead he thinks that the Phillies and Braves are just not up to the task of taking down the Mets.
I have to disagree with Kernan’s contention that the race is already over. As you can tell by looking at the top of the page the Mets magic number is at 28. That is way too big to call a race over. Though the Phillies are hurting and the Braves seem to lack the something extra that made them so great for so many years the Mets still have plenty of games left against each of them. The Mets open a 4 game set in Philadelphia tonight and then go to Atlanta for 3 games. After 3 games in Cincinnati they then come home to play 3 each against Houston, Atlanta and Philadelphia. It is during that home stand that we will know if the race is over or not.
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