NOT EXACTLY A MAINE MAN
By Steve Keane at 15 March, 2010, 9:25 am
We are told not to take the stats from spring training too seriously especially early, but the quotes coming from John Maine after his cameo appearance yesterday left me a bit unsettled.
Because of the rain the last couple of days in Florida, the Mets have tried to rearrange the pitching assignments to make sure every [...]
AT PORT ST. LONESOME IT’S A GAME OF “CAN’T CATCH ME”
By Steve Keane at 17 February, 2010, 10:55 am
1 day until pitchers and 1,000,000 catchers march
Even though I nearly busted my ass walking down my ice covered driveway this morning (my kids took the tea pot and a broom outside yesterday and said they are starting the Staten Island Curling Club with my driveway acting as the home arena) it’s good to know [...]
METS MISSIVES
By Steve Keane at 16 February, 2010, 11:18 am
2 days until pitchers and catchers
Ed Ryan over at Mets Fever has a great write up on Shawn Riggans, the catcher cut loose by the Tampa Bay Rays and picked up by the Mets as part of the parade of back up catchers. After reading Ryan’s piece, if Riggans is healthy he could make [...]
J.J. PUTZ WAS HURTIN’ FOR CERTAIN WHEN HE JOINED THE METS
By Steve Keane at 1 February, 2010, 11:41 am
You’re a Mets fan, and even with the underwhelming personnel moves this off season the front office has made and the anger you have about this bunch of underachievers, you looked at the calendar today as see February 1 and you know that in17 days, pitchers and catchers will report to Port St. Lonesome.
You try [...]
TONIGHT AT 9PM ET IT’S PRO BASEBALL CENTRAL
By Joe McDonald at 21 January, 2010, 12:20 pm
Join Steve Keane and Joe McDonald tonight at 9PM ET for another edition of PRO BASEBALL CENTRAL. We will dissect the latest snubs by Bengi Molina and Joel Pineiro of the Mets and we will discuss which way the Mets will now turn to solidify their starting pitching and a front line catcher. We will [...]
TONIGHT AT 9PM ET IT’S PRO BASEBALL CENTRAL
By Steve Keane at 21 January, 2010, 12:02 pm
Join Steve Keane and Joe McDonald tonight at 9PM ET for another edition of PRO BASEBALL CENTRAL. We will dissect the latest snubs by Bengi Molina and Joel Pineiro of the Mets and we will discuss which way the Mets will turn to solidify their starting pitching and a front line catcher. We will look at [...]
Read More >>CAN THE METS AT LEAST RUN A PROFESSIONAL SPRING TRAINING CAMP ?
By Steve Keane at 17 January, 2010, 10:22 am
Loss in all the Beltran minutia is the fact that the Mets are going to need a centerfield for the first three months of the season, and the pickin’s are slim.
I don’t know how some folks have come to the conclusion that Angel Pagan is the centerfielder understudy for Carlos Beltan. What has Angel Pagan [...]
BREAKING NEWS: CARLOS BELTRAN HAS ARTHROSCOPIC KNEE SURGERY
By Steve Keane at 13 January, 2010, 10:18 pm
All hell is breaking with the Mets as we have learned that Carlos Beltran has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to relieve osteoarthritis. From reports it looks like Beltran has been working out to be in shape for spring training and started to feel pain in his knee.
The biggest story is not just [...]
BE CAREFUL D-WRIGHT OR YOU’LL SLEEP WITH THE FISH
By Steve Keane at 2 July, 2009, 8:07 am
With a win under their belt in thrilling fashion no less, the talk this morning is not about Big Pelf’ outstanding performance pounding the strike zone down low like a blacksmith, but about a former Met who is still on the Skill Set dole as a roving instructor, SNY commentator and the now the spokesman [...]
THE $ITI NEVER SLEEPS BUT THE TEAM DOES
By Steve Keane at 14 April, 2009, 10:03 am
So where do we begin with the First Night of $iti Field?
The opening was very nice I hear (I Tivo’d the pre game and I’ll watch it tonight as I ran a practice for my Babe Ruth League team last night that I wanted to do an hour and lasted two hours instead ) [...]