Articles by metstradamus (1419)
Port Saint Meatballs
It’s always a noted day when the television broadcasters return to work. Gary Cohen fresh off his Seton Hall duty….
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Intangibly Overreacting
It’s always a challenge for us as a species to not overreact to the first game of spring training. Especially…
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Nationals Feed on Plankton: Sign Matt Wieters
Fish and whales feed on plankton, who are incapable of swimming against a current. When a player gets to free…
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Way Too Early for Tenderness
See, you’re supposed to have tenderness on Valentine’s Day. Not the day after during a bullpen session. But Zack Wheeler…
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Addison Reed wants to be Andrew Miller
Addison Reed has thrown down the late inning gauntlet. And that’s more than fine. Despite the Mets bringing back the…
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Jerry Blevins Completes A Bullpen Trilogy
Sandy Alderson, acting like a kid who had a summer project and waited until the last day to finish it…
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Fernando Makes February Fast And Furious
No sooner than I wax poetic about the immortal Tom Gorzellany, comes this news: Source: #Mets bringing back free-agent reliever…
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Perspective Says Signing Tom Gorzelanny Is Monumental
Minor League deals aren’t the sexiest things in the world to discuss. Because when I talk about stuff like this,…
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Now What Do I Do With This Moving Van?
I know exactly how Sandy Alderson feels. For days now I’ve been trying to trade proven veterans that make a…
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Now I’m Worried
It’s a minor trade … a speck in the baseball world … but when the Orioles acquired Seth Smith for…
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I’m Not Afraid Of Jason Bay
Heidi Klum says it best: Either you’re in, or you’re out. The re-signing of Yoenis Cespedes put the Mets in…
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Mystery Team In On Michael Conforto
Don’t worry, that mystery team is probably the Toros del Este or something. You see, there’s been a development in…
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The One Where Nobody On The Mets Listened To Me About The Winter Meetings
So as you may remember, I made some suggestions to make the Winter Meetings a little more exciting for Mets…
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The One Where I Take Over The Winter Meetings
I’m like the guy at your family’s holiday functions that brags about the one good thing he did in the…
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Making Your Offseason A Little More Grand
If you have twenty minutes, be sure to check out this Curtis Granderson interview from this past Sunday by the…
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What Now, Brown Cow? (The Starters)
With the off season now here, it’s time for Sandy Alderson to get to work. We’ll be moving around the…
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What Now, Brown Cow? (The Outfield)
With the off season now here, it’s time for Sandy Alderson to get to work. We’ll be moving around the…
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What Now, Brown Cow? (Catcher)
With the off season now here, it’s time for Sandy Alderson to get to work. We’ll be moving around the…
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What Now, Brown Cow? (Shortstop)
With the off season fast approaching, it’s time for Sandy Alderson to get to work. We’ll be moving around the…
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What Now, Brown Cow? (Third Base)
With the off season fast approaching, it’s time for Sandy Alderson to get to work. We’ll be moving around the…
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What Now, Brown Cow? (Second Base)
With the off season fast approaching, it’s time for Sandy Alderson to get to work. We’ll be moving around the…
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What Now, Brown Cow? (First Base)
With the off season fast approaching, it’s time for Sandy Alderson to get to work. We’ll be moving around the…
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Baseball Scars
My day on Wednesday started by running into a neighbor of mine. Context: He hates everything and everybody. Especially all…
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Look At Him
Your reward, New York? Your reward for going 26-13 down the stretch and locking down the wild card home game?…
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The Business Of Takin’ Care Of Business
The Mets were down 1-0 after three innings on Friday and, while not an insurmountable lead, the fright did creep…
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The Task Is Clear
So here we are. Final Friday of the season and the picture couldn’t be clearer. And the Walking Dead Mets…
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