Entries from May 2008

May 29, 2008

The Zen of Bobby V

Since Metsie baseball has been so up and down and up and down these days, I’m not writing about baseball per se, I’m writing about the movies. Specifically about The Zen of Bobby V.
This is a documentary filmed by three NYU films students that follows former Mets manager, Bobby Valentine, as he manages the [...]

May 19, 2008

I was there: Mets v. Yankees 5.17.08

May 12, 2008

Ponderance: Someone’s got to know…

What’s the name of the song that Joe Smith has playing when he comes out of the pen? It’s familiar, I know I know the voice singing but can’t figure it out. Help!

May 11, 2008

I was there: Mets vs. Reds 5.11.08

Today’s game was surely….interesting

May 8, 2008

Ponderance: Recapping the Road Trip

The Metsies are now on an off-day after a road trip to Arizona and LA. Some thoughts.
Friday night I was out at the bar and they had the game on. Despite there being a lot of people there, apparently no one else was really paying attention to it. When David Wright made [...]

May 1, 2008

Game Talk: The Mercy Rule

Well yesterday’s game was certainly an interesting one.
Putting on Gameday and seeing “Delayed-Other” was really strange. I guess MLB doesn’t have “Water Main Break” in their database for game delays?
I know the feeling of a big bad blowout game like that though. Last year, the town softball league I play in decided to [...]