For starters, I'd like to welcome everyone to On the Mets beat, a blog designed to, well, dissect and digest everything that involves the Mets. I'm David Lennon, Newsday's beat writer, but this site will be the launching pad for a handful of other bloggers as well, each with their own personalities, opinions, sense of humors (or lack thereof) and powers of observation.
Our goal will be to extend the reach of our Mets coverage from the fields of Flushing (and beyond) into cyberspace, or as my colleague Steve Popper of the Bergen Record like to call it, The Blogosphere (I know, I know -- he didn't invent the term. That's just an inside joke at his expense). This may involve trade chatter, discussing game strategy or even what David Wright had for dinner.
Anyway, as future Hall of Famer and part-time Zen philosopher Mike Piazza was fond of saying, "It is what it is." And really, doesn't that sum things up quite nicely? So climb aboard. I'd say it's a safe bet the Mets will finish above .500 this year -- no snickering Yankee fans -- and after watching them whack around the Braves five weeks into the season, can you dare say "NL East champs?" There. I knew you could.
Comments (5)
In 1969 the Mets needed the big bat and Donn Clendenon was the missing link. Result: World title.
In 1973, Felix Millan and George Stone were the acquisitions and we all know it ain't over til it's over.
Gary Carter was obtained in 1985 and a year later there was another title.
Well, it's time to get going again. You can't throw away this great start because of pitching woes. Omar MUST (and I mean right now) pull the trigger on a deal for Zito and/or Willis.
If that means losing milledge (who I think is very overrated) and/or pelfrey, then do it.
You never know about prospects. You will be getting solid big league arms.
The new blog is cool! Look forward to reading all the posts. Hope we'll blog some about The Big Toe (what I affectionately call Pedro). Enjoy reading your work DL.
What happened to the Cuban pitcher that the Mets signed a while ago? Would Clemens ever sign with the Mets if they asked him to join the team for one nyear?
Bring back Kazmir..That was a major boo boo.
Once agin during the Braves Mets recent 3 game series, I listened to the Brave announcers who are FANS with a microphone..They are so very bias.Go Mets