9/7/10
From the desk of Andrew Fletcher
Hey,
Andrew Fletcher here from Major League Baseball. I’m reaching out to let you know that Angel Pagan was nominated as a finalist for the Roberto Clemente Award, which is given every year to a baseball player to recognize his community service efforts.
Angel participated in the Mets’ “Teammates in the Community Week,” helping residents in Spanish Harlem plant trees and flowers in a community garden alongside teammates, community leaders and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.
We’re hoping you could ask your readers to support Angel by voting at http://www.chevy.com/Clemente, which begins today and runs until October 8. You can read his full bio at the site, as well.
A really cool aspect is that any fan who votes is automatically registered for a chance to win a trip to the 2010 World Series, where the national Clemente winner will be announced.
Hope you can use this. Please feel free to e-mail me back with any questions.
Thanks,
Andrew
I can’t not post this in full.
Go Angel.
9/6/10
9/2/10
8/31/10
Francoeur out, Duda, Mejia and Arias in
Jeff Francoeur has been dealt to the Texas Rangers.
The Mets, reportedly, will get Joaquin Arias in return. Amazing they got anything for Francoeur, honestly.
Lucas Duda and Jenrry Mejia have been promoted from Triple-A Buffalo. Duda will likely get playing time in Frenchy’s absence. And Mejia will start on Saturday.
In other words, outside of the dismal loss tonight, the Mets did everything right!
Please, Texas
There's a chance Jeff Francoeur could be spending his last day as a New York Met.
Two MLB sources told ESPNNewYork.com that the Texas Rangers are looking for a right-handed-hitting outfielder for the bench and are considering Francoeur.
"His name has definitely been talked about," one source said.
They say everything is bigger in Texas. I wonder what Francoeur’s OBP would look like there.
But seriously, this would be a smart move for the Mets.
Let the man go. He shouldn’t factor into next year’s lineup as it is, smile or no smile. Deal him now and let Fernando Martinez (or someone else) get a few rips up at the MLB level in this lost year.
8/27/10
How to enjoy the rest of the season
OR: How I’ve gotten through the last few months for the last few years.
The Mets aren’t dead yet. But they’re far from being alive.
They’re more of a deer who was just hit my a Mack truck. It’s alive, stumbling about, but you just know it’s not going to make it.
So, I present to you, how I’ve lived with the last few months of the last few years: Make every game a season.
What?
Yeah, you heard me. Each game stands on its own. It’s all that there is. The performance of the players should still be judged in terms of the season (looking at you, Jeff Francoeur), but each game should exist as a live-or-die type of event.
It makes things a tiny bit more interesting.
“Hooray, Mets beat the Nationals. Ha! Suck it, Strasburg!” Too soon?
It adds a little spice to something that will otherwise be mundane and boring. Because you know this team won’t be playing spoilers.
Do you have a way to make the last few weeks interesting? Share it in the comments!
8/23/10
Manuel’s Musing
-Jerry Manuel
What stuff?
8/18/10
I’m confused
From a Poynter article by Roy Peter Clark:
Here was a game with two New York teams, a pennant on the line, in the bottom of the ninth, one out, two runners on base, with the world tuned in.
But, in the corrections at the end of the article, it reads:
The original version of this story incorrectly said there were two outs left in the game at the bottom of the ninth.
Emphasis mine.
Um, isn’t that the same thing?
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