http://damox.com/new-york-mets New York Mets baseball, all the time Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:53:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, the worst case scenario is upon us. The Yankees and the Phillies are in the World Series. I think I'll spend the next week posting embarrassing crap about both teams, just to make myself feel a little better. To start off, here's an idiot Phillies fan (redundant?) acting like ... http://damox.com/new-york-mets/2009/10/27/im-bored-so-heres-a-video-of-a-phillies-fan-being-stupid/ It's not uncommon for northeast college graduates with an interest in sports to pursue a career at ESPN. If said college graduate happens to be a female, it would appear that's it's also not uncommon for them to end up sleeping with one of the on-air personalities. Last year it ... http://damox.com/new-york-mets/2009/10/21/mets-former-gm-phillips-nails-22-year-old-espn-staffer/ The Mets had a 19 win drop from 2008 to 2009, mostly due to injuries. They won't be rebuilding in 2010, because that's not something the Mets can afford to do in New York anymore. If you play in the city, you better put out a team that at the ... http://damox.com/new-york-mets/2009/10/14/what-can-the-mets-do-to-improve-in-2010/ The Mets dropped another game to the Braves, 3-1, on Tuesday night, garnering just 5 hits in the effort. The Mets are now 22 games below .500 and might struggle to win 70 games this season. That's a major disappointment for the team Sports Illustrated picked to win the NL ... http://damox.com/new-york-mets/2009/09/23/will-this-season-ever-end/ As most of you should know, Lenny "Nails" Dykstra won a World Series ring with the Mets in 1986. Some of you might not know that Dykstra has faced financial difficulties in recent years after a failed (and bizarre) business venture that involved a financial/lifestyle magazine intended just for pro ... http://damox.com/new-york-mets/2009/09/15/who-wants-to-buy-lenny-dykstras-world-series-ring/ I give up. I've finally decided to chalk up the Mets 2009 season as a loss, and as a cathartic exercise I'm going to list the moments that helped contribute to this season of misery. 6.) Jose Reyes Tears His Hamstring Jose Reyes has been out of the Mets lineup since May ... http://damox.com/new-york-mets/2009/09/11/top-6-moments-that-made-the-mets-2009-season-suck/ The Mets have received a trade offer from the Toronto Blue Jays for Roy Halladay, but the Mets rejected the offer. The players the Jays wanted were Fernando Martinez, Bobby Parnell, Jonathan Niese, and Ruben Tejada. Those 4 are recognized as the top 4 prospects in the Mets system. As ... http://damox.com/new-york-mets/2009/07/20/mets-reject-roy-halladay/ Despite some rumors floating around, Carlos Beltran just has a bone bruise in the area of his knee and is not facing possible career-threatening surgery. He did see a surgeon in Vail, Colorado who happens to specialize in a microfracture procedure that uses marrow and other clotting material to simulate ... http://damox.com/new-york-mets/2009/06/30/carlos-beltrans-career-is-not-over/ Here's a video of what happened during the pregame before the Mets-Yankees game on Sunday. I can't wait until the next Subway series! http://damox.com/new-york-mets/2009/06/16/video-of-the-k-rod-bruney-scuffle/ Rumors are floating around that the mysterious stomach virus that has sidelined a sizeable chunk of the Mets roster lately is the same Swine Flu virus that has closed schools in Queens. I believe that at least some of the injuries being reported right now are not the "strains and ... http://damox.com/new-york-mets/2009/06/01/do-the-mets-have-the-swine-flu/