http://www.sabermets.com/ derisively-intellectual mets chatter en-us sabermets@gmail.com 2005-02-25T23:49:34-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000258.html Hey everybody. You've probably realized that I haven't been posting very frequently for the past few weeks. Well, the good news is that I've been working on a couple of new Mets projects that I think you're really going to... 258@http://www.sabermets.com/ Blogs 2005-02-25T23:49:34-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000257.html This is an open thread for anyone to talk about Spring Training thus far. What is everyone's favorite story or moment of the first eight days of the real Spring?... 257@http://www.sabermets.com/ Mets Spring Training 2005-02-24T16:55:14-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000255.html 255@http://www.sabermets.com/ Mets Players 2005-02-08T09:00:00-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000254.html Over the weekend we recorded the first of hopefully many conference calls for MetsDaily.com's "In The Studio" feature. Myself, along with Andrew from Chuck N Duck and Mike from The Metropolitans, were tossed some softball questions about the upcoming Mets... 254@http://www.sabermets.com/ Blogs 2005-02-07T10:06:40-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000253.html With the Mets currently projecting close to two million tickets sold by opening day, I thought I would point you all to this article by Aaron Gleeman back in May of 2004. If you weren't already salivating at the thought... 253@http://www.sabermets.com/ Mets 2005-02-04T14:10:06-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000252.html This could have been the Mets. Of course, the O's are only paying $8.5 million this season for Sammy, who might hit .265/.350/.580 with 40 bombs in Baltimore. Oh well, better them than us.... 252@http://www.sabermets.com/ Trades 2005-02-03T17:43:37-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000251.html A couple of new Mets blogs have popped up that I figured I'd let you know about id you didn't already. Brian Doyle has a new blog called Straight Flushing. He's been previewing the rest of the NL East, so... 251@http://www.sabermets.com/ Blogs 2005-01-31T15:13:39-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000250.html The biggest complaint about trading Ian "The Blade" Bladergroen for Doug Mientkiewicz is that the Mets could have just signed Travis Lee, who is probably about 90% the player that Mientkiewicz is. He's a little worse defensively and a little... 250@http://www.sabermets.com/ Mets 2005-01-29T19:16:52-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000249.html The Mets get some much-deserved and long-awaited love at ESPN.com today. First, on Jayson Stark's Top-10 Most Improved Teams list, the Mets clock in at #1: For 194 million bucks, you could buy 19 million pastrami sandwiches at the Stage... 249@http://www.sabermets.com/ Mets Articles 2005-01-27T16:12:08-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000248.html If you haven't done so already, you should go read Eric Brown's blog. He just got finished spending five days at the Mets Fantasy Camp in Port St. Lucie, Florida, you know, the one they're always hocking on TV during... 248@http://www.sabermets.com/ Blogs 2005-01-27T16:03:10-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000247.html According to The Post, the Mets have acquired Doug Mientkiewicz from the Boston Red Sox for promising A-ball first-baseman Ian Bladergroen. The Blade hit .342/.397/.595 in the Sally League before injuring his left wrist. He was the Mets #4 prospect... 247@http://www.sabermets.com/ Mets Trades 2005-01-26T09:54:50-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000246.html According to an article in the Star-Telegram, the Rangers are dropping out of the Carlos Delgado sweepstakes because they are unwilling to move Mark Teixeira off of first base and Delgado is unwilling to sign as a full-time designated hitter.... 246@http://www.sabermets.com/ Mets Rumors 2005-01-24T09:00:00-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000245.html Will asked an interesting question in the comments yesterday:What about Seattle? Do you see any likelihood that Cameron could wind up back there. They could use a CF, although they are close to their payroll limit. What could Seattle offer... 245@http://www.sabermets.com/ Mets Rumors 2005-01-21T12:08:40-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000244.html Carlos Delgado has apparently narrowed the field pursuing him to four teams. As Rotoworld put it, "This is just terrible news for the zero other teams that were looking to sign him". I don't even recall any other teams rumored... 244@http://www.sabermets.com/ Mets Rumors 2005-01-18T12:49:35-05:00 http://www.sabermets.com/archives/000243.html In the Winter of 1992, the New York Mets were looking to make a big free agent splash. The object of their affection that year was Bobby Bonilla. Bonilla was the big name of the free agent class, and the... 243@http://www.sabermets.com/ Mets Players 2005-01-13T00:15:31-05:00