Wow—You Like the Mets? Wow.
Wow—you like the Mets? Okay—congrats. A thousand apologies for my failure to immediately fall to my knees and worship your great moral courage.
Everything You Need to Know About R.A. Dickey, the Man Who Throws Baseball's Best and Strangest Pitch
R.A. Dickey, a starting pitcher for the New York Mets, earned his 20th win of the season two nights ago. Now everyone is talking about him, and you are standing off to the side smiling and nodding like an idiot because you thought the Met was a museum. You're a nerd, it's fine, but we wanted to help you out: Here,…
Masochism and the Mets Fan
They're not the Cubs, their futility does not go quite that deep. Cubs fans have a special brand of loserdom that is part of their very fabric.
The New York Mets' Only Win: Bernie Madoff
When the Bernie Madoff scandal broke, New York Mets fans were momentarily terrified because the team's owners had huge accounts with Madoff's firm. Turns out that was the Mets' best investment. Hey-o!
Daily News Reporter: Crazy Met Man Lies
Yesterday the New York Mets fired their VP of player development for being a psycho—then tried to insinuate that a Daily News beat writer sabotaged the guy in order to steal his job. Today the reporter responds: No, liar.
Digg wants to rickroll the New York Mets
The New York Mets are running a contest to chose what sing-along song gets played at Shea Stadium this year. The jokesters over at Digg — who haven't heard that rickrolling is over — got the idea to stuff the ballot box in favor of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up." "All year, the Mets and their fans will get…
"As they prep for a 13th straight playoff appearance, the New York Yankees have signed with CAA to help them pursue opportunities such as long-term corporate sponsorships for the team's new stadium...." In a related move, the Mets blew a seven game lead with seventeen games to play and made this little boy cry. [NYP]
New Mets Stadium, Rotation of Earth, Provokes Andrea Peyser's Ire
Andrea Peyser is pissed off. She's usually angry about something, but today what's got her knickers in a twist (sorry for that mental image) is the naming of the new stadium in which the Mets will play. As is so often the case in the sporting world these days, the Mets have sold naming rights to a corporation. This…
BREAKING: Jewish Professional Athlete Actually Jewish
We went to baseball camp one summer but we only made it through half of the first day. The morning was all sunshine and great American past-time, but after lunch they hosed down second base and wanted us to practice sliding. In mud! We were horrified, and we walked home crying. Note to kids: do not wear brand new…
Local Sports Figure Struck In Sensitive Area
We're all about exceeding expectations and reaching the broadest possible audience here at Gawker. We realize that some of you might have found our previous post on media softball too highbrow; intense parodies of magazine features and memos from the late Harold Ross can be heavy going, especially on a day like today.…
Breaking News: Pedro Gardens!
We can't shake the feeling that there's basically no news going on today. Judging by the bottom half of its front page, the Times clearly agrees.
The Metropolitans Pretend That People Actually Like Them
Adfreak reports on the new campaign by New York's woeful National League franchise: The Mets have a series of radio ads in which celebrities claim that the team's skyrocketing popularity has cost them their seats at Shea. The first two ads have starred envelope-opening presenter Jon Stewart and…
We Never Realized How Much Blogging Is Like Baseball
Today's Times quote of the day:
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