http://metmanor.com Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:39:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the ... http://metmanor.com/2007/10/02/are-we-sure-theres-no-crying-in-baseball/ I got nothing. Say it ain't so. http://metmanor.com/2007/09/29/33/ 9/20/07 - Marlins 8, Mets 7...10 innings. When November rolls around and all the champagne has dried up and all the ticker tape has been swept off the streets, all the championship teams share the same common denominator-They win close games. They push, and get pushed back. They slip and fall, ... http://metmanor.com/2007/09/20/loss-for-words/ What a month it has been! I was just offered an entry-level job with ESPN, so I am off to Bristol (I hope they have SNY there). My sister got married last week, and my best friend gets married in less than two months. In the next couple of weeks, ... http://metmanor.com/2007/09/03/hes-baaaaaaack/ Sorry it's been so long between posts. I spent a week attending a sportscasting class on Long Island, where I actually got to spend a significant amount of time calling Mets highlights, play-by-play, and dissecting the team as a color analyst. After 6 days of intense tutelage and practicing, I have ... http://metmanor.com/2007/08/07/im-back/ Well, I finally finished the seventh and final edition of Harry Potter, and already I'm starting to wonder what life will be like without that once-every-two year fantasy novel fix. As a way of transitioning back to real world, or at least the real sports world, I've decided to use ... http://metmanor.com/2007/07/25/what-i-learned-from-harry-potter/ I know really Randolph wants to win, just like the rest of us. I know he is a man of strong conviction, a man who believes in a steady, unwavering focus. A man who believes that every season has it's ebbs and flows. A man who trusts the adages that ... http://metmanor.com/2007/07/17/28/ One of these days, Shawn Green is going to dive for a ball and have it land in his glove. Luckily, it didn't matter on Thursday, as the Mets, perhaps because of the Red's mere futility, won their first game after the All-Star break, holding onto a 3-2 lead despite only ... http://metmanor.com/2007/07/13/mets-edge-reds-3-2/ He was steps away, watching, when Endy Chavez made the catch. The one that should have sent the Mets to Detroit, en route to their first title since 1986. He could only turn and stare when Yadier Molina singlehandedly sucked the air out of Shea Stadium with one mighty swing of the bat in the ... http://metmanor.com/2007/07/09/13/ The Mets are certainly putting a lot of pressure on young John Maine tonight. The current ace of the staff needs another good outing as he tries to play the stopper role to save the woefully inconsistent Mets offense. One thing seems certain, however. The Jason Vargas experiment may be all ... http://metmanor.com/2007/07/05/maine-maine-pray-for-rain/