Alex Rodriguez Gets a Makeover: “I Had to Look in the Mirror. I Had to Face the Music. I Had to Change.”
Friday, November 13th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, New York Mets | No Comments »In a recent article in the New York Daily News, writer Anthony McCarron describes the rehabilitation of Yankee slugger, Alex Rodriguez. Soon after helping the Yankees win the 2009 World Series, Rodriguez noted: "A lot of people were very honest with ...
Glad That’s Over: The Mets Season in Two Photos (For Mets Fans Only)
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Posted in New York Mets | 2 Comments »Allow me to interrupt "The Never-Ending Lewis Buzbee Interview" to bid a not-so-fond adieu to the end of the baseball season for my beloved New York Mets . . . File this one under: "How It Feels To Be a Mets ...
Stories Behind the Story: The Case of the Food Fight
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 Posted in Jigsaw Jones, New York Mets, the writing process | No Comments »My wonderful editor at Scholastic, Shannon Penney, suggested this title to me. That happens sometimes, when book club editors will come up with a desired theme or vague concept, and Shannon will be assigned with the grim task of conveying ...
Sleeping in the Baseball Hall of Fame
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 Posted in Family, New York Mets | 1 Comment »Living in Delmar, NY, we're about 75 miles from Cooperstown, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Beautiful little town in the middle of nowhere, with a gorgeous lake and a lost-in-time feel. The museum offers a program called "Extra ...
For Mets Fans Only: Joni, Too
Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in Music, New York Mets | 2 Comments »Two more aerial photos of Shea Stadium from Chopper 880, taken by Tom Kaminski. Why is this so fascinating to me? I feel like a crow circling a cadaver. Don't get me wrong: I'm happy about the new stadium. Shea ...
For Mets Fans Only
Monday, January 5th, 2009 Posted in New York Mets | No Comments »You know how when you walk around and come across a construction site, and there's about six people standing around watching it? I was one of those guys. Here's two photos of Citi Field and Shea Stadium taken by Tom Kaminski ...
The Mets & The Eddie Kranepool Society
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in New York Mets | 1 Comment »If you are a visitor from Steve Keane's great New York Mets blog, The Eddie Kranepool Society, thanks for coming. You might be feeling temporarily disoriented, in a Where am I? sort of way. I advise you to click here ...
Shea Memory, Childhood Illness, and Six Innings
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 Posted in New York Mets, Six Innings | 1 Comment »As these photos taken by Joe MacDonald show, the destruction of Shea Stadium continues into winter. Come spring, our attention will turn to the new home of the New York Mets, Citi Field, with its beautiful Jackie Robinson Rotunda, and ...
For Mets Fans (and Elliott) Only: IV
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in New York Mets | 2 Comments »Two aerial photos from Chopper 880 -- tales of destruction and construction -- taken by Tom Kaminski. Shea Stadium: Citi Field, where the infield takes shape:
For Mets Fans Only III
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in New York Mets | 1 Comment »Some sad but cool footage of the dismantling of Shea Stadium, vessel of so many great (and not-so-great) memories . . . [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7enkF9_4-4]