Kranepool Society :: A New York Mets BlogA daily account of the trials and tribulations of the New York Mets. Contact me at sinymets@aol.comWE HAVE REACHED THE FORK IN THE ROAD AND GPS WONT EVEN HELP- September 17, 2008 When Warlord Jerry addressed his shell shocked warriors yesterday I hope he let them know that every team in the division hopes they fail again. I hope he let them no that every team in the NL East just doesnt find then unpleasing I hope he told how much they hate them. I hope he ...http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/17/we-have-reached-the-fork-in-the-road-and-gps-wo... GEEZ JON BLAU, THROW ME A BONE WILL YA!- September 16, 2008 Nice article on Mets.com on my guy Edward Emil Kranepool and his memory of Shea but check out this first paragraph and tell me if I&8217;m being to cranky: Mets fans know his name. It titles their blogs, lines their memories of the 1969 championship team and still represents how the franchise blossomed from expansion and ...http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/16/geez-jon-blau-throw-me-a-bone-will-ya/ ITS NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY, I WAS WAITING ON A DIFFERENT STORY, THIS TIME IM MISTAKEN FOR HANDING YOU A HEART WORTH BREAKING IVE BEEN WRONG, IVE BE- September 16, 2008 Heading for the ferry this morning as I popped on my iPod and set it to shuffle the first song that came on was Nickelbacks You Remind Me, how appropriate (as I was walking to my office when I got to Wall St Green Day Boulevard of Broken Dreams came on now thats freaky) for ...http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/16/its-not-like-you-to-say-sorry-i-was-waiting-on-... An October Run- September 15, 2008 Since Jerry Manuel took over, the Mets havent just been good, but wicked good. As a result, Mets playoff tickets are out there as the team looks to play into October. After last years collapse, the Mets rebounded from the Willie Randolph era with Manuel taking over and revitalizing the players. Carlos Delgado had a ...http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/15/an-october-run/ WTF- September 15, 2008 You cant help it; its just an affliction of watching a lot of Mets games. People who never utter a curse word in their life say it. Rabbis in Williamsburg who are so strict to their religion that the site of the young hipsters who have taken overtheir neighborhood,riding bikes and putting up billborads of ...http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/15/wtf/ JONATHON AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR CURVEBALL- September 14, 2008 Its been called a Yacker, Yellow Hammer, Uncle Charley and it some very rare cases (see Koufax, Sandy Blyleven, Bert, Viola, Sweet Music and Gooden, Dwight) Lord Charles. It&8217;s the curveball. As historians tell us was developed by a pitcher with a porn star name, Candy Cummings back in the 1870 and since been perfected ...http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/14/jonathon-and-the-amazing-technicolor-curveball/ THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES HAVE PROJECTED THE NEW YORK METS AS THE 2008 NL EAST CHAMPS- September 12, 2008 Hard to believe but the Phillies have conceded the NL East to the NY Mets. From reading the Philly papers (Funny papers) and from watching last nights Phillies-Brewers game, I ve come to the conclusion that the biggest fear in Philadelphia these days besides mad men with hammers on the subway, is not making baseballs ...http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/12/the-philadelphia-phillies-have-projected-the-ne... NEVER FORGET- September 11, 2008 After last night Mets game I was tempted to fire up my laptop and spew about last nights ugly win but I was kind of tired and said ah, wait until tomorrow I figured Id read the paper on the Ferry and then read all the online articles and then go off on Aaron Heilman, ...http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/11/never-forget/ CAT SCRATCH FEVER CIRCA 1969- September 10, 2008 Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Black Cat incident at Shea Stadium. While Ron Santo waited on deck for the Chicago Cubs, (I hated Santo&8217;s guts when I was a kid as he did that stupid clicking of his heels when the Cubs won) The black cat went past Santo and into the Cubs ...http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/10/cat-scratch-fever-circa-1969/ TEAM REDEMPTION: THE METS 6X5 23 RELAY TEAM- September 10, 2008 I guess we better get used to this. It looks like it will take a minimum of three pitchers with a max of six pitchers a game for the Mets to grab the NL East Flag as the Magic Number stands today at Sweet 16. Again last night a game that looked like it was going ...http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/10/team-redemption-the-meta-6x5-23-relay-team/ |