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Au revoir, R.A. Dickey 24 Dec 2012 | 12:12 am
I know, I know: a new post on metsgrrl.com. It’s been a year of sadness and despair and disappointment and just plain nothing-ness on the baseball front. I went to Europe, I wrote a book, and did a lo...
Congratulations, Seattle and King Felix! 16 Aug 2012 | 11:41 am
Karma sometimes pays off; my friends who are Mariners Charter seat holders happened to be at the game today, not wanting to miss a Felix start in the sunshine — with a camera, because he wanted to cap...
BLAME BELTRAN, OR: A TALE OF THE JOHAN SANTANA NO-HITTER. 2 Jun 2012 | 01:13 pm
It’s hard to know where to begin. As most of you know, I wasn’t lucky enough to grow up with all of this. As a result, I don’t have a switch in my brain that automatically goes on at a certain point ...
JOSE REYES RETURNS [4-24-12]. 25 Apr 2012 | 10:10 am
My first game of the year was, not coincidentally, Reyes’ first appearance in New York City. Some people behaved well; some people behaved stupidly. Most importantly, Johan Santana pitched an absolut...
HAPPY OPENING DAY 2012. 6 Apr 2012 | 07:38 am
Happy Opening Day! This is the first Opening Day in 5 years that I haven’t attended in person. I just can’t spare the vacation day. I thought it would be harder than it was, but it was okay, and I am...
METS 2012 TICKETS PRESALE CODE. 26 Feb 2012 | 01:13 am
Hey, look, it’s a presale code for 2012 Mets tickets! Starting Wednesday, February 29th at 10:00 am, visit this page and use the code “HODGES”. I will refrain from my usual comments about how the pa...
A MONTREALER PAYS TRIBUTE TO GARY CARTER. 17 Feb 2012 | 02:23 am
Years ago, years before I ever imagined I’d be writing about baseball, my friend Steph in Montreal was writing about it all the time on her web site. She wasn’t a baseball blogger, she just wrote abou...
HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU, KID. 17 Feb 2012 | 01:27 am
RIP, Gary Carter.
JOSE REYES TO THE MARLINS. 5 Dec 2011 | 06:29 am
Yeah, I got nothing to say. But I do have 6 years of photographs.
MY GOODBYE TO JOSE REYES. 29 Sep 2011 | 06:06 pm
Tuesday night, I sat in the first row of the promenade reserved infield, leaned over the railing, held my breath and watched Jose Reyes on third base, a base he had obtained by getting a single and th...
