A note to the fans in DC's northern most suburb, NYC

In the NY Post today, Phil Mushnick expanded on his column last Friday about Shea/Yankee Stadium(s) v2.0 ticket hikes by mentioning the utter lack of coverage by non-team owned media of the impending hikes:

"The fellow written about here Friday, the gent who was a Mets season ticket-holder since Shea opened in 1964, made up his mind Saturday he's not renewing. His four box seats cost him $5,837 in 1993, $11,836 in 1998, $23,702 last year and $33,300 this season. Last week, the Mets informed him that comparable seats next year will cost him roughly $60,000. That's it; he's done. "

My advice: buy average seats at Shea v2.0 and pick up good seats via StubHub at STBNGNP. Because as bad as as it is, STBNGNP ain't going to be nearly the corporate glory hole that Citi (assuming they're still solvent) Park is sure to be.

Evict the bums

The Lerners are withholding rent. The city should evict them and send them back to RFK.

The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat

First, the defeat. All year long I've been drowning my belly-aching, whiny-ass sorrows with a 16oz souvenir cup filled with Home Run Ale from the Baseline Brews behind section 137 for the low, low price of $7.50. Not really a "deal" but not exorbitant either. Well last night, right as the game was starting, I went for the usual and lo and behold, the Nats' MBA's got to 'em and made them put the "premium" beer in the smaller, clear plastic cups and reserved the red white and blue souvenir cups for the mass-produced swill.

I'm sure the $.09 per beer savings will add up to C.C. Sabathia.

Now the victory. As I've been saying all season: Nobody better mess with the Jesus. Lannan looked good, Micha (not Bowie) Owings did not. Hence the 5 - 0 shutout of a first place, albeit sub-.500, team.

As for the injuries. Someone with more time than me needs to start looking at strength and conditioning coaches that we can grab. Wonder if the guy at the Caps could make the jump over to baseball. I'd like to see a few baseball players as tough as hockey players...just not as dumb.

On this day in '05

It's all Carpenter's fault

Wow. The suckiest team in baseball has the suckiest teevee ratings.

This is a surprise?

The worst team in baseball

A blissful day off before this train wreck limps home.

Over at Nationals Journal they've got a poll going about the first half of the season. Is it just me or isn't there a more technically advanced option to tabulate the data they're getting in the comments section and make an easier user experience? Harlan did mention in one post that his intern went to Mizzou so perhaps that explains it. One - he has an intern to do this grunt work; and Two, the kid went to Mizzou and isn't capable of much else.

Is there something going on with this team and imjuries besides bad luck? Are the players being properly prepared for games? The curse of fragile Nick Johnson? I just don't get it.

Probably going to jinx it

The last 21 innings are kind of the way I envisioned this year going so it's pretty amazing given the injury catastrophe the denizens of STBNGNP are currently in. They're up 2 - 0 on the Fish, who as we all know have owned them the past couple of years. Belliard's GS last night secured the win and the night before was a win minus a bad pitch from Rauch.

How about how well Belliard is seeing the ball, huh? Get Zimm and AK back, Ballister and Bergmann keep pitching well, who knows...maybe the second half of this year will be as enjoyable as last year's part two.