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K-Rod Jerseys Discounted – A Possible Sign?

Thanks to MetsMom for sending this picture over.  Spotted at the Mets Clubhouse Store in Roosevelt Field, K-Rod’s authentic jerseys have been marked down from $239.99 to only $99.99

It looks like it’s the 2009 white pinstripe version (though I don’t see the CitiField patch).  Still that is a huge drop in price coming on the heels of this week’s incident.  Could it be a sign that K-Rod may not be a Met much longer?  Or is it just that nobody wants to buy his jersey anymore.

UPDATE – Thanks to eagle eyed readers this has been identified as most likely a 2009 replica.  Steve points out  “The way you can tell is because of the lack of MLB “batter” logo at neck, the single layer of twill (printed in 3-colors and with a white outline) and straight instead of “zig-zag” pinstripes).”



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Cool Keith Hernandez article from 1999

(Update October 2018 – the links in the article no longer work)

I stumbled across this cool article from 1999 in which Keith Hernandez talks about the bar scene and his apartment.  Kinda fun!

In the living room, there was a special wine storage refrigerator. Lining the bookshelves were hundreds of hardcovers from the Easton Press Great Books collection. The room also had a 27-inch TV, with dozens of videocassettes stuffed in the console beneath it- I, Claudius , Lawrence of Arabia , The Princess Bride , The Crying Game , Easy Rider , King of Comedy . On the glass dining room table was a piece of notebook paper listing retired athletes (Wayne Gretzky, John McEnroe) whom Mr. Hernandez was considering for a celebrity golf tournament-which he may or may not put together later this summer. The apartment’s second bedroom had a Cross-Country Climber in the corner and a computer. On a shelf between two World Series trophies (St. Louis Cardinals, 1982, New York Mets, 1986) there was a complete set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica .

On his refrigerator were pictures of his three daughters; inside it was a carton of Tropicana orange juice, and that was about it.

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Manning up and playing better

Good morning Mets fans.

As I do my quick catch-up before another long day in the real world, I find myself thinking about last week when I wrote an article called “Stop Sucking” and declared myself team captain.

I mentioned that RA, Johan and I seem to be the only people who care. Wow, look at these last two nights. Hopefully Pat Misch will join our quest to man up and play better so we can all Injoy The Floating Feeling.

I see the Los Mets cream jerseys made their debut.

More stuff will roll out throughout the day. This is another one and done for me. Catch up with y’all soon.