In case anybody is interested in this kind of thing, the twitter account of beloved Mets COO Jeff “Fredo” Wilpon is @greenwichmets so I’m told.

This was a fantastic spelling bee. Fantastic. Maybe didn’t match last year’s drama with Nihar getting screwed by the computer, but Ananya just looked so effortlessly dominant up there. I was mostly glad that there was an outright winner after this year’s format change preventing co-champions, it would have sucked to…

I don’t believe anybody in queens has ever unironically called them “skeeters”

In yet another Wilpon cost cutting move, starting in the 2016 season the Mets no longer employ a single, full-time Mr. Met, as they had done from the beginning. Not a shock that something like this would happen. Quality matters, even with jokey mascots.

ugh, I hate the term “downmarket.” I remember the first time I heard it - I was working in market research right out of college, and we were presenting a client with various potential groups for focus testing. One of the first sets of respondents we presented was a group of seemingly well-to-do black people who were…

I don’t read Simmons but he still employs some talented writers whose work I will read (usually via twitter links, I don’t know if I’ve ever organically visited theringer dot com)

Same. The taste of smartwater and essentia et al make me want to drink more water, which tap or low-quality water brands don’t make me want to do. I used to spend the same money on diet sodas and other flavored drinks, and now I’ve rerouted that money in a way that makes me drink more water, which is healthier even if…

It is a bit of a shame, as an Avs fan, since Frei was the closest thing to a team “insider” left after Adrian Dater (who also turned out to be an apparent scumbag) got the boot a few years ago. Frei was never a good writer, but at least he had *some* semblance of access. Now there’s what, Chambers, who only reprints…

I only know about this because of Ron Funches but I am very happy for Ron Funches.

The series, an effort years in the making, was a tough sell to networks and will likely be a tough sell to audiences

Because everybody cares about my fantasy team:

I too was a kid in DC when they did the name search, and I kids at recess making fun of the name when it was chosen. If it’s getting mocked by 7 year olds, it’s probably a bad name.

Yeah, I’m sure personality type plays in to this a lot. I’m also fairly introverted and I would be so overwhelmed trying to make anything like this work. I’m very happy being with just my wife and as long as she is too, that’s enough for me. And if she’s not, our relationship probably wouldn’t last much longer anyway.

“football is fucking unbelievable.”

There are zero reasons to hate him or to even mildly dislike him, really.

Still doesn’t explain why the Islanders aren’t the team playing the Rangers. You know, the Islanders, formerly of Nassau County, with a fanbase that’s still very close to Queens? I guess some things make too much sense for the NHL...

She is also as best I can tell the voice of Hidden Valley Ranch...

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My wife and I spent a lot of money going to a world series game in 2015 because, in her words, “this might be the last time the Mets do anything right, so we should ride this wave while we can.” The whole thing just seemed so improbable, especially after the whole trade deadline saga, that we knew disaster was right…

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