Dippikill - 10 Years Gone!

For the last 10 years my friend Alan and all our kids have headed to the Adirondacks to SUNY Albany's camp Dippikill (Alan's best friend Matt has joined for 5+). This year was incredible, my perfect therapy session. We played, drank, listened to great tunes and talked politics. It is a magical place and holds memories for a lifetime.

Happy that the 2008 season is over...

It was not a fun season being a NY Mets fan; lots of injuries, too many blown games and another terrible ending. Game 158 was so painful and symbolic of what this team was all about, I had began my transformation into 'Winter Guy'; now it's offical.  See you in the spring!

Top 5 worst losses ever.

September 24, 2008 will go down as one of the worst choke jobs of a NY sports team in history (regular season). I am stunned, speechless, pained, upset, frantic and sick from what I witnessed watching the NY Mets lose to the Chicago Cubs. Never have a seen a team year after year get tight and not be able to come through. I really don't know if this franchise will ever recover from such a horrible game. The bright side is I can start to focus on things that really matter - like how sad the state of our country is. Oh great - there is something to cheer me up:(

Goodbye Shea! Goodbye Mets?

One of my closest friends has taken me and few of his friends to a Diamond Suite at Shea the last couple of years. I was able to get there extra early on Monday (9/22) and  walk around to soak in my final memories of the stadium. I captured many photos which you can see in a slide show to music at: http://www.kennifs.com/Downloads/GoodByeShea_Slideshow_web.mov 

It was a good fun until the Met's rookie pitcher gave up a grand slam to the Cub's pitcher. The Mets got tight and of course lost another September game. 

Groundhog Month!

I am not sure I can take another repeat performance of the NY Mets throwing away their chances to make the post season. It is not so much that they lose; they self destruct. It is so painful to wait for them to blow the game. I am not sure which is worse - the Mets blowing every chance to win a game and perhaps a championship or me thinking they might not cough it up. I understand that this is part of being a Mets fan (30+ years should make me used to it), but every few years it would be so great if they could deliver. I am not greedy at all, a post season appearance every few years and a championship every 15 to 20 would be great. Please, just please stop the choking - I can't take it anymore.