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During pre-game warm-ups Tuesday night, Lastings Milledge was a whirlwind as he prepared to show Shea Stadium that the Mets’ decision to deal him to the Washington Nationals this past offseason was a huge mistake.

He launched batting practice bombs into the left field stands, several landing in similar spots to the two home runs he hit in last season’s second-to-last game. Then he raced to the dugout, grabbed his glove, and shagged fly balls. When few fly balls came his way, he asked a Nationals coach to hit him ground balls, then pop-ups.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/last-lastings-milledge-gets-carry-team#comments Sports Style Lastings Milledge New York Mets Washington Nationals Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:28:45 -0400 Observer Staff 67958 at http://www.observer.com Milledge Trade Works Out Great for the Other Guys http://www.observer.com/2008/milledge-trade-works-out-great-other-guys

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.—It is said a criminal shouldn’t return to the scene of a crime. But Washington Nationals General Manager Jim Bowden was on hand Friday to see his team take on the Mets in Port St. Lucie just months after he lifted Lastings Milledge from New York for Ryan Church and Brian Schneider.

And while spring training results are often skewed, the evidence so far is making the Mets look more and more like victims.

“He’s had a very good spring,” Bowden said as he made his way down the visitor’s clubhouse tunnel. “He’s impressed with small things, too—he hits the cutoff man, he runs the bases well. He’s been a good fit.”  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/milledge-trade-works-out-great-other-guys#comments Sports Style Lastings Milledge New York Mets Washington Nationals Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:30:52 -0400 Howard Megdal 66799 at http://www.observer.com Mr. Have-We-Met?: Contrarian Brooks Contradicts Self http://www.observer.com/node/32941 Today's New York Times letters page brings a note (third letter) responding to David Brooks' recent op-ed essay on the Mets:

To the Editor:

Shortly before the start of the 2005 baseball season, after the New York Mets had endured three consecutive dismal seasons, David Brooks declared his readiness to "switch my allegiance from the beloved Mets to the new team of my adopted town." He wrote, "I will become a fan of the Washington Nationals" ("Whose Team Am I On?," column, March 29, 2005).

Now that the Nationals have completed an awful season and the Mets are in the playoffs, Mr. Brooks has thrown a changeup, writing of the tortured life of an angst-ridden Mets fan.

Mr. Brooks now writes of the "true Mets fan." But he can't be "a true Mets fan." For true Mets fans, wherever we are in the world, and wherever the Mets are in the standings, during times of misery and times of euphoria, our allegiance is unconditional and eternal.

Joseph Schick Flushing, Queens, Oct. 8, 2006

]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32941#comments Media Sports David Brooks New York Mets The New York Times Company Washington Nationals Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:39:39 -0400 Observer Staff 32941 at http://www.observer.com Old Mets Warrior Limps Into Playoffs http://www.observer.com/2006/old-mets-warrior-limps-playoffs In the Mets clubhouse an hour before Saturday’s meaningless game against the Washington Nationals,  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2006/old-mets-warrior-limps-playoffs#comments Arts & Culture Sports David Wright New York Mets Washington Nationals Willie Randolph Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:00:00 -0400 John Koblin 52756 at http://www.observer.com Old Mets Warrior Limps Into Playoffs http://www.observer.com/node/39519 In the Mets clubhouse an hour before Saturday’s meaningless game against the Washington Nation  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/39519#comments Sports Cliff Floyd David Wright New York Mets Washington Nationals Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:00:00 -0400 John Koblin 39519 at http://www.observer.com The Transom http://www.observer.com/node/52184 She’s the One  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52184#comments Sports Style Gil Freston Kathy Freston New York Mets Washington Nationals Sun, 07 May 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Observer Staff 52184 at http://www.observer.com