While You Were Out: Amazin' Avenue Week in Review Dec. 12-18, 2010

Here's your Sunday morning recap of the past week on Amazin' Avenue.

• The Rosiest Glasses: Best-Case Projections for the 2011 Mets - Eno goes over the realistic everything-breaks-their-way scenario for the Mets and sees a remote possibility of a contending team.
• New York Mets Holiday Party 2010 Video Recap - Rob represents AA at the Mets' Christmas party, getting some great quotations and a video.
  
• Meta Musings On The Blogger-Friendly Mets Front Office - James explains why events like the aforementioned party and AA's access to the Mets in general are not the end of our criticism.
  
• GMs and PEDs: Reps versus Realities - Matt uses logic to defend Sandy Alderson from steroid-related accusations.
  
• Every Pitch Counts: Jonathan Niese - Matt continues his series on pitches by taking a look at those thrown by Jon Niese.

• Midnight Monday Mets Mind-Boggler - The return of the Mind-Boggler with a quiz on naming every member of the 2010 Mets.
• PM Minor League Roundup 12/13: Winter Ball Updates & Rule 5 Scouting Reports - Rob provides a bunch of info on some Mets youngsters.
• Let's Go to the Videotape: The Lighter Side of Baseball, Circa 1988 - Matt shares some video of goofy 80s baseball stuff.
  
• This date in mets.com history: Kris Kringle - I take a look at the Mets website from 5 years ago with Kris Benson as Santa Claus.
  

FanPost of the Week

• Meet the Met - letsgocyclones compares the Mets to art at the Met in an awesome way.
  

YouTube Video of the Week

I wish the Mets had never stopped making these commercials.