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February - 2012

Advice For Josh Lewin, The Mets' Newest Radio Voice
Mets' Second Look Suits Daniel Murphy
Almost Spring Training Applesauce: Wright Speaks About His Future, Gee Stands Out
The Box Of Chocolates Strikes Again Applesauce: Spring Training Fluff Pieces Galore, Mets Alumni Bobbleheads Announced, Sandy Speaks With Francesa
2012 Mets Player Profile: Mike Pelfrey
Fantasy Mets
Duda, Where's Sandy Alderson's Car Applesauce?: This title sounded a lot more clever in my head, but we are sticking with it
Bobby Valentine On The John Olerud-Rickey Henderson Rumor
Ike Davis Is Healthy, Has Been So "For A While"
2012 Mets Player Profile: Bobby Parnell
2012 Amazin' Avenue Top 50 Mets Prospects: The Top 5
Good Seats Are Still Available Applesauce: Tickets on sale, Sandy on twitter, Nerds on television
Sitting On the Dock of the Bay Applesauce: Martino Sits Down With J-Bay, Single Game Tickets On Sale March 5th, Sandy on Twitter Day 3
Ron Darling Builds A Habitat For Humanity
"And What's The Deal With Grape Nuts?" Applesauce: Sandy's Got Jokes, Picard's Got A Witness, Ottawa's Got the B-Mets?
Sandy Alderson Is Incredible, A Social Media Expert
Report: Mets Will Lose Double-A Binghamton Club (UPDATE)
Project: Ike Davis
Law Tabs Domingo Tapia as Mets Top Sleeper Prospect
Let's Go to the Audiotape: Jean Shepherd on Signs at Shea
Friday Morning Applesauce: Alderson Has Jokes, Two Minor Leaguers Suspended
XFINITY's Ultimate Sports Social Media Job Contest
ESPN Top 100 Prospects Includes Harvey, Wheeler; Not Familia
2012 Amazin' Avenue Top 50 Mets Prospects: #10-6
Fun With Mets Rebuses
Thursday Morning Applesauce: Pelfrey Needs His Sinker, Thole Is Working Hard
2012 Mets Player Profile: Jon Niese
On Baseball and Boyfriends
Scott Hairston Days To Go, Everybody! Applesauce: A Dozen Days Until Pitchers & Catchers Report, Team Assigns Numbers to New Players, Rusty To Be Inducted Into the Canadian Hall of Fame, Eh?
Mets Minor League Free Agents That Left
Being Jay Horwitz Applesauce: A new voice in the radio booth, Now if we could just get one in the owner's box
2012 Amazin Avenue Mets Top 50 Prospect: #15-11
Eff Yeah Baseball Time Applesauce: Super Bowl Over, Pitchers and Catchers Soon, I Guess There's Still Hockey?
Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball Embiggens The Smallest Man
Super Sunday Applesauce: Pictures From New Marlins Park, Tim Lincecum Is ITBSOHL, Alex Cora Nears A Minor League Deal
Counterpoint: The Marlins' Home Run Celebration Machine Is Awesome
So We're Televising Haircuts Now? Applesauce: SNY To Rescue the Mets?, Jose's Haircut Seen 'Round the World, The Kid Makes It To Opening Day
2012 Mets Player Profile: Mike Nickeas
2012 Amazin Avenue Top 50 Mets Prospects: #20-16
R.A. Dickey Is A Realist Applesauce
Amazin' Avenue Facebook Editor Wanted
Who Should Be The Mets' 2012 Opening Day Starter?
The 1994 Rotisserie League Baseball Official Rule Book and Draft-Day Guide
Thursday Morning Applesauce: Steve Cohen Still Considering Minority Share, Reyes Losing The Dreads
Midnight Mets Mind Boggler -- The Mets Hall Of Fame
2012 Mets Player Profile: Daniel Murphy
New York Mets Slogans
Full Of Hated People Applesauce: Pat Burrell, Chipper Jones, Murray Chass, Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel Are All Mentioned and For That, I Apologize Profusely.

January - 2012

2012 Mets Player Profile: Scott Hairston
Taking Stock of the Mets Minor League Free Agents
The Future is Like the Present Only Longer Applesauce: The Mets Might Be Good Someday, The Astros Will Still Be the Astros, Tools Will Always Play
Let's Go to the Videotape: The Ankiel Meltdown
2012 Amazin Avenue Top 50 Mets Prospects: #21-30
2012 Mets Player Profile: Dillon Gee
Brought to You by the Letter 'P' Applesauce: Projections, Podcasts, and Prep Players
Sunday Snack-Sized Applesauce: Free Agent Updates, Park Factors, Identity Fraud and ITBSOHL™!
Team Picard vs. Team Wilpon Applesauce: Sterling and Picard Each File A Motion, Mets Sign Former Top Prospect With Unpronouncable Name
Mets Sign Former Mariners Top Prospect Matt Tuiasosopo
2012 Mets Player Profile: Frank Francisco
Wheeler, Harvey and Familia Rank Among MLB.com Top 100 Prospects
Let's Go to the Videotape: Mets Promos of Yesteryear
Friday Morning Applesauce: Mets Looking At Ankiel, Could Have Record Payroll Drop
John Franco Gets Mets Hall of Fame Call
2012 Amazin Avenue Top 50 Mets Prospects: #31-40
Project: Lucas Duda
Slow News Day In Mets Land Applesauce: Izzy Not Likely To Return, Beltran Tells Mets Fans To Move On
Paul DePodesta On Clubhouse Confidential (Video)
Paul DePodesta On MLBN's Clubhouse Confidential, 5:30pm Tonight
2012 Mets Player Profile: Lucas Duda
Untitled January 25th Applesauce: Mets Sign Venezuelan Lefty, Plenty Of Prospecty Things, Reading Phillies to Host Insanely Awesome Home Run Derby
2012 Mets Player Profile: R.A. Dickey
Can Mets Fans Take Solace in Super Bowl XLVI?
Sandwich Expert Proclaims Mets 94 Win Team Applesauce: Classless Mets Get Outbid for Cody Ross, Classless Applesauce Writer Uses Misleading Headline
Cody Ross and the Ranks of the Unforgiven
2012 Mets Player Profile: Ike Davis
2012 Amazin Avenue Top 50 Mets Prospects!
#hatsoffmikepiazza Applesauce: Cooperstown Plans, 50th Anniversary Plans, Grissiony Retirement Plans
Snowcostalypse Applesauce: Cody Ross, Justin Turner, Tom Seaver and more!
A Month (Or So) From Spring Applesauce: Mets Interested In Francis, Rockies Interested In Turner, Is Anybody Interested In Carrasco?
Mike Pelfrey's Pitching Woes are in The Best Shape of Their Life
2012 Mets Player Profile: Ronny Cedeno
Friday Morning Applesauce: Harvey Invited To Camp, Dickey Returns
Getting a Grip on David Wright's Immediate Future
A UZR-less 2012
2012 Mets Player Profile: D.J. Carrasco
Thursday Morning Applesauce: Mariners Sign Ollie, Madoff Trial Set To Start During Spring Training
Call the Doctor
What Did Arbitration Ever Do To Be Avoided So Often? Applesauce: Four Mets Avoid Arbitration, Judge Makes Less Than Admirable Ruling, WFAN to TRAID Hagin For Lewin?
2012 Mets Player Profile: Tim Byrdak
Let's Go to the Videotape: Baseball Sells!
Why National Baseball Writers Should Avoid Writing Team-Specific Articles
2012 Mets Player Profile: Jason Bay
From the files of the LOLMets Squad Applesauce: In this edition, both Carlos Beltran and Ken Tremendous are sorely missed
2012 Mets Player Profile: Manny Acosta
Mets Drinking Games Applesauce: Beer, Bourbon, and Other Things to Help You Get Through the 2012 Season
The Ultimate Sports Social Media Job Contest
R.A. Stands For "Really Awesome" Applesauce: Dickey Reaches the Summit of Kilimanjaro, David Wright's Vegas Night
BP's 2012 Mets Top 20 Prospects
Is It Spring Yet? Applesauce: Four Mets File For Arbitration, Santana Unsure About Opening Day, Wilpon Speaks
Upcoming: Player Profiles
Thursday Morning Applesauce: Mets selling minority shares + 2 more years of Selig = Wilpon sigh of relief
Astros Claim Fernando Martinez Off Waivers
Batistapalooza & The $100 Million Investment Applesauce: Mets Closing In On Investors, Re-Sign Miguel Batista, One Of These Is Way More Important Than the Other
The Future Of The Amazin' Avenue Annual
So What Does the CRG Hiring Mean Again?
Just Deserts
Putting the F! In DFA Applesauce: Former Top Prospects, Current Top Prospects, and Future Hall of Famers
Fernando Martinez and Daniel Ray Herrera Placed on Waivers
Mets' Bench Nearly Complete with Ronny Cedeno
Let's Go to the Videotape: 1986 Mets, A Year to Remember
More Songs About Groundballs and Food Applesauce: Correlation, Cooperstown, and Aaron Cook All Get Their Moment in the Sun
Remember That Time Tom Seaver Wrote A Mystery Novel?
Spring Weather in Early January Applesauce: Dickey Writes About Kilimanjaro, Cyclones Alumni in the Majors, Posada to Retire
A New Year, A New Ronny Applesauce: Mets Close To Signing Another Ronny From Pittsburgh, Also Bringing Back Scott Hairston, More CRG Reaction
Friday Morning Applesauce: Mets hire financial help, actually perform physicals now
Mets Hire Turnaround Consultants, Put Bankruptcy On Table?
Mets Sign RHP Jeff Stevens and IF/OF Corey Wimberly to Minor League Deals
Fan Projections of Key Mets
Thursday morning applesauce: Mets make a pair of signings, Citifield still not the official host for the all star game
Mets Winter Blood Drive, Thursday 10am - 5pm
To Hate Like This: Armando Benitez
Report: Darryl Strawberry's Ex-Wife Can't Touch $800K Owed by Mets
Who's this Omar Quintanilla Guy?
Who Let Bobby Bonilla Return to the Mets in 1998?
The Day The Mets Signed Omar Quintanilla Applesauce: Baseball Team Signs Infield Depth to Minor League Deal, Bloggers Inexplicably Write Too Much About It, Minor League Things
How Bad Will The Mets Be In 2012?
Just49moredaysjust49moredaysjust49more days Applesauce: Hey, Did You Know There Are Just 49 Days Until Pitchers and Catchers Report?
At Least it's Not 2011 Anymore Applesauce: Resolutions for Better Spelling, Writing Like Joe Pos, and Learning to Love Kevin Millwood

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Judging by the comments to Matt Callan’s ode to 1986 Mets: A Year To Remember from a few weeks back, the video has a devoted Mets fan following. Despite being too young to remember anything about that season, it has a special place in my fandom as well. It was part of a two video rotation (Ghostbusters being the other) which ran almost daily on my television for a few years in the early 90s. And it remained a once-in-awhile watch through high school and college. 

Unsurprisingly, the physical tape deteriorated over time, and the screen jumps and sound skips made for a less than optimal viewing experience. With sale of the video discontinued, my brother converted it to DVD and gave it to me for Christmas in 2010. See the picture above for the box and DVD. He even created a scene selection function which can be accessed from the main menu. "Get Metsmerized!" plays on loop on the menu screen. It is my favorite Christmas gift ever and is still nice to throw on for a viewing.

"How'd we do it? Mirrors!"
I was flipping through some of my parents' photo albums this afternoon in search of one particular shot of the sign my older sister made for Mets Banner Day back in the late eighties. Though I didn't find that one — I'll post it when I eventually track it down, and I can assure you that it's Keith-themed — but I did stumble upon this wonderful photo of my younger sister's stuffed animal menagerie spread out in front of a glorious rainbow-festooned Mets pennant, also from the late eighties.

She works for the HRC now and was particularly delighted to be reminded of this photo.

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