As spring training wound down and the regular season began, things were pretty busy around these parts. Here's a summary of the content from last week in case you missed anything.
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Mets Baseball Card of the Week: 1987 Fleer Dwight Gooden - Rob's got a pretty sweet Dwight Gooden card.
- Oh Hampton, Mike Hampton - Matt remembers Hampton's time as a Met.
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A Quick Chat with Mets Minor Leaguer Catcher Kai Gronauer, A Quick Chat with Mets Minor Leaguer Eric Campbell, and A Quick Chat With Mets Minor Leaguer Jeff Glenn - Rob continues his excellent series with Mets' minor leaguers.
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Thoughts on Allan Dykstra - The Mets traded Eddie Kunz for him, and Alex has the analysis.
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Terry Collins Takes Questions From Mets Bloggers - Eric got in a question about arguing with umpires and used the word kerfuffle.
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Amazin' Avenue Mets Ticket Swap Meet: Games Of April 8 - April 14 - We've got an experiment here. Trade your tickets with other readers using the comments.
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The Extra 2%, and What it Means for the Mets - Matt reviews the book and considers it through a Mets lens.
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Citi Field To Be Lit Up Blue For Autism Awareness - Eric reports on a very cool gesture by the Mets.
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Your 2011 New York Mets, In Head Shot Collage Form - The Mets should use this great image by Eric instead of an official team photo.
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Keeping Score of the Mets - I introduce a series of posts on keeping score and discuss a bit of my own experience with it.
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Thoughts On Sideline Reporting And Kevin Burkhardt - James likes KB but wishes SNY wouldn't burn up half an inning per game with his non-baseball interviews.
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Amazin' Avenue 2011 Season Predictions - We make our picks, and they figure to be just as accurate as any others.
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Faking Position Battles on the Mets (With More ZiPs) - Eno creates some hypothetical comparisons using projections.
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Dan Warthen, Brian Cashman Exchange Indirect Barbs Regarding Pedro Feliciano - Apparently Brian Cashman didn't look at Perpetual Pedro's GP from the past three years before signing him.
- The Amazin' Avenue Annual In The Wild - Eric's got a photo of the book on a real life book store shelf.