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Every year for the last 3 years as Spring gives way to Fall, Mets season merges into NY Rangers season, I have been able to keep the baseball side of my brain occupied with thoughts of Mets Fantasy Camp. This year more so then ever, in the past I have simply gone down to cover the week long camp as a reporter, this season I am headed down to actually participate as a player. Each year I have tried to find unique ways of counting down the days until camp and sharing them with

Sometimes I think we get too caught up in anniversaries. Every October 25th we note that it’s the anniversary of Game 6. Every September 17th we talk about the clincher. And on and on and on until we note the completely mundane and monotonous events. Not just Mets wise … everything. We note everything until we’re looking completely in the past and we don’t have our eyes set forward. Lots of these past events are noted and I wind up shrugging my shoulders and moving on with my

When you need a man coming up in a big spot (and what’s bigger than kicking off the annual Mets’ Fantasy Camp Blog?) who better to have to step up to the plate than all-time pinch-hit king Lenny Harris? We sat down for an interview with the former Met: Chayim: You’re known as the greatest pinch-hitter of all time. Do you take that as a backhanded compliment or an achievement to be proud of? Lenny: That’s a nickname from one of my teammates, Juan Pierre, so I just went ahead a