Monday, 05 April 2010

Hope springs eternal!

David Wright homered!  Jeff Francouer walked!  We're gonna win the World Series!*


*To think that I was going with this photo (via) for my annual Opening Day of Inevitable Disappointment post:

David wright and mike pelfry are just browsing
 
Apr 5, 2010 1:39:38 PM | Béisbol

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tomemos

Hey, both Reyes and Santana are on my fantasy team, so I'm totally pulling for the Mets this year.

Posted by: tomemos | Monday, 05 April 2010 at 02:33 PM

SEK

I'm not sure where to post this, so I'll just dump it here: Frenchie walks in a high pressure situation! These are new Mets!

Posted by: SEK | Wednesday, 07 April 2010 at 09:13 PM

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