In St. Lucie last month, I talked with Ryan Church about what it means to ‘hit the other way,’ and how a batter makes such an adjustment, on the fly, within seconds, to be successful.
To watch the video of our disucssion, click play below:

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In St. Lucie, I spent time with John Maine asking him questions about how to make a pick off throw to second, and keep a runner honest at first, his awareness of his infielders while focused on the game, and where and when you make the throw over.
Here’s one Q&A in text from the discussion:

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Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Tom Seaver.
I was particularly interested in his remarks about playing with a foxhole mentality, which I wrote about last night on MetsBlog.
To watch my interview with Seaver, click play below, and to read a written transcript, scroll down.

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Today, at 12:40 pm, I will be a guest on Sports Radio 950 in Philadelphia.
…this should be interesting…from what i understand, they want to speak with me about the ‘back-door link’ i posted so Mets fans can buy tickets to tomorrow’s potential one-game playoff in philly…back-door link…jeez, i linked to the ticket section of Phillies.com…unreal…
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This afternoon at 12 pm, I will be a guest on Baseball Digest Daily’s online radio show, with other guests including Rangers GM Jon Daniels and Padres blogger Geoff Young of Ducksnorts.com.
To listen live at 12 pm, click the icon below…

Earlier today I appeared as a guest by phone on The Hot List on ESPN News, to talk about the Mets, the team’s fans, and our overall confidence level going in to the final three games of the season, while tied for first in the NL East…
Here is the video, thanks to YouTube…

This afternoon on The MetsBlog Podcast, I talked with former-Mets OF Darryl Strawberry about the role of passion in baseball, as well as his recent work on behalf of autistic children at The Darryl Strawberry Foundation.
By the way, on September 22, Darryl will be performing in The Boy of Steel, along with Bernie Williams and [...]

Tonight, on The MetsBlog Podcast, Anthony and I talked with David Pinto, of Baseball Musings, about how the Mets struggles stack up against other teams around the league.
To listen to our discussion, use the audio player in the site’s left sidebar.
By the way, Pinto will host his own online radio show tonight at 8 pm, [...]

On Sunday’s edition of NYMetsCast.com’s podcast, I was interviewed by Mike Rudner and SNY.tv’s Ted Berg about the state of the Mets, as well as the history and reach of MetsBlog.com.
To listen to the entire 30–minute discussion, about both the team and MetsBlog, go to NYMetsCast.com.
However, to listen to only the 12–minute talk about MetsBlog, [...]

During last Wednesday’s edition of MetsBlog Talk Radio, Mets OF Prospect Carlos Gomez talked with Anthony De Rosa about adjusting to professional baseball, life in New Orleans and his future with the Mets, among other topics.
To listen to Gomez’s 11–minute interview on MetsBlog Talk Radio, click the play button below.

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Adam Rubin is a beat writer, and blogger, for the Daily News, as well as the author of Pedro, Carlos and Omar, which was initially published last year, but is being re-released in paperbook to include the acquisition of Carlos Delgado and highlights from the 2006 season that concluded with a Division Championship.
To purchase a copy of Pedro, [...]

Newsday’s David Lennon is the co-author of The Great New York Sports Debate. 
Lennon, and co-author Roger Rubin, of the Daily News, will appear tomorrow, Thursday, November 16, at the Borders on Wall Street in Manhattan at 1 pm to sign books, meet fans and talk about Hot Stove baseball.
Lennon was kind enough to talk [...]

Will Leitch runs Deadspin.com, the most popular sports blog online, featuring more than 300,000 unqiue readers every day…
In addition to running Deadspin, Leitch is also a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals.  He was kind enough to talk with me by phone to give me a Cardinals fan point of view on the upcoming NLCS…
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Jon Weisman is the author of Dodger Thoughts, an outstanding blog about the Dodgers…
Weisman was kind enough to talk with me recently to give us a Los Angeles perspective on the NLDS match-up between the Mets and Dodgers…
…to listen to my conversation with weisman, click the play button below…

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David Lennon is a beat writer for Newsday, and spent yesterday at Shea Stadium as the news about Orlando Hernandez began spreading around the team’s clubhouse…
Lennon is also the co-author of a new book, The Great New York Sports Debate, which will be released later this month, but can be pre-ordered at Amazon.com or wherever books are [...]