WOW! That was weird!

So it was a rainy and cool Monday night. I decided to go bowling with a friend of mine. So we went over to the bowling alley that is about 5 minutes away from our houses. It's just a regular bowling alley. Nothing too special. So I walk in and who do I see? I see two people there for a fundraiser. In a bowling alley I wouldn't expect anything major and if it is it would only be major in the bowling world...I would think. One famous bowler is Norm Duke. MAYBE I would expect to see him. But no that's not the case. Two people sitting at their own little desk is Orlando El Duque Hernandez and Ron Darling! That's right. A random bowling alley in a small suburb and two famous pitchers (one who is now a broadcaster) is just sitting there!!! Since it was a fundraiser the autograph would have cost like 80 bucks and I certainly wouldn't want to pay that and I do not carry that much with me to a bowling alley. However this is what I did get. I got a picture on my cell phone of me and Hernandez and also on my phone is 2 videos. One of him BOWLING A SPARE ON THE LANE RIGHT NEXT TO ME! AND THE SECOND VIDEO WAS HIM GETTING A SECOND SPARE ON A LANE RIGHT NEXT TO ME!

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P.S. THIS OCCURRED AT SYOSSET BOWL

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Joe Janish said it all right there. Thanks so much, Joe, for posting about us. Joe Janish also writes for FlushingUniversity.Com. Check out the latest episode for our latest take on the Mets and Yankees struggles.

Matthew Cerrone joins Aceman & the Kwass for 11th Episode of Sports Docket!

as reported by Ethan Kwassman KSN Radio Host

Despite the Mets struggles, The Sports Docket with "Aceman & the Kwass" will have a big show airing from 3:30-4:30 p.m. EST here. Matthew Cerrone, the founder of the second-most traffic Mets website, MetsBlog.Com behind only the official site, Mets.Com, will join us tomorrow @ 3:45 p.m. EST. Metsblog started as small site to voice the insight of one Mets fan in 2003, and it has become a site with 500 subscribers, and over half a million hits a month. Every Mets fan is sure to go there once a day, as MetsBlog.Com is always updated.

Yankees Offense Pounds Glavine... Clippard sent down

What is the difference between this picture and yesterdays top of the 9th inning? Absolutely nothing for Yankee fans. They are equally as scary. Although Mariano Rivera gave up a lot of ground balls, they found holes and he worked himself into trouble. He threw over 30 pitches and gave up 2 runs. However the Yankees still came out on top 11-8 meaning the Yankees have won 10 out of their last 11. The Red Sox won but the Tigers did not putting the Yankees within 3.5 games of the wild card. Tyler Clippard was sent down and Kevin Thompson was called up. However in a week or so we will se the revamped Kei Igawa who has worked on almost every aspect of his pitching and he is deemed Major League Ready. Tonight on ESPN is the rubber game of this 3 game set. Who will get bragging rights? Who is better? We find out tonight.

P.S. KYLE FARNSWORTH IN 27.1 INNINGS THIS YEAR (AND KEEP IN MIND HE IS A SET UP MAN MEANING HE SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH AS DOMINANT AS A CLOSER) HAS ONLY THREE 1-2-3 INNINGS.



-Mark Elliot
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What Goes Up Must Come Down

The Yankees had won 9 in a row before the struggling Mets came into town. Roger Clemens had yet another credible start allowing 2 runs in 6.1 innings and striking out 8. However the Yankees offense looked like their old selves when the offense failed to produce any runs. Reyes had a career night driving in both runs including a homerun and stealing 3 bases. The good news for the Yankees though, is that the pitching still did a good job. It is ONLY the offense that has to step it up for a change. However, many predicted TONIGHT was the night the Yankees were going to lose and the Yankees would win the other 2. Well that already is not the case. Young Tyler Clippard takes on the New York Mets and although the Mets have been struggling of late, they still have the potential to absolutely DESTROY Tyler Clippard. Tome Glavine will face the extremely hot except yesterday Yankee offense. We will just have to wait and see how it goes. Unfortunately the Red Sox won last night so the Yankees are now 8.5 back in the division. The Yankees are 4.5 games back in the Wild Card. The offense didn't help 45 year old Roger Clemens but they are going to need to have one of their best offensive performances of the year this afternoon when their 22 year old is out there on the BIG stage. But the Yankees success just kept on going up. Now may be the time it goes back down.



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Major trouble for Maine thus far in LA

as reported by Ethan Kwassman KSN Reporter
(as shown on METS.COM front page)

Currently, the Dodgers are batting against the Mets in the bottom of the sixth with a 3-1 lead, after defeating the Mets by a score of 5-3 yesterday, for the Amazins' third straight loss.

Like yesterday, the Mets got started off good with David Wright scoring on a rbi single by Carlos Delgado, his 39th run batted in this year. However, the weirdness the Mets are going through continued in the bottom of the 2nd when the Dodgers hit 3 consecutive homers by former Brave 3B Wilson Bettemit, Dodgers prospect RF Matt Kemp, and who would have ever guessed it?!!!: the starting pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo! (his first major league bomb and rbi) Now, its 7-8-9 hitters on opposing teams puting the Mets in a hole.

It's getting frustrating. The Mets you-kn0w-what line will be in action in tomorrow's episode of The Sports Docket if the Mets can't battle back 2nite. David Wright is the only Met hitting 2nite, he can't do it himself.

Sosa Pitches a gem.... Yanks win 4th straight

Good news for both the Mets and Yankees last night. Yankees win their 5th straight AND Detroit lost to the Mets. Jorge Sosa for the Mets sure put on a show going 8 very strong innings. He struck out 5 gave up 4 hits and sufferen no earned runs. The Mets remain a top the NL East with a 36-23 record. They lead the braves by 4.5 games and get a self esteem booster.

Meanwhile the Yankees are still lookin hot. Like Sosa of the Mets, Pettite went 8 innings with 5 strikeouts but suffered 4 earned runs. Pettite through only 98 pitches. Matsui had a huge game tying homerun to tie the game at 2. The Yankees ended up getting the win in the bottom half of the 10th inning. Today the Yanks play game 2 of the series against the Pirates where the Rocket will Re-Launch at 1pm EST.

-Mark Elliot
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Yanks are back.. where did the Mets go?

Well the N.Y. Yankees have won two in a row to the Chicago White Sox. Abreu is back in the 3 hole and he is starting to hit. Chien Ming Wang pitched a complete game 5 hitter and threw 104 pitches. Its about time Torre gives his bullpen a rest. I think this can be a start for the N.Y. Yankees to make a comeback as the Red Sox have now lost 4 straight games. If the Yankees want to make up some ground now is the time to do it.

Now if we move a little East towards Flushing, Queens we greet the N.Y. Mets at Shea Stadium. As a Yankee fan I sure enjoyed that game. I sat underneath the screen about 1o rows behind homeplate AND the Mets lost. But I am not hear to rant. The Mets are on a little bit of a slide themsleves. The two teams predicted by many to be in the World Series this year (Mets and Red Sox) are starting to slip just a little bit. In addition Endy Chavez is now hurt. The Mets got a bonus last night because Met killer Pat Burell was not in the lineup however in a pinch hit appearance he struck out. Nonetheless the Mets still lost after Jimmy Rollins hit a huge 3 run shot on a 3-2 pitch as the fans were all standing and cheering in hopes for a strikeout. The Mets however still hold a 3.5 game lead in the division. The most questionable decision last night by the Mets was to take out Orlando El Duque Hernandez who went 6 solid innings. I guess Randolph's training from Torre is starting to kick in.




TUNE INTO BLOGTALKRADIO.COM/SPORTSHEAVENWITHMARKANDEVAN SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8PM... JIM BAUMBACH A NEWSDAY SPORTS WRITER WILL JOIN US. TO ASK HIM A QUESTION GO TO FREEWEBS.COM/SPORTSHEAVENWITHMARKANDEVAN AND CLICK THE "SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS" PAGE FOR DETAILS

-Mark Elliot

All hail Pedro! Mets ace returns to mound!

as reported by KSN Reporter Ethan Kwassman

The Amazins' received great news Tuesday afternoon with starting pitching Pedro Martinez throwing off the mound for the first time since recovering from a torn rotator cuff surgery last fall. Pedro fired fastballs for the first time in eight months down on a minor league complex in Florida. Martinez threw 38 pitches, and you can check out the rest of the story here.

Beat from the Kwass: I guess Pedro will be back better than we thought. It'll be tough for Willie, whether to send down Jorge Sosa, who is (5-1), who is the 5th starter right now. You have to think the Mets won't go to a six-man rotation especially with how well Glavine, El Duque, Perez, and Maine have performed individually and collectively as a group.

Mets In Game Notes:

First off, Mets (35-20) and Phillies (28-29) are tied 2-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning right now.

Carlos Beltran returns to the lineup tonight after missing all 3 games over the weekend, as the D-Backs took 2-of-3 from the lack luster Mets.

Tom Glavine (5-3)was going for career win #296, and definitely pitched well-enough to win over seven innings, but was pitch-it for by Ruben Gotay in the bottom of the seventh. He'll have to wait another day for that 6th win, and to get to 4 from the majestic #300.

40-year old southpaw Jamie Moyer started for the Phillies and was just as strong over 7 innings. In fact, both Glavine and Moyer allowed 2 runs on 8 hits over 7 INP.

Paul Lo-Duca drove in the 2 Mets runs thus far (see how I worded that, lol), with a single in the second, and Chase Utley drove in both Phillies runs (see how I worded that!, lol), with a double in the third (the half-inning later). Lets see if the Mets can pull out another late-inning victory!

Second Ever KSN Radio Doubleheader on Friday, the first of June!

(click screenshot above to see one of our shows, "System Showdown" on the front page of BlogTalkRadio.com)

as reported by KSN Radio Host Ethan Kwassman

Well, I finished study for my Chemistry test tomorrow quite a while ago, and I got several exciting things to tell you KSN Bloggers. First off, I think I'm going to ace that test tomorrow.

Next, tune in LIVE! to the first of two shows for KSN Radio with "The Sports Docket with Aceman & the Kwass" @ 4:00 P.M. EST. We plan to have Lou DeFillippo, Mets sportswriter for HotFootBlog.com as well Joe McDonald, Mets and Rangers reporter and also creator of the awesome website, New York Sports Day , join us on the show as we will interview them about their innovative websites as well as Mets Talk. We also hope to finally have Matt Watson, the lead writer for a Detroit Pistons Blog, DetroitBadBoys.com to talk some Pistons-Cleveland Cavaliers Eastern Conference Finals basketball with us. You can tune in LIVE! here. Make sure you have Windows Media Player or a comparable audio player.
Our nightcap of the doubleheader is going to extra special as well. Not only is our show for Friday @ 5:30 p.m. EST featured on the front page of BlogTalkRadio.com, but we are extremely honored to have a very special guest on "System Showdown" with Kwass, the PC guy; Jon, The iMacGuy, and Zixan, the Linux user. We will also be joined by special guest Arnold Kim, the creator of the extremely popular MacRumors.com. We will discuss the latest Mac news and rumors, as well as the history of MacRumors.com, as well as the features and technology behind this extremely innovative website.
Check out these latest Sports News Stories from Blogs and Websites in the New York/tri-state area: (really great stuff; some are from yesterday, most from today.)

• Zito Sharp, Drops Mets, 3-0 by Michael Avalone, of New York SportsDay.Com
• Post Game: Mets 4 Giants 2 by Dan Lerner, of Hotfootblog.Com
• Marlins Continue to Make Bad Trades by Dan Lerner, of Hotfootblog.Com

Sports Docket for May 30th!

as reported by KSN Radio Host Ethan Kwassman

(click the logo (left) to tune in LIVE! to tune into today's show). We may have a guest from a Mets Blog as well as a guest from a Detroit Pistons Blog to talk playoff baseketball with us! We will talkin' about the Mets great win last night, the Yankees 5th straight loss, as well the Red Sox 5th straight win, and also NBA Eastern and Western Conference Finals, and the NHL Stanley Cup Game 2.

Benitez saves another for the Mets, as they win in 12!

as reported by KSN Reporter Ethan Kwassman


Carlos Delgado hits second of two homers, his 7th of the year at is mobbed by teammates (inset) on rout to 5-4 Mets win in 12 innings. Mets scored 2 runs with 2 outs and a runner on second in the bottom of the 12th. Duces were wild @ Shea, as well as the combo of C-Del and C-Bel.
I'm too pumped right now to even write about the Mets amazing 5-4 win in 12 innings 2nite (another extra inning game). Delgado's walk-off run was so powerful and so crushed that, it threw the book (for English class) out of my hand when he hit it. I write a more extensive report entitled, "The Benitez Balk Report"! Like my alliteration there, laughing out loud (lol). If you don't know what a balk is, just know it helped produce another "Reyes run", a phrase coined by Mets SNY -TV Great Announcer Gary Cohen.

The Mets are now 16 over (33-17), and sent a postcard via e-mail to Brew Crew in Milwaukee for defeating the Braves tonight and putting the Mets a season-high 5 games up in the division. By the way if you're wondering, I put Yankees finally show signs of "live" instead of "life" intentionally. However, I do sympathize with Yankees fans, and I want Yankees fans to realize there's always a team that's a little bit more exciting (cough * cough * a lot more uh uh), in Flushing, Queens yo! Rite Jon? Aight, also guys, YOU HAVE TO check out this article from ArmChairGM.Com by a San Francisco Giants, and about his team's closer saving already the second game this month for his former team. Mets fans know what I mean. Woah! What a show we'll have tomorrow on BlogTalkRadio.Com.

Shawn Green lands on DL with broken foot

as reported by KSN Reporter Ethan Kwassman

At the moment, the Mets are tied with the San Francisco Giants at 3 in the 11th inning. Let's see if they can pull this one through. The Mets have placed RF Shawn Green on the 15-day disabled list with a broken foot. He broke his foot after fouling off the baseball off his foot in a game last Friday in Florida. As a result, the 'Amazins have recalled OF Ben Johnson from Triple-A to take Green's spot on the roster.

However, Green is not expected to be out for long as he will return to the varsity (as Steve Somers likes to say) by June 10. By that time, the Mets will be in Motown, playing versus the defending AL Champion Detroit Tigers.

Check out some KSN affilates!

as reported by KSN Radio Host Ethan Kwassman

Check out "Sports Heaven with Mark & Evan", a NY Sports Show which airs LIVE! just about Every Sunday Night on BlogTalkRadio.Com . Also, check out their official site. They've had some great guest on their show such as Kenny Albert, NY Rangers and FOX Baseball Announcer as well as Evan Grossman of NHL.COM (click links for show archive).

Mark Elliot, one of the co-hosts called into our show tonight.





Check out Matt Shyman's hilarious blog/website entitled "No calories!"











We hope to have a guest on tomorrow night's show @ 5 p.m. from Amazin' Avenue, a Mets Blog. We had Seamus Molloy of YanksBlog.Com on our show today and we discussed how to solve all the Yankees problems. If you think we're kidding, just tune in.