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		<title>Daniel Murphy is Pure Chaos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Baseball players don&#8217;t have enough cool nicknames.  So when Ted Berg suggested, via Ike Davis, that &#8220;Pure Chaos&#8221; would be a good nickname for Daniel Murphy I decided to run with it.   It may not describe his hitting style, but I do think it applies to his general approach to the game.  Before you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/2012/02/09/daniel-murphy-is-pure-chaos/</link>
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		<title>The Islanders Battle For Contention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Football is over and it&#8217;s still nearly two weeks until pitchers and catchers report and even longer before baseball games start. In the meantime I&#8217;m going to enjoy some New York Islanders hockey. Last night they held off the Flyers for a 1-0 shootout win. Evgeni Nabokov played an amazing game in goal, blocking all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/2012/02/08/the-islanders-battle-for-contention/</link>
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		<title>Poll: Which NY Team Will Have The Next Parade?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulation to the Giants for winning the Super Bowl. I wonder, which team will next win a championship in New York? The Rangers will probably be a popular answer, and the Giants are certainly going to be riding a wave of optimism to repeat. The Nets aren&#8217;t technically eligible for a parade until 2013, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/2012/02/07/poll-which-ny-team-will-have-the-next-parade/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All About The Giants..But Not For Long</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend is about the New York Giants.  It&#8217;s about the Super Bowl, and a championship.  It&#8217;s about perhaps a parade on Tuesday and random rankings of Eli Manning among the greatest QBs in the game today. &#160; So good luck to the Giants.  I&#8217;m looking forward to this game, and like so many so-called [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/2012/02/03/its-all-about-the-giants-but-not-for-long/</link>
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		<title>Home Run Derby Alternatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TholeMoley over at Mr. Met Is My Brother wrote a post about watching the NHL All-Star Game.  Actually she&#8217;s wrote a couple of them, but I want to talk about one of them specifically.  I wanted to watch the festivities this weekend, especially with John Tavares a part of them, but I had other things [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/2012/02/02/home-run-derby-alternatives/</link>
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		<title>The Bisons Beer Dinner, Mets Beer Competitions?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Buffalo Bisons are having a Beer vs. Wine II dinner Thursday at Coca-Cola Field.  It&#8217;s a rematch of a dinner they had last November. &#160; This is a pretty cool idea and a great use of the park during the offseason.  $60 gets you a 5-course meal and a wine and beer pairing with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/2012/01/31/the-bisons-beer-dinner-mets-beer-competitions/</link>
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		<title>More on Citi Field&#8217;s Uninspiring Beer List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Citi Field is a first-class venue.  It&#8217;s got amazing food, and much of it is local.  The Citi Field beer list is extensive, but it&#8217;s also uninspiring.  Beer and baseball go together so well yet most of the beers available, particularly to the general public, at Citi Field are only the typical expanded list of beers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/2012/01/30/more-on-citi-fields-uninspiring-beer-list/</link>
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		<title>New Mets HOF Member John Franco: First Pitch at Citi Field</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to John Franco for being selected for the Mets Hall of Fame. Did you know John Franco threw out the first ever ceremonial first pitch at Citi Field?  It&#8217;s true!  It took place at an exhibition game between St. Johns and Georgetown.  Franco went to St. Johns, so was tagged to do the honors.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/2012/01/26/new-mets-hof-member-john-franco-first-pitch-at-citi-field/</link>
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		<title>My Problems With FIP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The formula for the Sabermetric stat FIP is (13HR + 3(BB+HBP-IBB) &#8211; 2K )/ IP That&#8217;s then added to a constant to equate it to normal ERA ranges.  (xFIP  provides some extrapolation on HR rate per fly ball, but my overall concerns remain the same) &#160; The general idea with FIP is to try to determine how well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/2012/01/25/my-problems-with-fip/</link>
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		<title>Apparently Optimism Is Not A Sin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ted Berg over at Tedquarters.net is doing a four part series on &#8220;If absolutely everything falls right&#8221; and looking at the upward bounds of expectations for the Mets roster.  It&#8217;s nice to know I&#8217;m not the only person looking at the optimistic avenue.  I was beginning to feel a little like Highlander as an optimistic [...]]]></description>
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