The ethereal world.

"And anybody who doesn't think the Mets can come all the way back and go toe-to-toe with the Yankees doesn't remember what the '80s were like in the place I've always called Baseball New York."

What is your deal, dude? What sort of invisible demons are your fighting?

First, the idea that an imaginary place called "Baseball New York" existed in the first place.

Second, the fact that you're living in the '80s. The last time the Mets were better than the Yankees, you didn't have a cell phone, you didn't have an Internet, the astronauts were dusting moon shmutz off their uniforms, the Berlin Wall was up, Barack Obama was in high school, and "Falcon Crest" was your favorite pop culture reference instead of "Dancing With the Stars."

Third, who are the people who don't think the Mets can come back and go toe-to-toe with the Yankees? Besides you, who is thinking about the Mets right now?

The Mets should worry about going toe-to-toe with the Marlins in the NL East before they worry about the respective attention they receive from Russ Salzberg.


"The Yankees are often right about big-ticket starting pitchers, but only as long as they're named Clemens or Sabathia."

I know, right?

The guy giving us a New York Baseball history lesson has forgotten about:

1. Jimmy Key.
2. David Cone.
3. David Wells.
4. Orlando Hernandez.
5. Andy Pettitte.
6. Mariano Rivera.