Caridad Pineiro® Romance Author
NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Romance Author
After last night’s Met’s loss, just one hot guy isn’t enough. So here’s a whole Pinterest board of hot men!
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On another note, congrats to the Kansas City Royals and their fans. You truly earned the right to be called World Series Champs.
Baseball players are superstitious and I guess so are baseball fans. Last two times I wore my Mets sweatshirt they won, so I’m wearing it again for the decisive Game 5. If there is karma, they should win because that Utley play was horrible and affected the outcome of the game. So here’s me from this morning with my lucky sweatshirt.
And for good measure, a real Throwback Thursday. This is a picture of my daughter and I at Shea Stadium for a 2007 division playoff game against the Cardinals. Actually, it was a rained out game and we sat in the stadium, getting wet, until they decided not to play. We had a fun time and returned a day or so later only to watch our beloved Mets lose to the Cardinals. Hoping today’s outcome is way different.
Buster Posey is adorable. Such a cutie and a great ball player. He’s also the reason there is now a rule dictating how you can hit a catcher at the plate. In 2011, he was seriously injured in a collision at home plate.
Which brings up Saturday’s Utley tackle of Ruben Tejada of the Mets. I can’t call it a slide, because it wasn’t. Now you know I’m a Mets fan, but over and above that, I’m a baseball fan. I’ve watched lots of games. I played catcher on a softball team for a long time. That slide was uncalled for and injured a player. It also changed the course of the game and Utley’s suspension won’t change that now. He should have been called out and the game should have progressed with two out in that inning.
I always liked Utley, but that hit changed my impression of him FOREVER. If someone would do that to another ball player to win a game, in my humble opinion, he’s not a nice guy.
But Buster Posey is a nice guy and again, adorable. I love his face in this commercial for Esurance.
Click here if you cannot see the Buster Posey Esurance commercial below.
My thoughts are still with baseball right now as my Metties make a pitch for the post-season! Starting to get worried. I hope they don’t blow it like they did in 2007 and 2008. After I cried as they lost the last game at Shea, I framed my 2008 Divisional Playoff tickets for the playoff that wasn’t going to happen.
Anyway, today’s hottie is Charlie Culberson from the Colorado Rockies. Charlie is an outfielder/second baseman and sadly, in May of this year, he hit a pinch hit walk off two run homerun off one of the New York Mets closers. That gave the Rockies an 11-10 win over the Mets. Sigh.
My Amazin’ Mets may be in the midst of a pennant race with the Washington Nationals, but there is no denying that outfielder Bryce Harper is one delicious piece of Man Candy! Plus, he’s an amazing ball player. in 2012, Bryce was the first rookie ever chosen for the All-Star team and was the National League Rookie of the Year that year. Since then, Bryce has racked up amazing numbers and is considered one of the best in the game.
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If you’d like to see more Bryce, click here to see Bryce on the cover of ESPN magazine!
Wow, dare I believe? The Mets swept the Nationals and are now in a tie for first place. As much as I thought this was possible, having it be a reality is . . . Well, I’m a Mets fan. We are diehard optimists up until that very last day of the season. I even think that this year we’ll see some playoff action and who knows what else. Dare I dream of a World Series spot? You bet I will!
Part of the reason for that is a stable of talented young arms, including Jacob deGrom who pitched an amazing inning at the All Star Game, throwing only 10 pitches to retire the side. Wow. An All-Star record by they way. Not to mention that he was the National League Rookie of the Year last year!
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Last year the Mets found themselves with a dilemma: three players with little d’s in their name. Travis d’Arnaud. Matt den Dekker (now with the Nationals). Jacob de Grom. Since there were no lower case letters in baseball, the Mets had to use updside down Ps. LOL. This year they added the lower case d.
Today’s cutie, Jacob is a pitcher for the Mets. He got off to a rocky start, but has bounced back with some solid outings. He’s currently 7-4 with yesterday’s win over the Diamondbacks. Jacob is a lean mean 6’4″ phenom who won the NL Rookie of the Year last year.
By slgckgc (Jacob deGrom) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons