I actually shaved this morning, a rarity for a Monday. Later, I spoke to Brian Bassett of TheJetsBlog.com about the Jets. Here’s that:

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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a Tsuyoshi Shinjo sighting.

The former Mets outfielder and longtime Nippon Ham Fighters star threw out the first pitch at Game 2 of the Japan Series yesterday. From the Japan Times:
The roar only got louder when former Nippon Ham star Shinjo made his appearance.
With his unnaturally white teeth gleaming, hair teased [...]

I’m still trying to process the Jets’ loss yesterday.
Gary Myers in the Daily News points the blame at Rex Ryan, but I’m not willing to.
Going for the two-point conversion in third quarter was a questionable call. But Ryan was pretty clearly thinking that two points would put the Jets within three points of Miami, and [...]

Joe Janish continues his 2009 Mets analysis series with his take on Daniel Murphy. I’m still ambivalent, but I think the Mets should stick with Murphy at first at least to start the season. More on that probably later today.
Diamondbacks reliever Clay Zavada won the American Mustache Institute’s Mustache of the Year Award, and showed [...]