Council, the three-brother rock band, will be appearing at Citi Field for a pre-game concert on September 27th, when the Mets take on the Cincinnati Reds. I recently had a chance to sit down for an interview with Doug, Pat, and Andy Reeves to discuss the band, their plans, and how they got the opportunity to play at Citi Field. ANTHONY CANTIELLO, METSTALK.COM: Tell us a [...]

Well I didn’t expect to hear this news late last night as I was walking in the door from work. But 10 years after witnessing 9/11 through my dorm room window, we finally got Osama bin Laden and killed him. I really never expected that to happen. But how best to capture the news in [...]

Mets COO Jeff Wilpon and pitchers Mike Pelfrey, R.A. Dickey, Bobby Parnell, and Dillon Gee trained as firefighters at the FDNY Fire Academy training center on Randall’s Island on January 20. Talk about battling some serious heat! The Mets players and C.O.O. strapped on firefighter gear to climb up FDNY ladders, battle a blaze, and [...]

Well baseball fans, it’s that time of the year again… the playoffs! My Mets kind of collapsed right after the All-Star Break under the management of Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel. Luckily, Mets management has corrected that error, firing both of them and apologizing to their fans. Here’s to a brand new start in 2010! [...]

CBS’ new sitcom $#*! My Dad Says starring William Shatner is based on the Twitter account of Justin Halpern, who lives with his 89-year-old father. The show’s premiere brought in 12.5 million viewers last week. Maybe that’s why CBS is planning another TV show based on a Twitter account, @shhdontellsteve. That one is about a [...]

Jerry Seinfeld was in the SNY broadcast booth for the Mets game against the Detroit Tigers today, calling the game and reminiscing about Seinfeld and Lady Gaga’s recent antics with Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez. Not only was Jerry Seinfeld absolutely hilarious, but he also was really good at calling the game AND providing color [...]

You know it’s the middle of summer in New York when the temperature and the humidity levels are both over 80. Its definitely looking like another hot, hazy, and humid summer in NYC: How do you like THAT forecast? Sizzling! Okay, okay, that was actually from a gag on the Late Show with David Letterman, [...]

Its World Cup time again, which to most Americans means absolutely nothing. Yet today, there was some palpable excitement about the match between USA and England. Twitter was a abuzz with “fans” asking why the clock counts up instead of down, what the rules are, and how its called soccer and not football. So with [...]

The New York Times‘ Standards Editor Phil Corbett had banned the use of the word “tweet” in all articles in print and online because the word is not in the dictionary. Of course, the word will be allowed in articles about birdwatching in Central Park, but only if the birdwatchers aren’t describing the colorful plumage [...]

U2 has announced their huge North American concert tour has been postponed because lead singer Bono has to recover from emergency back surgery. That includes the Irish rock band’s show at the New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey, which I happened to have tickets to see with my U2-loving family. So much for my big [...]