Salvatore Speaks

Tumultuous Times Call for Straight-Shooting Salvatore

A Message from Salvatore

We have recently revamped Salvatore Speaks. To enhance the blogging experience of our site's visitors we have applied a new, chic look to the page while adding a couple new and exciting features.

In addition to keeping our fingers on the pulse of the New York Mets Baseball Club as we enter the "dog days of summer," Salvatore will continue to raise awareness and promote discussion (no, rogue leaders are still not invited) of the numerous important happenings around the world of sport and American politics. It is also our pleasure to welcome, with open arms (ala John McEnroe-Roger Federer style), a new weekly section entitled Getting Squirrely: Hobbie's Weekly Hits from the Gong.

Friday, July 4, 2008

Philadelphia Then and Now

Hoping to gain ground on the first-place Phillilies, the New York Mets give the ball to ace Johan Santana this evening in a series-opening bout with Philadelphia lefty James Happ (is this the best Brett Meyers fill-in they could find? Sources say Jose Lima is looking for work.).

Santana sports a 7-7 record with a 3.01 ERA while Happ enters with one career Major League start under his belt (4 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 HR, 2 BB), but the real story today transpired 232 years ago in the very same city the Mets and Phils will do battle in tonight.

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress took the first official step in forming what we now know to be the United States of America. These brave men stood against the tyranny of a monarchical rule and their essential contributions to what became our great nation must never be forgotten.

Happy Independence from Salvatore Speaks.
Posted by Ralph Salvatore at 8:23 AM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)