We have been doing some upgrading of the site. Get ready for a relaunch at the end of February. Well, maybe relaunch is too big of a word. But it will look different. If this is loaded properly by me (and based on this post being several days old upon publication, this is not my first try), this is kind of a spring training reveal. Whaddya think?

One thing that was the same was the always awesome Queens Baseball Convention. The Mets even sent a couple of people from marketing and promotion to talk to the people and they handled some pointed questeions well and honestly. Todd Hundley was back in New York and Chris Flexen, whom I missed. And the panels on the State of the Mets and the Uniforms were their usual brilliant selves. But the star of the day was Brandon Nimmo.

I have been rotting for him since he came up. I admit I was skeptical that they spent a first-round pick on a guy from a state without high school baseball. But he can play and play the right way. And his attitude is even better than this batting eye. And I was one of the few people who have been to Wyoming. I lived in Colorado for a little while and I’ve been to Wyoming like six times. I’ve been to Frontier Days twice. And I like neither rodeo nor country music. So Nimmo and I have that Wyoming crush in common. We both like the Mets, too.

I have to thank Keith Blacknick for giving me the OK to come the morning of the event when I realized very late that Katch Astoria was sold out. Also thanks to up and coming Mets author Brian Wright; Jesse James Burke, barrister and memorabilia man who treats me like a king, and Marty Gover, Ed Kranepool’s agent, who met me there—and who is still has a lot of Kranepoolian memorabilia available through the end of January for those who are interested in meeting the Krane at his home. Contact Momentum Sports if you are interested (212-918-4545).

I hope to have even more of a presence at the next QBC. But right now I am working on a book on our favorite ballpark. More on that later.