Extra, Extra, Read All About It!

Dear readers,

After 1,053 posts and 4 years, 3 months operating as Yankees 2000: Promote the Curse, I'm excited to announce that, effective tomorrow, this website will relaunch as Mets Extra (http://www.metsextra.com/).

The change itself was hastened by the Yankees breaking the titular curse that this website chronicled and celebrated, but in truth, it was conceived of long before.

Indeed, the idea of Mets Extra has been dinging around in my mind for a long time now. On May 24, 2006, I registered the http://metsextra.blogspot.com/ domain name, billing it as the "potential future home of Yankees 2000: Promote the Curse". It took almost 4 years but here we are.

I appreciated the wit and uniqueness of Yankees 2000 as the name, but I always had qualms about it. As readers are aware, my bailiwick here is loving the Mets, and I've always worried that a Mets fan site named "Yankees 2000" (or Yankees anything for that matter) would generate confusion and alienate potential readers.

The name change doesn't mean I've gone soft on the Yankees; I hate the Yankees, and sure enough, every now and then I'll take a post to blast them or call them or their fans out on their bullshit.

But as a subject, for me the Mets are much more interesting to write about, and the name Mets Extra reflects that.

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So why the name Mets Extra? Well, it satisfies the one criterion for the new name (having the word "Mets" in the title and URL), but it's also a nod to the great WFAN post-game show.

I usually take the 7 train to the game, but on those occassions where I'm driving I love tuning into the program as soon as I've gotten back in the car.

I also have fond memories of listening to the show in college, back when the only games I got to watch were the ones that were nationally televised and I had to count on 660 AM somehow crossing the mountains and coming through the dial.

Mets Extra, the radio show, has always been a part of my experience as a fan, and I hope in the years ahead my take on Mets Extra, on the website, will be part of your experience as a fan as well.

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I will always be immensely proud of the work we did as Yankees 2000. In the banner of the site the letters Y2K will be preserved, and though I will mostly refer to the site as Mets Extra or ME, I'll still drop a "here at Y2K" type of line from time to time.

As far as content, nothing is going to change. You can still expect the same type of insight and analysis you've grown accustomed to, mostly on the Mets, sometimes on the Yankees or the Giants, Jets, or Knicks.

One new feature is I'll now be accessible via email at AFOMG@metsextra.com. Come tomorrow I understand that will be up and running, and I look forward to reading your emails.

More than anything though I look forward to continuing this journey of Mets fandom with you.

It's been a great ride these past four-plus years. Here's to the next four and beyond.

- A.F.O.M.G.