First Post and a Blast From the Past

February 12, 2008   ·   Patrick Hickey, Jr.   ·   Jump to comments

Hey guys, my name is Patrick Hickey Jr. and I’ve been covering the Cyclones for over two years for NY Sports Day and a host of other publications and websites. During that time I have had a blast and absolutely love covering this team and spending my summer every year in Coney Island. That’s one of the reasons why I decided to start this blog. However, there are a few other reasons as well.

My sole objective with this site will be for it to serve as a sort of supplement to my beat writing this season and should provide a front row seat to the action this season at Keyspan. I know the season doesn’t start until June, but I figured I’d get started now and have done interviews with several Mets prospects [who happen to be former Cyclones of course] and should have plenty of material to keep you guys busy until the season starts.

I’m sure many of you are still wondering why I would do this blog, so here’s another reason. It needed to be done. Over the past two years that I’ve covered this team, they’ve always needed more coverage and despite my writing of over 150 Cyclones-related pieces during that time, something more yearned to be done. I’d go on the various message boards that fans have set up and find out that they were grossly mis-educated on the team and didn’t know why players weren’t in the lineup or why someone wasn’t playing well. I would usually send those people e-mails and let them know why things were going down the way they were and would even talk to fans at the ballpark and on my way home from Keyspan, but that still wasn’t enough either. I think this blog has the potential to solve those problems.

On the site’s first day of existence, I figured that I’d just let you people know that I’m going to be doing everything in my power to make sure you all know what is going on with this team and that you have plenty of fun while you’re here. As a tribute to you guys and the team, here’s a video I made two seasons ago, showcasing some of those great players from my first year covering the team.

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