Just as the AL East is the premier division in the American League, the NL East is the standard barer for the Senior Circuit. And the New York Mets are looking to continue in 2009 to be the best the NL has to offer.

For 15 years, the Atlanta Braves were the only team of consequence in the National League East – winning the division year after year, after year. Only in the strike-shortened 1995 season (when the Montreal Expos were on pace to make it into the pennant) have the Braves not led almost the entire season.

In the past few years it has been the Mets, along with the Phillies, who have been major contenders out of the East. In each of the past two years, the Mets have struggled in the later weeks to seal the deal as the Phillies have taken the division, and last year, the World Series.

Grab some Mets tickets – or Phillies, Nationals, Braves, or Marlins and be a part of the dynamo that is the NL East!

It’s no secret that AL East is the toughest league in the Majors, top to bottom and the 5 teams in that league are looking to continue their success in 2009. In the past 10 years, only twice has the AL East not claimed two post season teams. The Red Sox and Yankees being the most frequent visitors to October Baseball, but last year we saw the true power of the AL East when Tampa Bay came out of nowhere to claim first place in the division as well as the AL Pennant.

This year, the usual suspects are presumed to be contenders again – in addition to Tampa Bay and the Toronto Blue Jays, who are looking to veteran manager, Cito Gastin to lead them to the top once again.

Yankees Tickets and Red Sox tickets will be sparse this year, but Tampa Bay and Toronto are unlikely to sell out, so look at the schedule and grab the tickets in your home town for your favorite team!

CC Sabathia had a rough go of it in his first opening day start for the Yankees, as he gave up the victory, along with six runs in a 10-5 loss to Baltimore. Additionally, the Yankees other megastar, Mark Texiera started with a wimper by going 0-for-4 in his Yankee Debut.

In fact, the only real bright spots for New York, were the play of Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada, who -both coming off of injuries – each hit home runs, in the 6th and 7th, when the game was still up for grabs.

Despite the loss, the Yankees undoubtedly have one of the most talented teams in all the Majors, so look for them to bounce back quickly and fiercefully. If you are a Yankees ticket holder, don’t expect this result too often this season, as the Yankees will again be a force in the AL.

One game played, one game won. For the Mets, 2009 got off to a good start as the Mets were able to outlast the Reds for a 2-1 win on opening day. Johan Santana was brilliant in his first start with the Mets, while newly acquired Francisco Rodriguez did what he does, recording his first save of the year, after setting a single-season record in 2008.

Because of the great pitching from New York, they only need two runs to close the door on Cincinnati, and those came courtesy of a two-run homer by rookie, Daniel Murphy. Whose third inning two-run bomb provided the Mets with all they needed for win #1.

Obviously, it’s a long season, but if you were to ask any of the New York Mets Mets organization – or any Mets ticket holders, for that matter- if they’d rather win or lose, their first game, they’d tell you they are perfectly happy with the results of opening day.

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That didn’t take long. The Mets announced Friday, that they have reached a one year deal with veteran slugger, Gary Sheffield, according to MLB.com’s Harold Reynolds. Sheffield, who was let go by the Tigers last week brings a turbulent off-field reputation along with his 499 career home runs into New York as the highly-touted Mets look to fulfill the prediction of World Series Champions made by Sports Illustrated.

The precise details of the deal are not yet known, though the Tigers still owe Sheffield 14 million, while the Mets most likely signed him to a minimum deal of $400,000 which releases the remainder of his salary to him at season’s end.

Sheff is no stranger to New York, where he played for the Yankees for three years (2004-2006), which ended with little fanfare as a plague of injuries limited him to only 39 games in his final season. The New York Mets are hoping he has one great year left in him.

In this time of economic turmoil, we hear almost on a daily basis about various companies losing various amounts of money and how the economy is hurting everyone – from the auto industry, to the entertainment industry. In fact a recent report from the Wall Street Journal highlighted the specific effects of the recession on the entertainment industry.

Superstar musicians were effected the most, as Elton John is believed to have lost nearly 1/3 of his portfolio while Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney came in second and third on the ominous list with estimated losses of around 22 and 15 percent, respectively.

However, the survey also listed the biggest winners in the entertainment industry, and – by no surprise, one of the recession-proof Broadway producers topped the list. Judy Craymer, whose Abba-based and film stage show sold no shortage of tickets on Broadway and managed to gross more than 2.5 billion worldwide, turned in a 2008 profit of 29%. In these tough times, that ain’t bad at all!

American Idol creator, Simon Fuller and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber also made significant gains in ’08.

This week’s issue of Sports Illustrated dons a picture of New Yankee’s star C.C. Sabathia, but the best news inside the magazine revolves around the other New York team. The SI baseball writers have picked the Mets as their favorites to win the World Series this year. Something that is both understandable, and ill-conceived.

The Mets are absolutely loaded on talent, with the likes of Johan Santana, K-Rod, David Wright, Jose Reyes, and the Carloses, so it’s easy to see them as a favorite going into the year. However, do you remember the last two post-season runs for the Mets? I’m not saying they choked, when the playoffs were on the line, but suffice it to say that they didn’t play their best ball when they needed to win.

It’s a bold prediction for SI to make, but if they can get off to a good start and play good baseball in the latter weeks of the season, they should have a very legitimate chance of making a run. Think that would make the Mets ticket holders happy?