Author: Joe D

Players Association Quickly Rejects Latest MLB Offer

MLB owners and players remain in a stalemate over an agreement on a 2020 baseball season, which has been put on hold because of the pandemic. Both sides had hoped negotiations would be concluded in time for an Opening Day in early July, but as each day passes the two sides are no closer to an agreement. Today, however, Karl Ravech of ESPN is reporting that MLB owners made a new proposal to the...

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So You Think You Know The Mets: The 100 Runs Club

Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson scored 100 or more runs 13 times in his career and the former Met scored a Major League record 2,229 runs. After the New York Mets were established in 1962, it would take the young franchise nine years until their first player scored 100 runs in a season. This week, I want you to name every player who delivered a 100 run season for the Mets. Can you name all 12...

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Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant Says Farewell

  Renowned Manhattan sports bar Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant will not be reopening its doors again according to an announcement by owner Shaun Clancy. Clancy posted a video message on Twitter to share the disappointing news while thanking all his customers and employees for their patronage and loyalty over the years. “Foley’s won’t reopen. Just with everything...

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Max Scherzer Throws Down The Gauntlet

As the clock keeps ticking, Major League Baseball is no closer to a cohesive strategy or plan to begin the National Pastime. The battle has been reportedly contentious on both sides with the owners and players association lobbying offers and counter offers at each other like molotov cocktails. But late on Thursday night, one of the game’s biggest stars Max Scherzer, drew the proverbial red...

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Mets Matters: Opening Day 2.0, Remembering Lindsey, Hot Takes

Ask any fan of the New York Mets which MLB team owns the best Opening Day record of all-time and watch their eyes light up as they pound their chests and quickly blurt out, “Mets, Mets, Mets!” Sure, the Mets have only two measly championships in 57 years of somewhat gut-wrenching and futile existence, but one thing they can’t ever take away from us is that sterling and...

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