Author: John Bernhardt

Does Kevin Long Plan To Adapt Mets Hitting Philosophy?

In perusing old magazines ferreting unusual sports stories that might be topics on my Tip-Off sports radio show, I found an interesting quote from the New York Mets’ recently hired hitting coach, Kevin Long. Mind you now, Long had yet to be released by the Yankees and hired by the Mets when he made his comments to Tom Verducci in a piece the noted baseball journalist penned for Sports...

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Assessing Mets Second Lefty Reliever Candidates

Scott Rice, Darin Gorski, Sean Gilmartin, Dario Alvarez or Jack Leathersich?  Who will emerge this spring as the Mets second left-handed pitching option out of the bullpen to assist Josh Edgin?  Make your pick. Only one pitcher, Scott Rice, has any major league experience to speak off.  A feel good story, after 14 years of trying in the minor leagues, Rice finally got his shot at the big leagues...

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Who Is LHP Sean Gilmartin?

Anticipating the Rule 5 Draft can be like looking ahead to a trip to the dentist for an enthusiast of minor league baseball.  Inevitably, players you have watched perform their trade, and, perhaps, even gotten to know a little when attending games at venues like Binghamton’s NYSEG Stadium are on the block, possibly lost to another franchise.  To the minor league aficionado, the Rule 5 Draft is a...

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Send Us Your Mets Themed Holiday Favorites!

MetsMerized and WIOX radio are teaming up again to present their second annual Mets Themed Christmas Tip-Off radio show.  Every holiday season, Tip-Off radio hosts John Bernhardt and Randy VanKeuren dedicate the lion’s share of their last radio show before Christmas to Mets themed holiday carols.  MetsMerized readers write these Mets themed carols that they submit to WIOX.  John and Randy then...

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A Championship Season: Looking Back

Any discussion about the Binghamton Mets 2014 Eastern League Championship should start with B-Met manager Pedro Lopez. After setting a franchise record for regular season wins and taking the Eastern League’s regular season championship then falling in the first round of the championship playoffs in 2013, Lopez got a taste of championship baseball and was hungry for more. Adding to Lopez’s...

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