Interviews

MMO Weekly Episode 72: Mets Pitching Prospect Paul Gervase

Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week I’m joined by Mets pitching prospect Paul Gervase! We had some great discussions about his 2023 season and experiencing a playoff run with Binghamton, how biomechanics and other training have taken him from a little-known division three player to LSU and eventually to the professionals, expectations for the 2024 season, and much more! What...

MMO Exclusive: Mets Pitching Prospect Ben Simon

“The guys that I was watching as a kid? Dillon Gee and Jon Niese were my guys.” With their 13th-round selection in the 2023 MLB Draft, the Mets selected reliever Ben Simon, a right-handed pitcher from Elon University. Simon, just 21, spent three years at Elon in the Coastal Athletic Association, one of the strongest baseball conferences in the country. After Simon closed out his...

MMO Weekly Episode 62: Mets Prospect Nick Morabito

Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week, Mike and I are joined by Mets 2022 second-round draft pick Nick Morabito! Nick gives some great insight on his pre-draft process, discusses some of what made his 2023 season so successful, how his deep family ties to baseball helped him to propel to the professional rank, what plans he has to improve this offseason, and much more! After hitting...

MMO Exclusive: Darryl Strawberry, the Mets’ Home Run King

When 21-year-old Darryl Strawberry made his major league debut with the New York Mets on May 6, 1983, against the Cincinnati Reds at home, fans were eager for an impact player to help turn the organization’s fortunes around. After all, the club hadn’t made the postseason since they lost to the Oakland Athletics in seven games in the 1973 Fall Classic. In addition, the Mets...

Fantasy Football: A Longtime Mets Team Tradition

By Scott Engel, The Game Day Mets first base coach Wayne Kirby was willing to talk to me about his success as a Fantasy Football player, but first, he wanted to make sure I knew who I was addressing. “You’re talking to who?” he asked me with a big smile. I reaffirmed that I knew I was speaking with the defending champion of the Mets Fantasy Football team league. “You’re right about that!” Kirby...

MMO Exclusive: 1969 World Champion Ed Kranepool

Growing up in Bronx in the 1940s and ’50s, Ed Kranepool spent much of his time playing stickball in local parks. In fact, stickball brought refuge to a young Kranepool. As his stickball reputation grew, local gangs treated Kranepool well and insisted he not hang around with them after dark as they didn’t want him to get into trouble and not be able to play on their teams. Growing up...

MMO Exclusive: Three-Time All-Star, Curtis Granderson

In Major League Baseball history, only six players have recorded 90+ triples, 300+ home runs and 150+ stolen bases, showcasing a penchant for both power and speed: Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, George Brett, Andre Dawson, Steve Finley and Curtis Granderson. Granderson, 42, was an easy player to root for, no matter what team he was on. As congenial as they come, the left-handed hitter posted a 47.2...

MMO Exclusive: One-On-One With Jett Williams

Growing up, Jett Williams heard the detractors who questioned his abilities on the baseball field due to his height. Instead of letting that define him, Williams, who’s listed at five-foot-eight, used that as motivation to prove them wrong. Selected by the New York Mets in the first round of the 2022 Draft (14th overall) out of Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath, Texas, Williams has gotten off...

Mets Coaching Spotlight: Eric Hinske

By Scott Engel, The Game Day As the Mets look to improve on offense during the rest of the season and possibly in the future, one certain presence in the dugout and around the batting cage may play a key role in more success. Assistant hitting coach Eric Hinske, in his first season with the team, has much winning experience and can be someone for the hitters to lean on as they attempt to get on...

MMO Exclusive: Pitcher, Bill Pulsipher

In “For Love of the Game,” the 1999 sports drama starring Kevin Costner as an aging former ace, a line from Vin Scully (who appears in the film as a broadcaster) sums up what many pitchers often feel on the bump. “He (Billy Chapel) will make the fateful walk to the loneliest spot in the world: the pitching mound.” Standing on the mound can be an isolating feeling,...

MMO Weekly Special: Bobby Bonilla’s Former Agent Dennis Gilbert

Mets fans, we’re back with a very special episode! In honor of “Bobby Bonilla Day” on July 1st, I spoke with former MLB player, agent, and creator of the famed contract, Dennis Gilbert. Dennis and I had some great conversations about how a connection with the Brett family turned him from insurance sales to MLB agent, what goes into representing a player during free agency, the...

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