Tag: Jerry Manuel

MMO’s Great Eight Mets Teams: Team 1

People have been asking us all winter what we’ve been doing to pass the time during the MLB lockout. I’ll tell you what we do here at MMO — we come up with ideas that not only help us stay busy, but will help you all stay busy, too. Talking about the best teams and/or players in New York Mets history is always a good debate to have — especially during the cold winter...

OTD 2008: Injured Johan Santana Delivers in the Clutch

The best pitched game of Johan Santana’s Mets career? Most would naturally say the no-hitter on June 1, 2012 and you’d find little argument against it. But considering the circumstances, a case can be made for the penultimate day of the regular season 13 years ago — part of an emotional weekend with the playoffs at stake and Shea Stadium’s days numbered. Facing...

An Ode to the Captain: Fifteen Can’t Miss David Wright Moments

It’s not often that a player like David Wright rolls around. Not just in regards to on field talent, but being a consummate professional off the field as well. But when they do, it comes with this overwhelming sense of comfort, security and excitement. Mets fans knew Wright was going to be special after his steady rise through the Mets’ system that plateaued with his Major League...

Amazin’ Memories: Mets Blank Phillies in Series of Shutouts

There are times when it’s tough to be a Mets fan. Perhaps you remember when the Mets held a commanding seven-game lead with 17 games to play in 2007, and then collapsed to their rival from down the Turnpike. Or perhaps you recall 2008, when the Amazin’s held a 3.5 game lead in September with only 17 games to play, before becoming the first team ever to blow a 3.5-game lead in...

MMO Exclusive: Six-Time All-Star, Moises Alou

Throughout his 17-year major league career, Moises Alou was one of the most dangerous hitters at the plate. A six-time All-Star with five different teams, Alou posted a career slash of .303/.369/.516 with 2,134 hits and 332 home runs. He twice finished in the top-3 of M.V.P. voting (1994, 98), and took home Silver Slugger Awards in those same seasons. Alou, 53, is one of nineteen players in...

Two of Wright’s Former Managers Offer High Praise for The Captain

The Mets are set to activate David Wright on Tuesday, and he will make his final start on Saturday the 29th. With his upcoming retirement two of Wright’s former managers recently shared their thought’s on Wright and his thirteen year career. In an of episode of ‘Mets On Deck’ with Pete McCarthy of WOR, spoke with former Mets manager Jerry Manuel. Manuel told McCarthy that upon...

There Are Still Reasons To Watch This Mets Team

Right now, the Mets are just a bad baseball team. When you are a fan of a bad baseball team, it is sometimes difficult to find seasons to watch. Thankfully, there still remain reasons to watch the Mets: Jacob deGrom – This year, deGrom has returned to pitching like an ace. No, he may not be the guy he was in 2015, but he’s still a great pitcher. You know with him on the mound the...

MMO Exclusive: A Conversation With Former Mets Outfielder, Mike Cameron

Ask the former Gold Glove center fielder Mike Cameron how he looks back on his 17-year career in the majors and he’ll tell you that he feels blessed and grateful. Those words perfectly describe a man who had the opportunity to play close to 2,000 games in the big leagues, swat 278 career home runs, steal 297 bases, earn three Gold Glove Awards and collect endless memories with the eight...

Bridging the Minority Manager Gap

Major League Baseball currently has four minority GMs – Dave Stewart of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Farhan Zaidi of the Dodgers, Al Avila of the Detroit Tigers and Michael Hill of the Miami Marlins. Ken Williams of the Chicago White Sox is the only minority vice president of baseball operations and Fredi Gonzalez of the Atlanta Braves and Dusty Baker are the lone minority managers. To many,...

Righting The Wrongs

Usually I’m not the type to tell someone “I told you so”. It’s annoying at best and at its worst it can make you want to slug the person who says it. That doesn’t mean there aren’t times when facts are so evident that they hit you in the face leaving you feeling like Delino DeShields Jr. after a close encounter with a 90 mph fastball. When it comes to the future of Jenrry Mejia, unfortunately...

Mets Are Still Undecided On One-Time Phenom Mejia

Jenrry Mejia takes the mound and will oppose Cubs left-hander Chris Rusin at 4:05 PM Sunday as the Mets wrap up their two-game series at Cashman Field in Las Vegas. The Mets have never settled on a role for Mejia, which could be the case again this spring. At 24, Mejia is one of those promising young arms the Mets are boasting. Coming off elbow surgery, they are treating him with kid gloves, but...

Ruben Tejada: Stage Fright?

During a commercial break on my sports talk show a well-known New York sportswriter said to me, you know what’s wrong with Roberto Alomar? He has stage fright. It was July 2002. The New York Mets were in the middle of a free-fall. Alomar was being booed relentlessly. Stage fright? I thought as I put my headphones on for the next segment. Then, I forgot about it — until now. What the...

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