Tag: Ralph Kiner

Morning Briefing: Angelos Agrees to Sell Orioles

Good morning Mets fans!  Today’s biggest news is that Baltimore Orioles owner John Angelos has agreed to sell the team in a deal worth $1.725 billion to a group led by Baltimore billionaire David Rubenstein. Puck News first reported the deal.  Mike Arougheti, the co-founder of Ares Management Corp., is a major player in the deal. Rubenstein is worth $4.6 billion, according to Forbes, while...

Gary Cohen and Howie Rose: The Voices of Mets Summers

It’s hard to imagine a recent Mets moment without Howie Rose or Gary Cohen. And it’s impossible for many Mets fans to watch or listen to a game without them. They are direct descendants of a generation that saw and heard Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner, and Lindsey Nelson. That’s what makes them beloved: they are who we are. Howie and Gary are not transplants.  They became a central...

Former Mets Broadcaster Tim McCarver Passes Away

Tim McCarver, a major-league catcher for 21 seasons and a Hall of Fame broadcaster who called Mets games for 16 years, has passed away at the age of 81. McCarver was known nationally as the analyst for a record 24 World Series and 22 All-Star Games and received the Ford C. Frick Award in 2012. He joined the Mets broadcast team in 1983 after a playing career that lasted over two decades with four...

There Will Be A New Voice On Mets Radio In 2023

On December 19, it was reported that Wayne Randazzo will not return to the Mets’ radio broadcast booth for the 2023 season.  Reports are that Randazzo will be the next play-by-play announcer on TV for the Angels. His now former partner calling Mets games, Howie Rose, had this to say on Twitter: I’m not at liberty yet to comment on @WayneRandazzo’s next move, but it’s all good and I am...

Remembering Mets Broadcaster Bob Murphy

On September 25, 2003, the New York Mets honored their long-time broadcaster, Bob Murphy, with an on-field ceremony before their game with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Murphy was about to do what he loved one last time, broadcast a Mets’ game from the team’s radio booth at Shea Stadium. Murphy had been diagnosed with lung cancer, and would pass away less than a year later, on August 3,...

An Old Timers’ Day Primer

For the first time since 1994, the Mets are hosting an Old Timers’ Day. What once had been a staple of the organization ever since the team originated has now been revived under the Steve Cohen regime, helped by crowdsourcing on Twitter shortly after taking ownership. The early years of the festivities celebrated New York’s brilliant baseball past, especially in 1977 when they...

The Lockout Is a Week Old, and They’re Not Talking

It has been one week since the MLB team owners locked out the players (MLBPA), in a move the owners termed “defensive”, and whose purported intent was to move the negotiations forward for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. So far, the lockout has not achieved its desired endpoint, because the two sides are not even talking (at least not to our knowledge). From a timing...

OTD 1961: Branch Rickey Turns Down Mets’ GM Role

In February 1961, the expansion Mets were putting together a front office in preparation for their first season, roughly 14 months in the future. Chairman of the Board, M. Donald Grant, was seeking a GM, and reached out to legendary Branch Rickey, who on February 15, 1961, turned down the job offer. George Weiss, former GM of the Yankees, would accept the role as first GM in franchise history in...

MMO Exclusive: Howie Rose, Radio Voice of the Mets

Through the competitive seasons to the many lean years the New York Mets have had, one constant has remained: The team employs one of the top broadcast crews in the entire sport. With the television crew featuring the animated trio of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling, Mets fans are treated to a mixture of tremendous baseball acumen and insightful anecdotes. For fans listening to the...

On This Date: Lindsey Nelson Takes a Gondola Ride

Mets fans love the current broadcast team of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling. Mets fans from previous generations will recall with love the original Mets broadcast trio of Ralph Kiner, Bob “Back with the happy recap” Murphy and Lindsey Nelson. Prior to joining the Mets broadcast teams, Bob Murphy had broadcast for the Red Sox and Orioles and Lindsey Nelson had been the...

So You Think You Know The Mets: Who’s In The Hall?

In the center of this vintage photo from 1962 is the first owner of the New York Mets, Mrs. Joan Payson, who is flanked by our first general manager George Weiss, and the team’s first manager Casey Stengel. All three played a significant role in the formative years of the Mets, and when Nelson Doubleday purchased the franchise in 1980, he believed the first of order of business was to honor the...

Mets Video Vault: Doc’s Debut vs. Astros

On April 7, 1984, the phenomenon began. Dwight Gooden, less than two years out of high school and coming off a 300-strikeout season in the minors the previous year, made his first major league appearance as the starting pitcher against Houston. The Mets and manager Davey Johnson eased the 19-year-old Gooden into the spotlight by having his initial entrance come in a rather subdued environment...

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