Jeff Passan of ESPN has just tweeted out that the MLBPA has sent a counter-proposal to MLB’s latest offer that was presented on Wednesday. The new proposal from the players focuses on the following: 70-Game Season $50 million in playoff bonuses 50/50 split of new postseason TV revenues in 2021 Forgiveness of salary advance for Tier I-III players Universal DH Mutual waiver of grievance...
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As of mid-evening on Wednesday, the MLB and the MLBPA are still talking and appear to be nearing an agreement that would save the 2020 season. Commissioner Rob Manfred and Player Association representative Tony Clark met earlier in the day and the meeting was called productive. A few hours later, Manfred released a statement acknowledging the meeting with Clark. “We left that meeting with...
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For the second time in just over three years, New York Mets’ television broadcasters Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling have come out on top in a survey ranking the best booths in baseball. In 2017, The Guardian named the trio (best known as GKR) as tops in the sport and on Tuesday, the results of a nationwide survey were published by The Athletic. The Athletic recently asked its...
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He was with his new team for hardly a month before he made his presence felt and it wasn’t with his bat or his glove. Donn Clendenon, the free swinging, free-talking, outspoken new first baseman for the New York Mets was in the field for New York on July 9, 1969. Tom Seaver was on the mound and the opponent was the Chicago Cubs whom the Mets trailed by 4.5 games. In perhaps the greatest...
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For decades, baseball managers have tried to find ways to add levity to their clubs. In a 162 game schedule, there will be times when stress is high and a manager is called upon to relieve the tension, or watch his team fall into the abyss of non-contention. In early June 1999, the New York Mets were not performing the way upper management had hoped. They had lost eight straight games and were...
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