There is no position in the field of play in baseball that has had less consistency, less continuity and is less of a constant than that of third base for the New York Mets. From Ed Charles to Charlie Neal to Charley Smith, the Mets third base bag has been a merry-go-round, populated by no less than 172 different players who have manned third base in Mets history for at least one game. Yet, with...
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More often than not, if a baseball purist wants to know the answer to a question that starts, “Who is the oldest player in baseball to…”, a good place to start is Julio Franco. His 23 year major league career was punctuated on April 20, 2006 at Petco Park in San Diego when he became the oldest player in MLB history to hit a home run in a major league game. He was 47 years, 240...
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It was the ninth game of the 1970 season. The Mets and their fans, still on a high from the Miracle that took place in the fall of 1969 and were looking for more of the same in 1970. The season started with the club splitting their first eight games as they prepared for game number nine against the Philadelphia Phillies in front of 23,500 fans at Shea Stadium. The day before, Tom Seaver blanked...
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that he is hopeful baseball can be played this summer even while the country continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with CNN, Cuomo was asked if the Yankees would be playing this summer and to this the Governor responded, “We have no idea where we’re going to be. Let’s find out where we are, let’s...
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New York Yankees part owner and co-chairman, Hank Steinbrenner, has died at his home in Clearwater, Florida. The news was first reported by Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Steinbrenner, who turned 63 on April 2, died of a long battle with an illness that reportedly is not COVID-19 related. Exact details of the cause of death were not disclosed. Hank Steinnrenner, along with his younger...
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