Author: Matt Mancuso

ESPN: WBC Will Not Be Played in 2021

Per a tweet from Enrique Rojas of ESPN, the World Baseball Classic will not be played in 2021. Bob Nightengale of The USA Today adds that the next rendition of the WBC will be played in either 2023 or 2025. It was scheduled to begin on March 9th, 2021, and would last until March 21st, 2021. With so many uncertainties about baseball, both in the US and overseas, the International Baseball...

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Morning Briefing: Tensions Rise Between Players and Owners

Good Morning, Mets fans! As yesterday was Mother’s Day, there wasn’t much on-the-field action. Instead, the off-the-field action stole the headlines. Latest Mets News  Major League Baseball announced the results of its COVID-19 antibodies test. The study discovered that the antibodies were found in 0.7% of the 5,754 people that participated in MLB’s study. The swabs were taken...

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Morning Briefing: ‘Say Hey Kid’ Turns 89

Good Morning, Mets fans! Last night, Gary, Keith, and Ron popped into SNY ‘s virtual broadcast of the Reds-Mets game. The virtual Mets are 2-0 when GKR broadcast the game so if the trend keeps up, they’ll be virtual World Series winners for sure. Latest Mets News  During the broadcast, Jeff McNeil explained how he has got his baseball regiment in during quarantine....

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Morning Briefing: Blake Snell Emerges Victorious

Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News  Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News opined that ESPN should create a Last-Dance style documentary on the 1986 Mets. Latest MLB News  Blake Snell took home the chip in the virtual MLB The Show Players League, defeating Lucas Giolito in three consecutive match-ups. Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reported that Major League Baseball prefers to have...

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Jeff McNeil, Video Game Master

  Well, the Mets lost. It’s not as if that’s a shock. Let’s face it, the Mets rarely win. Aside from the Miracle Mets of 1969 and the New York squad of 1986, the Mets have fallen short of a World Series championship during their other 55 campaigns. But this time was supposed to be different. It was online baseball. Instead of playing in the spacious Citi Field with...

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