Mets new skipper Luis Rojas comes from a family of baseball royalty as the son of former All-Star player and manager of the year Felipe Alou and as the brother to former Met and big-league outfielder Moises Alou. On Thursday, I spoke to Peter Kerasotis, who co-authored Felipe Alou’s book: Alou: My Baseball Journey with foreword and afterword dialogue by Pedro Martinez and Bruce Bochy. Kerasotis...
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Good morning Mets fans! The Mets have named their manager (again) and it’s quality control coach Luis Rojas! The 38-year-old Rojas is said to very popular in the clubhouse and was being groomed by the organization to become a big-league manager. Rojas, son of former MLB manager and player Felipe Alou and brother to former Met and big league outfielder Moises Alou, managed the St. Lucie Mets and...
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It’s fair to say former 1986 Mets World Series champion and perennial Philadelphia Phillies All-Star center fielder Lenny Dykstra has had a colorful past with drugs, steroids and various amounts of financial and legal trouble. Dykstra spent four and a half seasons with the Mets helping them win the 1986 World Series championship while platooning in center field with fan favorite Mookie Wilson....
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Former big-league first basemen James Loney spent 11 seasons in the majors from 2006-2016 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, and New York Mets. Loney stepped in for an injured Lucas Duda in 2016 and helped the Mets reach the Wild Card that year playing in 100 games and slashing .265/.307/.397. His last appearance in the majors came with the Mets on October 2, 2016, when the team fell...
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Good morning Mets fans! The noise continues to get louder from critics regarding the job security of newest Mets manager Carlos Beltran amid the fall out the Astros 2017 electronic sign stealing scandal. Despite various opinions regarding the topic, Major League baseball has insisted they will not discipline Beltran, although he was the only player named in the report. As Buster Onley of ESPN...
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