On Saturday morning, Mets manager Luis Rojas shocked absolutely no one when he said that ace Jacob deGrom would start for the Mets on opening night against the Nationals in Washington D.C. On Saturday afternoon, deGrom reminded everyone why he has earned that honor. The Mets traveled down the Florida coast to take on the Astros at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, with deGrom making his first...
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On a seemingly random March day in 1966, William Eckert, Commissioner of Major League Baseball, made a decision that had a profound impact on the fledgling New York Mets. On March 2, 1966, Eckert voided a contract that USC junior, Tom Seaver, had signed about six weeks earlier with the Milwaukee Braves after being drafted in the first round of the secondary draft. The contract was voided because...
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On February 28, 1975, the Mets purchased the contract of outfielder/first baseman Dave Kingman from the San Francisco Giants. Kingman would have two tenures with the Mets, as one of the more colorful players of his era. Kingman was the quintessential “all-or-nothing” player. He was known for hitting tape-measure home runs, and striking out at an alarming rate. In Kingman’s...
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On February 25, 2012, the Mets Twitter account tweeted a picture of the patch (an image of home plate with the “Kid 8” in the middle) the Mets would wear on the uniform sleeves in 2012, honoring Gary Carter who had passed away nine days earlier. The Mets have yet to officially retire Carter’s number eight, that he wore from 1985-1989. Since Carter left the Mets, number eight...
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On Saturday, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com tweeted excerpts of an interview a Mets’ staff member had with new owner, Steve Cohen. Cohen shared his thoughts on topics from how it feels to be at spring training, to the prospects for the 2021 Mets. "It's just becoming more real," Steve Cohen says of his ownership of the Mets, now that he's down in Port St. Lucie. He adds:...
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