Fifty-one years ago today, July 20th, 1969, man first walked on the moon. Later that year, the Mets won the World Series. There was so much going on in the world in the summer of 1969. There was civil unrest. The Vietnam war was raging. Woodstock took place in August of that year. Richard Nixon’s presidency was in its first year. But something was seemingly normal- the Mets appeared...
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Luis Rojas said during this afternoon’s press conference that Wilson Ramos will not be in the Mets’ lineup for game two of the Subway Series exhibition. Ramos is dealing with a personal matter. Also from Rojas’ press conference – and likely of greater concern to the Mets – is that Robert Gsellman is experiencing tightness in his right triceps and that the reliever...
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According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, infielder Matt Adams exercised the release clause in his contract and is now a free agent, ending his Mets tenure before playing a regular-season game for the team. The Mets signed Adams to a minor league contract last winter, seeking to add a veteran power bat off the bench and to provide positional depth at first base. With Dominic Smith remaining a Met...
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Baseball is back (almost). This weekend, we’ll see and hear the game we love as the Mets host the Yankees in an exhibition game at Citi Field. The Mets and Yankees have a history of playing exhibition games. Spring training matchups took place regularly from the early 1960s through the mid 1980s when the Mets trained in St. Petersburg and the Yankees trained in Fort Lauderdale. The teams...
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The 1993 Mets were a bad team, but their off-field troubles were worse than their on-field performance. The 1993 Mets finished 59-103. Manager Jeff Torborg was dismissed 38 games into the season, replaced by Dallas Green. The team was coming off a 1992 season where they posted a 72-90 record, which prompted reporters Bob Klapisch and John Harper to write the book “The Worst Team...
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