Author: Tim Ryder

Simply Amazin’: As The Baseball World Turns…

In the latest episode of Simply Amazin, Tim is joined by Metsmerized’s Jacob Resnick to discuss a wide spectrum of baseball news. Between ongoing negotiations between MLB and the MLBPA, the decimation of minor league systems across the league, and the upcoming heavily-truncates draft, there was plenty to talk about. And we’d be remiss to ignore the four-year anniversary of Terry...

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MLB Players Convene Virtually To Mull MLB Proposal

Following Major League Baseball’s much-maligned “sliding scale” economic proposal to the MLB Players’ Association on Tuesday, per Andy Martino of SNY, an unspecified portion of players “met virtually on Tuesday” to mull over the league’s initial economic offer. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, MLB operations have been at a standstill since...

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MLB Players Association Unhappy With MLB Economic Proposal

According to multiple outlets, Major League Baseball’s economic proposal to the Players Association was met with harsh criticism following their virtual meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Evan Drellich and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported that the MLBPA is “very disappointed” at the additional “massive cuts” proposed by MLB. Following league operations being put on...

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Simply Amazin’: Emmy-Winning Mets Superfan, Michael Price

In the latest episode of Simply Amazin’, Tim is joined by Michael Price. Mike is a longtime writer and co-executive producer for television juggernaut The Simpsons and co-creator/showrunner of Netflix’s hit animated comedy, F Is For Family. As a lifelong Mets fan, Mike shares plenty of details regarding his fandom, the parallels between baseball and everyday life, and much more. Be...

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Reliving The 2000 Mets: Always Cool, Fonzie Gets Hot

In the midst of a nine-game homestand, having dropped two-of-three to the Marlins and residing six games back of the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves, the New York Mets welcomed the middling Colorado Rockies into town for a three-game set. Mets right-hander Rick Reed did his part to set the tone in the first game of the series, allowing three runs (two earned), striking out 10 and walking none...

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