Following a mostly unheralded ascent through the New York Mets’ minor league system, Jeff McNeil has been nothing short of spectacular since making his MLB debut in July 2018. Now, almost 200 games into his major league career, the man they call Squirrel is on an exciting trajectory that few could have predicted just a couple of years ago. The .311/.380/.442 line he carried over 428 minor...
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Following an unproductive season from the first base position in 2005, the New York Mets had an existing core in place that was practically begging for another power bat in the middle of the lineup. The combination of Doug Mientkiewicz, Marlon Anderson, Chris Woodward, and rookie Mike Jacobs — he of four home runs in his first four games fame — simply didn’t cut it the previous...
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According to the New York Post, Wayne Rothbaum — president, managing director, and founder of Quogue Capital LLC, a private investment firm based in New York — is only interested in purchasing the New York Mets at a substantially discounted rate. “Rothbaum is still interested in buying the money-losing MLB franchise from the Wilpons, but without the team’s money-making...
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In the latest episode of Simply Amazin’, Tim is joined by pop-portrait artist and featured contributor to Topps’ Project 2020 series — 20 artists re-imagining 20 classic Topps baseball cards in their own respectively funky ways — Blake Jamieson. Blake talks about his involvement with the project, the thrill of getting that call from Topps, and how he got to that point in...
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In May 2000, New York Mets shortstop Rey Ordonez was lost for the season with a broken left forearm suffered during a collision with the Dodgers’ F.P. Santangelo on a pickoff attempt at second base. Kurt Abbott, a 31-year-old journeyman who came to Queens on a free-agent deal in the offseason and Melvin Mora, 28 and fresh off making his MLB debut for the Mets in 1999 (originally signed by...
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