The baseball card release calendar for 2022 kicks off in a week as Topps releases its flagship product, 2022 Topps Series One. A 330-card set, Topps returns this year with a simple, yet traditional design and much less busy than last’s year set design. The card features a solid white border with a player picture framed by team colors with the team and player name under the picture and the team...
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It’s day 69 of the lockout. Major League Baseball’s owners are meeting in Orlando, Florida for their routine quarterly meetings, only this time with an enormous dark cloud hanging over the game. The Major League Baseball Players’ Association is meeting with players in Arizona and will conduct similar meetings with players in Florida later this week. It seems like both sides...
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People have been asking us all winter what we’ve been doing to pass the time during the MLB lockout. I’ll tell you what we do here at MMO — we come up with ideas that not only help us stay busy, but will help you all stay busy, too. Talking about the best teams and/or players in New York Mets history is always a good debate to have — especially during the cold winter months — but what if we...
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Former Mets pitcher Matt Harvey has been named by the defense as a possible drug source in the case U.S. v. Eric Kay. Opening statements took place at the U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, TX on Tuesday as the federal trial into the 2019 death of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs begins. Eric Kay, the team’s former communications director, is facing two felony counts of...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The team announced the return of Old Timers’ Day and many former players are excited to participate. Robin Ventura on Shea Stadium, "There's just a certain noise Shea had that other places didn't." — Mike Mayer (@mikemayer22) February 8, 2022 While speaking to the media about Old Timers’ Day, Robin Ventura reminisced about his time...
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Ten years ago, the New York Mets were in a very bad place as a franchise. Not only were they in the wake of the Bernie Madoff scandal, but they also fired Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel. The Mets’ core was eroding as the franchise followed the 2006 NLCS disappointment with two collapses in the final years of Shea Stadium. The first couple of years in Citi Field were not kind, as New York had...
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