Report: Mets to Open 2020 Season at Home Against Braves

According to the New York Post’s Mike Puma, the New York Mets will open their 2020 season in much the same way they ended their 2019 campaign—against the defending NL East Champion Atlanta Braves. The game will take place on July 24 and will be played at Citi Field. It is the sixth time in franchise history the Mets will face the Braves on Opening Day with New York winning four of...

Read More

Hoping For The Best Through Harrowing Times

The early response around baseball to MLB’s initial COVID-19 intake testing results — positive results were generated from 1.2 percent out of 3,185 samples taken from players and staff around the league — was generally positive. Confirmed cases were an inevitability considering the high-powered, highly contagious nature of this virus. Now, as camps have officially been open for...

Read More

Shoebox Memories: 1992 Upper Deck Chris Gwynn with Gregg Jefferies

Often we take a look at cards featuring Mets stars and marvel at the action shown on the card.  At times we are satisfied to determine the game and play of the action showed on the card front.  In this article we’re going to do things a little differently as we review together this 1992 Upper Deck (card #689 from the set) that features Chris Gwynn sliding into third, which is manned by...

Read More

Subway Series Memories: Independence Day Edition

Baseball is ramping up for 2020, with the Mets (finally) engaging in workouts at Citi Field. This is welcome news for fans all over, who have been anxiously awaiting the beginning of the 2020 season. Talk of labor strife, failed re-start negotiations, and the airing of the mutual animosity between the players and owners has permeated the airwaves for too long. However, we have to be a bit more...

Read More

Morning Briefing: 31 MLB Players Test Positive For COVID-19

Good Morning, Mets fans! Happy Fourth of July! Latest Mets News The Mets posted pictures and video of the Mets getting in their workouts and bullpen sessions at summer camp Friday. There was a video they posted to Twitter of Jacob deGrom and others during their bullpen sessions. Joel Sherman of the New York Post took pictures at the Mets summer camp and found staff members cleaning the baseballs...

Read More

MLB News: Cleveland Indians Discussing Name Change

The Cleveland Indians are one of Major League Baseball’s oldest franchises, with a history that dates back to the 1800s. They took on the name Indians in 1915, marking the sixth name-change the team underwent since their inception as the Grand Rapids Rustlers in 1894. Now it appears there will be a seventh name-change, as Cleveland announced on Friday night in the following statement....

Read More