On This Date: Lindsey Nelson Takes a Gondola Ride

Mets fans love the current broadcast team of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling. Mets fans from previous generations will recall with love the original Mets broadcast trio of Ralph Kiner, Bob “Back with the happy recap” Murphy and Lindsey Nelson. Prior to joining the Mets broadcast teams, Bob Murphy had broadcast for the Red Sox and Orioles and Lindsey Nelson had been the...

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Morning Briefing: Jeff McNeil Clinches Playoffs

Good Morning, Mets fans! Jeff McNeil’s Mets clinched the playoffs in the MLB The Show Players League. Playoffs start on May 1 and will be televised on FS1 in a best-of-three series. Latest Mets News Per a report from Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic, the Mets have set out to pay their employees for the rest of the season, but with pay cuts. Craig Edwards of Fangraphs wrote...

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Baseball Will Be Played In 2020, Specifics Remain Unknown

The start to the 2020 MLB regular season is still on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic and many people may be wondering if baseball will be played at all in 2020. However, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN, baseball will indeed be played in 2020, and it’s just the details of “when, where and how” that remain unknown right now. Passan mentions the potential steps for the...

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Mets’ Employees To Receive Pay Cuts

The Mets have set out to pay their employees for the rest of the season, per a report from Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic. However, the Wilpons will reduce their employees’ pay for the remainder of the 2020 season, regardless if the season is canceled or not. The Padres will enact a similar plan with their staff. This move will affect the Mets’ non-player personnel,...

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Which Mets’ Closer Would You Choose In A Big Spot?

On Metsmerized’s Twitter account last week, we posed an interesting question to our followers. We asked them that if faced with a bases loaded jam in the ninth inning with no outs, which Mets closer would they choose to protect a 3-2 lead? Would they pick Tug McGraw, Jesse Orosco, John Franco, or Billy Wagner? MMO Poll: It's the bottom of the ninth and the Mets are leading by one run 3-2....

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Re-Examining The Heart Of Mets’ Lethal 1999 Order

The New York Mets accomplished quite a bit in 1999 as a squad. Manager Bobby Valentine watched his club post a 97-66 record, clinching a National League wild-card berth and the organization’s first trip to the playoffs since 1988. Unfortunately, they couldn’t dig themselves out of an early hole against the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS, ultimately falling in six games. That...

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