In the center of this vintage photo from 1962 is the first owner of the New York Mets, Mrs. Joan Payson, who is flanked by our first general manager George Weiss, and the team’s first manager Casey Stengel. All three played a significant role in the formative years of the Mets, and when Nelson Doubleday purchased the franchise in 1980, he believed the first of order of business was to honor the...
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When sports leagues have spoken about their intentions to return as soon as possible amid the pandemic, we have had to take their statements with a grain of salt. The reality is that no one working in the game of baseball, or any other sport, has the ability to forecast exactly when it would be safe to return to the field. On the contrary, Dr. Anthony Fauci is man who’s word on the matters...
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3. Francisco Alvarez, C B/T: R/R Age: 18 (11/19/91) Height: 5’11” Weight: 220 lbs Acquired: Signed as an International Free Agent in 2018 (Guatire, Venezuela) ETA: 2023 Previous Rank: 14 2019 Stats (GCL/Kingsport): .312/.407/.510, 10 2B, 7 HR, 26 RBI, 20.3% K, 11.5 BB%, 155 wRC+ Francisco Alvarez was widely regarded as one of the top 15 international prospects in 2018 IFA Class [Baseball America...
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Locked On Mets is a daily podcast on the Locked On Podcast Network, hosted by MMO’s own Ryan Finkelstein. This week, Ryan was joined New York Mets relief pitcher Chasen Shreve. In part 1 of the two-part episode, Shreve talks about what it was like to grow up in Las Vegas playing alongside fellow MLB talent such as Bryce Harper, Tyler Chatwood and fellow Met reliever Paul Sewald. He also...
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Many of us have been quarantining for over a month now. Some of us have family or roommates we are with and some of us are alone at home. It has not been easy, especially with this lack of baseball. It got us at Metsmerized thinking though — if we could choose, which Mets player, past and present, to quarantine with, who would it be? Lindsay Present Met: I’d happily quarantine with Marcus...
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On April 15, 1997, I was a baseball-obsessed 13-year-old kid. Luckily for my brother and I, our father’s employer had box seats at Shea Stadium and we were able to attend a ton of Mets games throughout our formative years. That specific night was the inaugural celebration of Jackie Robinson Day across Major League Baseball, 50 years to the day after Robinson broke baseball’s color...
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