By Lindsay Moran As Pete Alonso is relishing in a breakout rookie season, Mickey Callaway sees captain potential for Alonso down the line as a Met. “Captain is a special thing, a very rare thing, and he definitely has all the attributes,” said Callaway in a press conference on Tuesday. “If anybody could fill that role, Pete Alonso could.” The NL Rookie of the Year...
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By Tim Ryder The New York Mets announced on Tuesday that the club will retire Jerry Koosman’s uniform #36 in 2020. Koosman, who is the winningest left-hander in team history (140 wins), will become the third player to have his number retired by the Mets, joining Tom Seaver (#41) and Mike Piazza (#31). “The excitement of playing for the Mets when we won the 1969 World Series was an experience I...
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Tuesday. September 24, 2019 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Sandy Alcantara (5-14, 4.00) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (10-8, 4.22) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets really put themselves in a tough spot. They dropped the first game of the series against the Marlins last night, which lowered their elimination number to 2. The Mets loaded the bases in the first inning, but couldn’t...
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Buster Olney of ESPN reports Astros Bench Coach Joey Espada may be a candidate to replace Mickey Callaway as the Mets manager should the team opt to replace him in the offseason. Mike Puma of the New York Post adds to the speculation by noting Mets General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen and Astros manager A.J. Hinch are close friends. Espada, 44, has been the Astros bench coach since Alex Cora was...
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By Joe D. It was improbable and perhaps even impossible. The odds were long and completely against them. But despite all that, those upstart New York Mets were on their way to pulling off one of the most incredulous championships not only in baseball history, but in the history of all sports. And on this day fifty years ago, in front of 54,928 delirious fans at Shea Stadium, the New York Mets...
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Considering how one of the most questioned moves Mickey Callaway made all season was pulling Steven Matz in Atlanta, there’s a certain irony in the Mets season effectively ending because Callaway inexplicably stuck with Matz. It was that one decision which set off dominos which fell faster than the Mets hopes. After Matz allowed a run in the third, he seemed to get on a run putting zeros...
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