Jayson Stark is most known for his work at the national level covering baseball for ESPN and as a senior writer for ESPN.com. He’s been around the game for four decades, writing columns, authoring three baseball books, and reporting on ESPN and MLB Network. I recently caught up with Jayson and he was kind enough to share some of his time and give me some of his insights and the...
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After the Nationals dropped the Mets spring training record to 7-16-5, it got me thinking. Do spring training records have any correlation to regular season and postseason success? In doing some research, I came across an article published in April of 2012 by ESPN senior writer, David Schoenfield. The article looks back at the teams with the best regular season record in each of the last 10...
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Throughout spring training, Terry Collins has tinkered with the idea of having Yoenis Cespedes spend all of his playing time in Center Field. And even when Juan Lagares was in the lineup, he would be set in left field. That was put to an end on Tuesday. “The manager spoke with me this morning and said the best option for the team is to play both positions, and I have no problems with it,”...
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I guess there are worse things in life than being called a buffoon by Ned Yost. But that’s exactly what the Kansas City Royals manager called the Newsday reporter who said more than one industry source confided the Royals were planning retaliation against the Mets for Noah Syndergaard throwing up and in to Alcides Escobar during Game 3 of the World Series. The Kansas City Star reported...
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Recently we came across a very cool company, called Athlete Logos, via Twitter and Instagram (@athletelogos). They are a design firm that specializes in creating custom logos and apparel for athletes & sports teams. They also happen to be owned and operated by a huge Mets fan named Dan who spends a great deal of his time creating some really cool and very unique Mets t-shirts which you can...
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The Mets (7-15) were defeated by the Washington Nationals (17-4) by a score of 12-1 today at Tradition Field. Pitching: Matt Harvey got the start for the Mets this afternoon, and didn’t fare very well, as he allowed three runs on two hits including a home run. Noah Syndergaard relieved Harvey in the third and threw three innings, allowing two runs on four hits, as well as allowing a home...
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