According to Richard Sandomir of the New York Times, ESPN is expected to announce that Bobby Valentine and Dan Shulman will join Orel Hershiser in the broadcast booth for Sunday Night Baseball for the 2011 season and beyond. Regarding the decisions to fire Joe Morgan and reassign Jon Miller to radio, Sandomir writes that it was simply time for a change, For some, Morgan’s end is a time to...
Read MoreAccording to Joel Sherman of the NY Post, the Mets have narrowed down their managerial search to three candidates: Terry Collins, Clint Hurdle and Bob Melvin. Team sources have told Sherman that Collins was still the favorite, but that Hurdle and Melvin were still in the competition. Ultimately, Alderson determined he did not want a first-time manager in New York for this Mets team, which is why...
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The Mets have added one more manager to their first round of interviews. According to David Lennon of Newsday, the Mets will interview Jose Oquendo on Monday in Orlando. Updated 1:15 PM According to Adam Rubin, Tim Teufel will not be interviewed for the Mets manager position as first thought. When Sandy Alderson mentioned he may add one or two final candidates to the managerial interview mix, he...
Read MoreThe Mets just announced that equiptment manager Charlie Samuels has been fired for violating club policies. “The New York Mets announced today that they have terminated Charlie Samuels’ employment with the Mets for conduct in violation of club policies. This decision is the result of a thorough internal investigation over the course of several months. The Mets will have no further comment on...
Read MoreI got an interesting email from a reader named Kevin who I immediately liked because he said he’s been following MMO for six years which I thought was very, very cool considering we’ve only been Mets Merized Online for five years. 🙂 Before that we were strictly just Mets Merized and operated on MySpace since March of 2005. Anyway, Kevin wanted to know who I thought would be the...
Read MoreHere’s a recap of some minor Mets news and notes from around the web… Carlos Beltran said Thursday, that he still believes he can thrive in center field, but would be open to playing right field if the team asked him. “I’m all for doing whatever is good for the team” Beltran said, “I have never been a selfish type of player.” Beltran also discussed his...
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