Good Morning Mets Fans!
Jeff McNeil‘s MLB The Show Player’s League continued with another successful night.
Squirrel went 3-1, defeating Jon Duplantier of the D-backs 4-0, Amir Garrett of the Reds 4-1 , and Lance McCullers Jr. of the Astros 2-1.
For a recap, check out MMO’s new twitter account, where I live-tweeted McNeil’s four games.
Latest Mets News
Jacob deGrom talks to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com about his quarantine activities.
Dom Smith is among the group of players that will play a Fortnite tournament tomorrow that will help fundraise for the Jackie Robinson Foundation.
Latest MLB News
Hank Steinbrenner, the Yankees co-owner, passed away from a longtime illness yesterday. He was 63 years old.
Employees of 27 of the 30 MLB teams will participate in a study to track the path of COVID-19. Over 10,000 people will be tested to check for certain antibodies, per Jeff Passan of ESPN.
Passan also talked to ESPN’s morning show Get Up about the possibility of baseball returning in 2020.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic discussed the complications of fitting a baseball season into this calendar year.
Latest NL East News
Former Braves pitcher Greg Maddux set up a GoFundMe to help those who have been affected by the COVID-19 virus. Maddux will match all donations up to $54,000, in celebration of his 54th birthday.
The World Champion Nationals hosted a Zoom call last night to fundraise for those affected by COVID-19.
Latest on MMO
Mathew Brownstein interviewed Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions.
Brandon Gross submitted a Fan Shot on The Strokes’ new song “Ode to The Mets.”
Brian Wright reminisced about John Franco‘s 400th save.
On Thie Date in Mets History
1997: Bud Selig announced the implementation of Jackie Robinson Day at a ceremony held in Shea Stadium.
Birthdays: Jeromy Burnitz (52), Aaron Laffey (36), Ricky Otero (49)
Let’s Go Mets!
