Good morning, Mets fans! Mets owner Steve Cohen flew to Kansas City on Wednesday to address both the team and the media following the mets flurry of moves at Tuesday’s trade deadline. Among many other topics that were addressed, Cohen echoed general manager Billy Eppler’s sentiment from the day prior that although the Mets will not have previous years’ expectations, the Mets...
It’s hard to imagine a recent Mets moment without Howie Rose or Gary Cohen. And it’s impossible for many Mets fans to watch or listen to a game without them. They are direct descendants of a generation that saw and heard Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner, and Lindsey Nelson. That’s what makes them beloved: they are who we are. Howie and Gary are not transplants. They became a central...
Good morning, Mets fans! After a postponement for the initial Thursday game, the Mets will open their home season at Citi Field on Friday, April 7, at 1:10 p.m. One of the more notable things that will happen on that day is that the team will honor longtime broadcaster Bob Murphy by placing a memorial up on the left field façade along with the rest of the retired numbers and honored names. In...
On September 25, 2003, the New York Mets honored their long-time broadcaster, Bob Murphy, with an on-field ceremony before their game with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Murphy was about to do what he loved one last time, broadcast a Mets’ game from the team’s radio booth at Shea Stadium. Murphy had been diagnosed with lung cancer, and would pass away less than a year later, on August 3,...
Renowned Manhattan sports bar Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant will not be reopening its doors again according to an announcement by owner Shaun Clancy. Clancy posted a video message on Twitter to share the disappointing news while thanking all his customers and employees for their patronage and loyalty over the years. “Foley’s won’t reopen. Just with everything...
Mets fans love the current broadcast team of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling. Mets fans from previous generations will recall with love the original Mets broadcast trio of Ralph Kiner, Bob “Back with the happy recap” Murphy and Lindsey Nelson. Prior to joining the Mets broadcast teams, Bob Murphy had broadcast for the Red Sox and Orioles and Lindsey Nelson had been the...
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...
Tonight is the rebroadcast of Game 7 from the 1986 World Series with coverage beginning at 6:00pm ET on 710 WOR. It will begin with a 60-minute pregame hosted by Pete McCarthy with insight from Wayne Randazzo, Josh Lewin and Howie Rose. It will also feature interviews from Mets players Jesse Orosco, Ray Knight and Keith Hernandez. Following that will be an introduction by Howie Rose then the...
In my formative years as a Mets Fan, there were so many vivid memories of the wonderful iconic personalities that helped mold me into the Ya Gotta Believe Mets fan I am today. Of course there’s all the incredible bonds I formed with players such as Tommie Agee, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Rusty Staub, Gary Carter and Mike Piazza to name a few. But then there was the tremendous supporting cast...
Who is Josh Lewin and why is his name suffocating my Twitter timeline? Of course I’m kidding, I know that Josh Lewin is that legendary Mets announcer who has entertained the Flushing faithful for decades with that warm and folksy voice that makes one seriously consider turning off the TV and opt for the radio instead. Oh no, wait, that’s Bob Murphy I was thinking about, never...
An MMO Flashback remembering the passing of beloved and iconic Mets organist, Jane Jarvis, who passed away on this day in 2010. Enjoy… When one thinks back to the Mets of the 1960’s and 70’s, certain images come to mind: Casey Stengel, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw pounding his glove on his leg, black cats, Miracles, fans ripping up the field and so forth. Off the field, however, there were...
MMO wants to send a Happy Birthday shout-out to the late great Bob Murphy (1924-2004). “Murph” would have been 89 years old today and I can’t begin to tell you how often I think about him each season. Today’s game broadcasts have become so noisy and are just a non-stop barrage of promos and product pitches. The game itself actually gets lost in translation. Murphy...
