Tag: Coming Home: My Amazin’ Life with the New York Mets

Alonso, Díaz Named To All-Star Game; Soto Misses Out

Sunday evening, Major League Baseball announced the remainder of the All-Star rosters. The 2025 edition of the All-Star game is set to take place on July 15 in Atlanta, Georgia at Truist Park. The New York Mets already knew that Francisco Lindor was headed out to the Midsummer Classic, now, Pete Alonso and Edwin Díaz are set to join him as well. Alonso, who has been by far the best offensive...

MMO Exclusive: Mets ’69 Hero Cleon Jones

When Cleon Jones squeezed his glove around the ball that Baltimore Orioles second baseman Davey Johnson hit to left field in the top of the ninth in Game Five of the 1969 World Series to give the Mets their first championship in their eight-year history, it was something he never dreamed of doing. For Jones, making it as a major league ballplayer from his hometown of Africatown, a historic...