It is the day after. A somber day of mourning for Mets fans. Edwin Díaz is out for the season following knee surgery. It feels to many like the sun was suddenly wiped out indefinitely. All the joy, all the excitement, all the anticipation—muted. This is not just the loss of a player. It’s not even just the loss of a great player. Lights-out closers have gotten hurt before; Mariano Rivera,...
On January 22, 2001, the Mets’ center fielder from their 1969 championship team, Tommie Agee, suffered a heart attack in Manhattan and passed away hours later. The Magnolia, Alabama native was 58 years old. Agee was traded to the Mets by the Chicago White Sox before the 1968 season, in a deal that also brought Al Weis to Queens. Weis would go on to hit a famous home run in the 1969 World...
Edwin Diaz made his trumpeted return to the Mets on Tuesday, after spending time on the bereavement list for the passing of his grandfather in Puerto Rico. Diaz flew down to the island on Friday. In Diaz’s time off the Mets bullpen was rattled without their closer. New York lost back-to-back games without their top relief option available. But with a 2-0 lead in the ninth inning, about to...
Just before the start of the bottom of the 11th, SNY played a video of the 1969 Mets singing "You Gotta Have Heart". Tonight, the Mets showed that they had plenty of heart as they come from behind twice to beat the Marlins 7-6 in an extra-innings thriller! The night started out very promising for Oliver Perez who cruised through the first couple of innings, but as usually is...
