Tag: Joel Youngblood

Morning Briefing: Mets Fall Out of Wild Card Spot

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets came into Saturday night’s matchup against the Angels with their eyes set on a series-clinching win to kick off their west coast trip. However, the Mets’ offense was stifled for the first six innings as Angels pitcher José Soriano shut them out, putting the Amazin’s in a 2-0 deficit going into the seventh. Having Soriano in the rearview mirror,...

More Reflections On The Career of John Stearns

On September 15, the Mets organization lost one of the toughest, most hard-nosed players it had ever seen, catcher John Stearns. As Joe D. wrote on MMO, for fans for of a certain age, a part of our childhood passed away that day as well. As Joe pointed out, after the trade of Tom Seaver on June 15, 1977, Mets fans did not have much to hold. To make matters worse, the Yankees were beginning a run...

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