The baseball world lost a former pitcher and dynamic personality on May 6, when former Oakland Athletic, San Francisco Giant, and Kansas City Royal Vida Blue passed away in the East Bay Area of Northern California. He was 73 years old. Blue made his major league debut in July of 1969, making 12 appearances. He returned in 1970 to make six starts. In his first, he one-hit the Kansas City Royals...
On July 13th, 1977, New York City experienced a blackout while the Mets were playing the Chicago Cubs. On a steamy July night, everything went black at Shea Stadium in the bottom of the sixth inning. The 1977 season was tumultuous for the Mets.The blackout made for quite a metaphor, as the Mets were entering a dark period in franchise history that would last until the 1984 season. For starters,...
While the Mets may not have as many October highlights as some other teams, they have had some memorable postseason moments. As Marshall Field wrote here on MMO, the Mets surprised the Cincinnati Reds and the rest of MLB in 1973 by winning the pennant after an amazing September run. A key player on that 1973 Mets team was John Milner. Milner led the team with 23 home runs, was second in RBIs...
On this date in 1962, the Mets signed 17-year-old Ed Kranepool. He would make his Major League debut later that year at 17 years and 318 days old. Kranepool, 75, recently battled renal disease and had a successful life-saving kidney transplant. Eddie was on a waiting list for two years before he finally found a donor who was a perfect match, Deborah Barbieri, a 56 year old Mets fan from Nassau...
It was one month before the country celebrated its Bicentennial, June 4, 1976 when Dave “King Kong” Kingman had his finest day of his career for the Mets. Playing right field and batting cleanup for the Mets at Dodger Stadium in a scoreless game, after John “The Hammer” Milner singled to center leading off the fourth, Kingman hit his first home run of the day off Dodger...
Thirty days after undergoing a successful life-saving kidney transplant, former Met Ed Kranepool was on hand at Citi Field this morning along with his entire kidney transplant team. Eddie says he’s feeling good and was in great spirits, even quipping that if the Mets needed a pinch-hitter this afternoon, he’s “ready to go.” Kranepool, 74, was on a waiting list for two...
As we all know, the Mets were created to fill the gap left after the departure of the Giants and the Dodgers from the city of New York following the 1957 season. In the four year period before the advent of the Amazin’s, Gotham’s National League fans were left to follow their teams as best they could from afar. Remember, there was no cable TV at this time, nor webcasts, and radio coverage was...
On December 8, 1977, the Mets were one of four teams involved in one of the most complex deals in the history of baseball. This was it : — The Mets sent John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates. — The Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montanez to the New York Mets. — The Texas Rangers sent Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs, and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves. — The Texas Rangers...
As we all know, the Mets were created fill the gap left after the departure of the Giants and the Dodgers from the city of New York following the 1957 season. In the four year period before the advent of the Amazin’s, Gotham’s National League fans were left to follow their teams as best they could from afar (remember, no cable TV at this time nor webcasts, and radio coverage was spotty at best...
As we all know, the Mets were created fill the gap left after the departure of the Giants and the Dodgers from the city of New York following the 1957 season. In the four year period before the advent of the Amazin’s, Gotham’s National League fans were left to follow their teams as best they could from afar (remember, no cable TV at this time nor webcasts, and radio coverage was spotty at best...
As we continue our Mets Around the Diamond feature, we now come to Left Field. During the Mets’ 52 year history, there have been 25 everyday left fielders. Not so bad compared to center and right field. The following are the ten players who have played the most games in Left Field for the Mets in franchise history. 10 – Benny Agbayani (2000-01). Benny played 234 games in Left (198...
When the news broke late Friday morning that the Mets had finally came to an agreement with outfielder, Curtis Granderson I admit I did the proverbial “happy dance” while driving in my car. Yes Granderson is not the “savior” that the Mets need to help this team escape from mediocrity as well as ineptitude. But his signing is a start and I do agree with Daily News...
