On May 25th, George Floyd was murdered in the streets of Minneapolis after being suspected of using a forged $20 bill. Officer Derek Chauvin placed his knee on the back of Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and forty-six seconds, some of which Floyd wasn’t even conscious. Two other officers mounted themselves on Floyd’s body, pinning him to the ground, while one stood beside them...
As the clock keeps ticking, Major League Baseball is no closer to a cohesive strategy or plan to begin the National Pastime. The battle has been reportedly contentious on both sides with the owners and players association lobbying offers and counter offers at each other like molotov cocktails. But late on Thursday night, one of the game’s biggest stars Max Scherzer, drew the proverbial red...
It would have been totally normal if not expected that the 2020 New York Mets showed up to spring training a confused and confounded bunch. After losing a manager that was hired in November and let go three months later due to a burgeoning cheating scandal, and after a failed sale of the team in the off-season, uncertainty and misdirection could have been the order of the day. But new Mets...
Get your paid time-off requests in right now, Mets fans — We’re going to Puerto Rico! In an official press release sent out by Major League Baseball on Monday afternoon, we learned that the New York Mets and Miami Marlins will be playing a three-game series at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The three-game set is scheduled for April 28-30 in 2020, just as we are all...
There has been so much chatter the last two offseasons about how MLB Free Agency has evolved and some even suggest a work stoppage could occur if this trend continues–the notion that big-time free agents are getting fewer and fewer market value deals while free agency lasts until spring training. That time frame is not only for “marginal free agents” but also for the superstars...
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” When you think about freedom, you think about being able to walk down the street and enjoy the sights and the sounds; take a drive to anywhere across this great nation of ours and enjoy every aspect of it; go to a ball game with friends and family and join thousands of others that...
The Mets. The Braves. Late September. This is what a pennant race is all about. It was the 148th game that season and the defending NL Champion Mets were surging. We’d cut the lead from 13 ½ to just 5 ½ and now the first place Braves were coming to town. At least, that’s what a pennant race should be about. But on this September night there was not the usual electricity in the air that...
He was arguably the greatest natural hitter of his generation. He was idolized by hometown fans and feared by those he competed against. He was the one guy opposing pitchers vowed not to be beaten by. His batting stance was copied in ball fields and backyards across the country. He was a World Series champion. He even had a cool nickname. Am I talking about Charlie Hustle or Shoeless Joe? On...
I don’t know about you – but I’m excited about this year. Okay, so I’m excited about the start of every baseball season, but this year is different. This year there is that nervousness that’s been missing. This year there is that “what if?” factor. This year there are higher expectations. The past few seasons of Mets baseball have been like going to the local high school production of “Guys and...
The date is Tuesday, October 6, 2015 and we made it. Finally. After 8 draining tedious seasons, the Mets have returned to the post-season. 90 wins netted us the second wildcard spot. In order to face St. Louis in the LDS and avenge 2006 all we must do is win a one-game wild card elimination. Jacob deGrom (18-9 3.25 ERA) vs. Clayton Kershaw (21-5, 2.73 ERA). Kershaw seems to have finally shaken...
It is with a heavy heart that I report the Mets announced that longtime broadcaster Ralph Kiner has passed away at the age of 91. The cause of death was congestive heart failure. Along with his fourth wife, Ann, Ralph Kiner is survived by two sons, Michael and Scott, and a daughter, Kathryn Freeman, all by his first wife, Nancy Chaffee, who died in 2002. Statement from Hall of Fame “With the...
When you think about freedom, you think about being able to walk down the street and enjoy the sights and the sounds; take a drive to anywhere across this great nation of ours and enjoy every aspect of it; go to a ball game with friends and family and join thousands of others that might be from different walks of life but have the same interest in common; to root for the home team, or maybe even...
