Major League Baseball announced the 2023 Roberto Clemente Award nominees on Friday morning, with star shortstop Francisco Lindor getting the honor for the New York Mets. The Roberto Clemente Award is bestowed annually to the player who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field....
Good morning, Mets fans, and Happy New Year from all of us at Metsmerized Online! We wish you all a wonderful 2023! It’s January, which also means we are just over a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting and we can officially say Spring Training begins in just over a month. Latest Mets News Per Michael Mayer of Metsmerized Online, the New York Mets signed outfielder Lorenzo Cedrola to...
On Thursday night in Queens, where the Mets and Pirates were honoring the late Puerto Rican legend Roberto Clemente, Francisco Lindor came to the plate in the bottom of the third tied for the Mets’ single-season record for home runs hit by a shortstop. Lindor would proceed to blast a two-run home run into the Coca-Cola Corner and give the Mets some cushion room in their eventual 7-1...
Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week I’m joined by our very own producer Johnluke Chaparro who makes his show debut, along with ‘A Pod of Their Own’ host Maggie Wiggin for some great conversations about her upcoming fundraiser “Dollars for Dingers”, Johnluke shares his thoughts on the great Roberto Clemente, we discuss the Mets struggles in September,...
Thursday, September 15, 2022 • 7:20 P.M. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP JT Brubaker (3-11, 4.36) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (14-6 3.80) FOX • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 The roughest game preview articles to write follow inexplicable losses. The Mets on paper should not be swept by the Cubs. But it happened. Last night the Mets starting pitching faltered early and the bullpen was able to bail the Mets...
By Danny Torres Editor’s Note: 13 years ago, this piece first appeared in the Puerto Rico Daily Sun, a defunct newspaper in Puerto Rico. American broadcaster Sam Nover, who worked for WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh, conducted this unforgettable interview with Roberto Clemente. Sadly, Nover passed away in 2018 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Whether it was in his native Puerto Rico or in the blue collar city...
According to Marly Rivera of ESPN, all Mets and Pirates players and coaches will wear No. 21 on Sept. 15 to commemorate Roberto Clemente Day. Last season, players of Puerto Rican descent across the league were granted permission to wear Clemente’s No. 21 on Roberto Clemente Day. Additionally, all nominees for the 2021 Roberto Clemente Award, six active winners of the award, and the entire...
Neil Walker, who played in over 1,300 major league games with six different organizations from 2009 through 2020, hopes that one word will accurately sum up his professional career which came to an end when he announced his retirement in April of this year: Grinder. Growing up in the Pittsburgh area idolizing many of the players from the nineties Pirates teams, Walker dreamed of one day putting...
By Danny Torres Editor’s Note: Eleven years ago, this piece first appeared in the Puerto Rico Daily Sun, a defunct newspaper in Puerto Rico. American broadcaster Sam Nover, who worked for WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh, conducted this unforgettable interview with Roberto Clemente. Sadly, Nover passed away in 2018 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Whether it was in his native Puerto Rico or in the blue collar...
Good morning and Happy 2020, folks. Just to recap the last decade, Yoenis Cespedes and a parakeet combined for the most unexpected duo in sports, leading the Mets to the 2015 pennant, a utility infielder (Jeff McNeil) cried his way into our hearts, a brave left-fielder (Mike Baxter) sacrificed his collarbone for his role in the Mets’ first-ever no-hitter, a long-haired shortstop emerged as...
By Danny Torres Editor’s Note: Ten years ago, this piece first appeared in the Puerto Rico Daily Sun, a defunct newspaper in Puerto Rico. American broadcaster Sam Nover, who worked for WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh, conducted this unforgettable interview with Roberto Clemente. Sadly, Nover passed away in 2018 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Whether it was in his native Puerto Rico or in the blue collar...
By John Jackson Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (81-75) fell 8-4 to the Miami Marlins (55-101) in the first game of the teams’ four-game series. The Mets’ elimination number stands at two, and they could be officially eliminated as soon as Tuesday night. Latest Mets News Noah Syndergaard (10-8, 4.22 ERA) will get the nod in the second game of the series and will be opposed...
