In it’s 45-year history, Shea Stadium played host to baseball, football, boxing, soccer, the pope, The Who, and The Beatles. It started 60 years ago today with the team that called Shea home for its entire existence. The Mets and Pirates opened the multi-purpose facility on a Friday afternoon in conjunction with the nearby World’s Fair, despite the park not being fully complete. The...
For the first time since 2013, the Mets have a representative in the starting lineup of the All-Star Game. And for the first time since 2009, the team has four selectees. Even though it’s been confirmed that Starling Marte won’t see action, there’s a good possibility for any of the other three to add to this list of moments in the Midsummer Classic. 1964 In its debut season,...
As is still the case today, every team gets to send at least one player to the All Star Game. In 1962 and 1963, the Mets sent Richie Ashburn and Duke Snider respectively, although both were well past their prime. But in 1964, for the first time, a Met was selected to start in the All Star Game and that was second baseman Ron Hunt. Because the game was played at Shea Stadium (a game I attended, I...
When reviewing second basemen who have worn the orange and blue of the New York Mets, one finds a lack of cohesion and a plethora of change. There were not the stars at second that graced other infield positions and those that did get recognized as Met heroes, often left the team and made their mark elsewhere. Others had consistent careers for the Mets on a long term basis, but failed to have...
Good morning, Mets fans! Happy Sunday, and it’s an especially exciting one because Saturday kicked off the first game action for the Amazin’s this Spring. The Mets participated in two games on Saturday, one against the Marlins and one against the Cardinals, and dropped both. They will be right back at it on Sunday though, as they play the Cardinals again at 1:10 p.m. The game can be...
Good morning Mets fans! Hopefully you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving on Thursday! Latest Mets News OF Starling Marte shared his interest in potentially being traded to the Mets during an interview conducted in Spanish with Hector Gomez. Marte said, “Los Mets lo tienen todo. Sería una gran oportunidad jugar con ellos” which translates to, “The Mets have it all. It would be a...
Jon Updike, the New York Mets’ 2018 Scout of the Year, left the organization for a job as President of Digital Scouting and Player Development Solutions at BaseballCloud according to Andy Martino of SNY. Updike was the scout who was responsible for bringing Pete Alonso and Matthew Allan to the Mets. Latest Mets News The Mets named Hensley Meulens their bench coach as reported by Jennifer...
By John Jackson Good morning Mets fans! The Houston Astros defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 in Game 5 of the ALDS to close the book on the final League Division Series of 2019. The next stop for the four remaining playoff teams are their league’s respective League Championship Series. Latest Mets News Mets minor league field coordinator Kevin Morgan has left the organization after the Mets...
Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (59-56) had a day off on Thursday ahead of their weekend series with the Washington Nationals (61-53). The next three games can have a big impact on the National League Wild Card race as the Mets could come out leading the Nats by half a game, trailing the Nats by 5.5 games, or somewhere in between. Latest Mets News Marcus Stroman (6-11, 3.07 ERA) is...
In my previous Shoebox Memories article on MMO, Jesse Rivera asked if anyone besides “his sixty year old mind” remembered collecting “big giant sized baseball cards.” Jesse was referring to the 1964 Topps Giant Size All Star set which consisted of 60 over-sized baseball cards that measured 3 1/8″ x 5 1/4″. The cards were sold in three card cello packs and...
In the 1963 NL Rookie Of The Year voting, the top two players were both second basemen – Pete Rose of the Reds who won the award, and Ron Hunt of the Mets who finished second in the voting. Neither had been expected to even make it to the big leagues that season. Rose had just finished a great season in the minors, but it was at Class A Macon. Hunt was a conditional purchase from the...
Think of any of the Mets’ all-time great players. Chances are you probably thought of someone like Tom Seaver, Darryl Strawberry, David Wright or maybe one of the team’s current young aces. All of these players– and pretty much anyone typically considered to be in the Mets’ pantheon of greats– played in the postseason. But for a team that has missed the playoffs 45...
