No matter what happens come October, World Series or no World Series, deep postseason run or no deep postseason run, this has been a transformative year for the New York Mets in more ways than one. While the Mets are threatening to stumble across the finishing line with a 7-7 record against teams under .500 in September, there is no doubt that 2022 has been a resounding success on the diamond...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Last night, Gary, Keith, and Ron popped into SNY ‘s virtual broadcast of the Reds-Mets game. The virtual Mets are 2-0 when GKR broadcast the game so if the trend keeps up, they’ll be virtual World Series winners for sure. Latest Mets News During the broadcast, Jeff McNeil explained how he has got his baseball regiment in during quarantine....
According to reports, Mickey Callaway has gone home, and his fate as the Mets manager should be determined over the next week. If the Mets were to fire him, Mike Puma of the New York Post names some interesting replacements across a broad spectrum of experience. When the topic of Callaway usually arises, many first look towards Joe Girardi and Joe Maddon. With respect to Girardi, Puma notes...
I’m joined by Jay Jaffe of Sports Illustrated. Jay invented the metric “JAWS” to evaluate MLB Hall of Fame worthiness and will give his virtual ballot for the 2018 class. Hear Jay talk about his reasons behind his ballot, the most egregious snubs in Hall of Fame history and his book “The Cooperstown Casebook.” The 2018 Baseball Hall of Fame class will be announced Wednesday, and several...
It seemed like the Mets had at least somewhat of a game plan going into this offseason. They were coming off a 92-loss campaign, and even with $30-40 million to spend, the team was going to do their best to fill all the necessary holes to help get them back to the postseason. As assistant general manager John Ricco even said, the Mets were going to be “big players” at a number of...
Manny Acta Current Position: Mariners Bench Coach, Aguilas Cibaenas Manager Age: 1/11/1969 (48) MLB Managerial Experience: 2007-2009 Washington Nationals 158-252 (.385); 2010-2012 Cleveland Indians 214-266 (.480) One of the most respected coaches on Willie Randolph’s staff was noticeably missing during the 2007 and 2008 collapses that doomed not just the Mets, but also Randolph. The person...
“There’s no single sport that has the hold on our dreams and fantasies the way baseball does. Sidd has become a symbol, like the cornfield in Iowa.” ~ Myra Gelband, Sports Illustrated It’s now been over three decades since Sports Illustrated pulled off one of the most elaborate and memorable pranks in sports history. It was 32 years ago on this day, April Fools Day, that the esteemed...
In back-to-back years, Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden won the Rookie of the Year Awards for the Mets. For Strawberry, he was being called the Black Ted Williams. As for Gooden’s part, he was doing things not even Tom Seaver did in a Mets uniform. These two were supposed to be the foundation for what was supposed to become a Mets Dynasty. Instead, the team would only win one World...
Tommy John surgery has become something of an epidemic in this decade. In 2014 alone, 98 players underwent the infamous surgery. While modern medicine and technology have reduced recovery time and enhanced rehab programs, it is still a 12-16 month ordeal after surgery. As of now, Noah Syndergaard, 23, is the only member of the “Fab 5” to avoid the surgery. Matt Harvey (26), Jacob...
Kevin Kernan of the New York Post reports that Tom Verducci is working on a cover story about the Mets’ young pitchers for Sports Illustrated. Earlier this week, Harvey was interviewed a second time by Verducci, and then he met with and interviewed Noah Syndergaard as well. Of course Harvey was the last Met featured on an SI cover, back in 2013 when the Dark Knight was born. I think this is...
“There’s no single sport that has the hold on our dreams and fantasies the way baseball does. Sidd has become a symbol, like the cornfield in Iowa.” ~ Myra Gelband, Sports Illustrated It’s now been thirty years since Sports Illustrated pulled off one of the most elaborate and memorable pranks in sports. It was 30 years ago on this day, April Fools Day, that the esteemed sports magazine ran...
Here is an Offseason Review by Joe Lemire of Sports Illustrated that gives the Mets a Grade of B. It doesn’t look like they are predicting the Mets to win the World Series, so we should be in the clear. New York Mets 2013 Record: 74-88, 3rd place in NL East Run Differential: -65, 22nd in MLB Key Departures: RHP LaTroy Hawkins, RHP Frank Francisco, OF Mike Baxter, LHP Johan Santana Key...
