Mets List: Top Ten Prospects
At least four of the New York Mets’ top ten prospects according to Baseball Prospectus are expected to play for the organization this season. Baseball Prospectus, a website dealing with minor league...
View ArticleNo Guarantee Mets Would Have Gotten Nelson Cruz For Bargain Price
It is an oversimplification to suggest the New York Mets could have signed Nelson Cruz for the same $8 million the Orioles did, if not a little more. Especially when juxtaposed against the Chris Young...
View ArticleWrapping The Day: Collins Talks Injuries; Syndergaard Throws; Trade...
Several hours after Ike Davis admonished a reporter for a story saying the first baseman concealed an oblique injury for much of last season, New York Mets manager Terry Collins did the same – to the...
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My Favorite Baseball Movies: Field Of Dreams
It’s difficult to make a good baseball movie because of the physical requirements involved from the actors. Quite simply, some of them can’t go through the swinging and throwing motions that make them...
View ArticleWho Really Cares About The Ratings?
Word is the ratings for this World Series have been among the lowest ever. Probably because San Francisco and Kansas City aren’t marquee franchises. Funny, but hasn’t Major League Baseball’s biggest...
View ArticleHodges Falls Short Of Hall Again
What you and I both expected came to fruition when Gil Hodges was not inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the veterans committee; in fact, no players from the Golden Era were elected. An...
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Today In Mets’ History: Happy Birthday Willie Mays
In 1969, the 100th Anniversary of Baseball, Joe DiMaggio was voted the game’s greatest player. That was wrong then and certainly was for the next 30 years of DiMaggio’s career. The voters slighted...
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Syndergaard Spits Bit; Owns Responsibility
Let’s put the brakes on this conversation about the Mets having a cupcake schedule, and while we’re at it, Noah Syndergaard being a Cy Young Award candidate. All games are vital at this point, and the...
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Yanks’ Betances-Levine Feud Has Mets’ Remifications
I preface this with an apology for not posting recently. Many of you know I was severely injured in an accident several years ago and have had mobility problems since, including having to teach myself...
View ArticleWere You Up Last Night?
Last night was the kind of game that if the casual observer were to tune in, they might get hooked on baseball. The same might be said of kids, that is if they were up at that hour. Five-hour games are...
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