Nancy, who is originally from Long Beach, attended college at Stony Brook, where she roomed with Sue, who married Jeff, a D.C.-area standup comic and Mets fan who read a Mets blog enough to want to reach out to one of its co-authors, Greg…who is also originally from Long Beach. Jeff contacted Greg after Greg [...]
 
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 8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1974 Mets, Baseball Brain, First Wins, Jon Matlack, Lee Mazzilli, Long Beach, Moment of Silence, Older Sisters, One-Hitters, Phil Gellis, Second Games, Younger Brothers Kudos to the Mets for hearing the voice of the people — with Mets Police as ever flicking on the microphone so that voice could resonate loudly and clearly — and changing Banner Night, which had been Banner Day, back to Banner Day. For those of you who missed it or aren’t immersed in hashtags, [...] Sandy Alderson’s infamous Internet search for outfielders — fictional or otherwise — wouldn’t have turned up the name Ed Bouchee. Bouchee was a first baseman. Besides, the Mets already gave him a shot. He was an Original Met, our very first pinch-hitter. He batted for Roger Craig in the top of the fourth on April [...] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Casey Stengel, Ed Bouchee, Michael Bourn, Moment of Silence, Sandy Alderson This past Saturday, I sat in the same room as Willie Mays and listened to him reminisce about Leo Durocher and Laraine Day and find a reason to invoke Mel Ott. Bobby Thomson’s name was mentioned prominently by others on hand. Carl Hubbell and Christy Mathewson were namechecked, too. As Saturdays go, this was a good [...] Today, baseball mourns the passing and celebrates the life of the original Met-killer — or, more precisely, the Original Mets-killer. Stan Musial, who died Saturday at 92, raked against the Mets. I don’t think they called it “raking” then, but they could’ve invented the term on the spot once they saw him take the measure of [...] With the Mets acquiring little in the way major league talent this offseason, Sandy Alderson making no promises they’ll acquire any more during what’s left of it and the scheduling of something as ostensibly upbeat as Banner Day/Night somehow managing to piss people off, this correspondent seeks something encouraging or at least intriguing to get [...] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2008 Mets, Andy Green, Collin Cowgill, Daniel Murphy, Goodfellas, M*A*S*H, Wayne Garrett The Mets tell us things in dribs and drabs. Like who’s gonna fill out the starting rotation. Like who’s gonna be in the outfield. Like what they’ll be giving away besides the occasional late-inning lead. The franchise that keeps as low a profile as possible in winter (no fanfest, no caravan, as little noticeable effort at [...] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1963 Mets, 1964 Mets, All-Star Game, Mets Promotions, Ron Hunt Flushing, N.Y. (FAF) — Mike Piazza earned near-unanimous election into the Hall of Greg, it was announced Wednesday. Piazza made it on the first ballot with a percentage of 98.83%, a total second only to Tom Seaver’s 98.84%. It was the highest possible percentage available, since the rules of the Hall of Greg state no player [...] Richard Ben Cramer, a journalist like no other I’ve read, clearly kept his ears open as well as his eyes. Cramer, who just passed away at the age of 62, listened. Listening is so much more effective than talking. Too many people who ask questions — journalists and otherwise — spend too much time holding [...] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Moment of Silence, Richard Ben Cramer The New York Mets have thus far this offseason, when not trading reigning National League Cy Young Award winners, procured the services of the following players with non-Mets major league experience: Josh Rodriguez, infielder, 28 years old, 7 MLB games (2011); Jamie Hoffmann, outfielder, 28 years old, 16 MLB games (2009, 2011); Anthony Recker, catcher, 29 years old, [...] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, Aaron Laffey, Andrew Brown, Anthony Recker, Brandon Hicks, Brian Bixler, Carlos Torres, Collin Cowgill, Greg Burke, Jamie Hoffmann, Josh Rodriguez, R.A. Dickey, The Breakfast Club |
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