Jon Niese must’ve put his glove in front of his pitching arm and stabbed a sizzler of fate, for he has caught a break. He hasn’t caught a debilitating elbow injury at any rate. The presumptive first-game thrower who visits MRI tubes like less wholesome athletes might frequent strip clubs left Sunday’s game with discomfort [...]
 
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Earlier this week, Ron Davis put his proverbial fist through the Mets’ paper-thin veil of pretending they’re happy to have Ike Davis come down to St. Lucie and compete for the first base job. Ron, who was a successful major league reliever before becoming known to a later generation as Ike’s dad, made his points [...] There was a celebration in one clubhouse at Citi Field Friday night, where somebody actually found something unusual in beating the Mets. Houston’s interim manager Tony DeFrancesco — not to be confused with ’70s heartthrob Tony DeFranco of “Heartbeat (It’s A Love Beat)” fame — had just won his first game as a major league [...]  15 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Astros, Casey Stengel, George Bamberger, Gil Hodges, Joe Frazier, Team History, Terry Collins, Tony DeFrancesco, Tony DeFranco, Wes Westrum Among the many Mets bloggers carrying on for the one who couldn't make it to Hofstra were Steve Keane, John Coppinger, Taryn Cooper and yours truly. (Photo courtesy of Jason Bornstein.) Dear Dana, I either have to thank you or blame you for directing me to file my overdue report on the Hofstra Mets 50th Anniversary [...] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Art Shamsky, Blogging, Buddy Harrelson, Casey Stengel, Dana Brand, Dave Kingman, Ed Charles, Ed Kranepool, Fiftieth Anniversary, George Vecsey, Gil Hodges, Hofstra Conference, Marv Throneberry, Mets Fans, Mr. Met, Rusty Staub, Shea Stadium, Team History He could have been elected mayor at this moment. If you didn’t make it to the ticker-tape parade the City of New York threw for its World Champion New York Mets in 1969, then by all means click right here for a delicious two-minute, forty-one second bite of it, courtesy of NYC Media. It’s part [...] The phrase “48th birthday” carries a Metsian resonance that resounds beyond the usual suspects. Randy Tate, Randy Myers, Aaron Heilman (I suppose)…all valid identifiers for we who are tenured fans/MBTN bookmarkers, yet when I found myself earlier this week noticing the nearness of my 48th birthday, one name unattached to uniform No. 48 planted itself [...] I was no fan of Whitey Herzog’s when he was The Enemy in the middle and late 1980s. Man, did I hate those Cardinal teams, probably more than I hated the Bobby Cox Braves of the late ’90s and early 2000s, Durocher’s Cubs, Leyland’s Pirates or Charlie Manuel’s Phillies of recent vintage. That’s a lot of [...] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Casey Stengel, Davey Johnson, Gil Hodges, Hall of Fame, Managing, Mets Hall of Fame, Team History, Whitey Herzog With Bobby Valentine’s non-hiring as manager of the Florida Marlins proving once again his predecessor’s 1973 utterance about it not being over until is over oh so true, one wonders if the key credential on his managerial résumé is the item that quietly did him in. Bobby V won a pennant for the Mets, yet [...] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Art Howe, Bobby Valentine, Bud Harrelson, Casey Stengel, Dallas Green, Davey Johnson, Frank Howard, Fred Wilpon, George Bamberger, Gil Hodges, Grudges, Jeff Torborg, Jeff Wilpon, Jeffrey Loria, Jerry Manuel, Joe Frazier, Joe Torre, Managing, Marlins, Mets Managers, Mike Cubbage, Ownership, Roy McMillan, Salty Parker, Team History, Wes Westrum, Willie Randolph, Yogi Berra Jonathon Niese endured. Ike Davis awoke. David Wright served the main course to one lucky Acela Club patron. The Florida Marlins learned that no one — and I mean no one — comes into our house and pushes us around (hubris not applicable on final days of seasons). And while all this was going on, [...] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1977 Mets, 2009 Mets, 2010 Mets, Acela Club, Bad Luck, Bernie Williams, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Chase Utley, Citi Field, Daniel Murphy, Darryl Strawberry, David Wright, Duke Snider, Gary Sheffield, Gil Hodges, Home Runs, Ike Davis, Injuries, Jimmy Sheckard, John Milner, John Stearns, Jon Niese, Kelvim Escobar, Mark Teixeira, Mel Ott, Mickey Mantle, Mike Jacobs, New Yankee Stadium, Polo Grounds, Renovated Yankee Stadium, Rod Barajas, Rudy, Shea Stadium, Steve Henderson, Steve Zabriskie, Team History, Tim Jordan, Washington Park, Yankee Stadium There was a lovely ceremony this afternoon to dedicate the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, featuring Rachel Robinson, Governor Paterson, Senator Schumer, Fred Wilpon and other dignitaries. It was more moving than you’d expect. Shea Stadium became the home office of Jackie Robinson’s legacy on this date in 1997, thus it’s right and fitting that his [...] 32 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Shea, Brooklyn Dodgers, Casey Stengel, Ebbets Field, Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson Rotunda, Joan Payson, Mets Hall of Fame, New York Giants, Polo Grounds, Team History |
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