It’s a summer night in 2008. Utilityman Marlon Anderson has gone on the 15-day DL with a strained hamstring. To replace him, the Mets, in Houston, look to their geographically proximate Triple-A farm club in New Orleans and call up from the Zephyrs infielder/outfielder/hitter Daniel Murphy. His first plate appearance, versus Roy Oswalt, results in […]
 
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 8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2008 Mets, 2015 Mets, An Appreciation, Daniel Murphy, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Retirement We need not mourn the departure of Long Island’s Own Steven Matz, traded to Toronto for younger pitchers Sean Reid-Foley, Yennsy Diaz and Josh Winckowski on Wednesday night. Nor need we celebrate his deletion from Met ranks. Sending Steven packing was just something that needed to be done. Still, Matz, soon to turn 30, was no […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, An Appreciation, Steven Matz, The Office, Trades Tom Seaver idolized Hank Aaron — “my hero in baseball from the time I was old enough to recognize talent.” Why would the future best pitcher in baseball gravitate to a hitter? “It must have been his form that made me pick him,” Tom wrote (with Dick Schaap) in The Perfect Game. “He seemed so […] A friend suggests “LFGM” now stands for Let’s Find a General Manager. Implicit therein is let’s find a general manager who isn’t as apparently icky as the Mets GM whose stay in the job was brief and whose sudden dismissal from it became fait accompli once certain absolutely damning facts came to light. On Monday night, […] It’s a world that could use Francisco Lindor, a guy called Mr. Smile. It’s a world that could use a reason to smile. From our parochial perspective, it’s a world that could use Mr. Smile ceremonially slipping into Mets jersey No. 12 and smiling like crazy as flashes pop inside whichever title-sponsored club remains as […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Andres Gimenez, Bradford William Davis, Carlos Carrasco, Compartmentmalization, Francisco Lindor, Photo Ops, Sandy Alderson, Trades, Zoom When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge — they were all messages of love. Today I turn the age Jenrry Mejia was wearing when he was suspended […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A Met for All Seasons, Birthdays, Jenrry Mejia Ray Daviault first came out of the bullpen for Casey Stengel on April 13, 1962. the second reliever used in the New York Mets’ first-ever home game. Ray’s mere presence made him the first Canadian in a Mets uniform. On July 7, after Marv Throneberry delivered a pinch-hit two-run homer in the bottom of the […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Kaline, Bob Gibson, Claudell Washington, Dick Allen, Jim Ryan, Joe Morgan, Les Rohr, Lou Brock, Moment of Silence, New York Giants, Phil Linz, Phil Niekro, Ray Daviault, Rick Baldwin, Tom Seaver, Tony Fernandez, Whitey Ford Considering he didn’t file a single column all year, Oscar Madison had a pretty good 2020. You might even say he showed up ready to play more often than Jed Lowrie did…but who among us in a Mets cap didn’t? Oscar and his milieu enjoyed a recurring role across the pages of The New York Mets […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Mets Pop Culture, Oscar's Cap Awards Previously on Flashback Friday… A little piece of me is always watching the Mets in 1970. Mostly I was enchanted with the possibility that the Mets would win the World Series in 1975. I was in love with the 1980 Mets. They weren’t the first Mets team I was ever hung up on, but I think, given where […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, Fathers and Sons, Flashback Friday, Goodfellas, Mad Men, Rudy |
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