Quotes features memorable things said by and about the Mets.
“While we were active in conversations—although not super active—we didn’t make any deals, I think going in we didn’t intend to be sellers and we didn’t intend to be buyers necessarily. We were looking at the market and what it…
Burdick hit .325 with 46 walks, including 20 intentional, for the Spartans (23-11) this season. He had 25 RBIs and a .600 on-base percentage.
When news broke that the Mets drafted Oregon State OF Michael Conforto with their 10th overall pick last night, I happened to be on a bus filled with college baseball players, so I asked what they thought of him. “The…
Irony – a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
After a dramatic 11th inning victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday, Terry Collins told reporters that he was close to making Jeurys Familia the closer. Familia would already be the fourth different option used by the Mets after Bobby…
From the New York Post: “It was a strange season coaching under that new [Alderson] regime,” Wilson writes. “I felt like I was watching the deterioration of the Mets organization. They seemed to have no identity. “My concern was that…
Fourth year on the job for Alderson.
Hey, I hear the HR derby was in NY – did anyone watch it?
“When you’re pitching in Las Vegas, due to the ballpark, sometimes you overthrow just because you don’t want to get hit,” manager Terry Collins said before the Mets’ 7-6 loss to the Nationals Saturday at Citi Field. “Sometimes guys in…
“Again, SNY seems too eager to use roving Mets game reporter Kevin Burkhardt to the detriment of all. Burkhardt is too good to be allowed to be known as an intruder, especially during telecasts of close games that need no…
“Last year I wanted to make the team out of spring training,’’ (Matt Harvey) said. “I think the hardest part was driving by the major league parking lot over to the minor league section one day and seeing all the…
“I definitely believe that Dickey’s success will lead to more interest in the knuckleball by other professional and even amateur pitchers. However, the interest in the pitch may be short-lived if no one out there can teach it. R.A. worked…
