Welcome to this week’s edition of Mets360 chat. This will begin today at 1:00 Eastern time and run for at least 30 minutes. Ask any question about the Mets and we’ll do our best to get it answered. Sometimes Firefox…
In a recent chat with Mets bloggers, Sandy Alderson was asked about Spring Training roster decisions, particularly the bullpen. Here was his response: “I think the career body of work is normally what gets a player into camp who is…
It’s often said that having too many good players is a nice problem to have. Judging strictly by Spring Training results, that is exactly the dilemma the Mets have in figuring out who makes their bullpen. Through games of Sunday,…
Former Mets pitcher Mike Hampton announced his retirement Saturday. Hampton played only one season in New York but it was a memorable one, as he won 15 games and helped lead the Mets to the World Series. His shining moment(s)…
We all have our blind spots. Matthew Cerrone of MetsBlog wanted to put Chris Capuano in the bullpen. Manager Terry Collins wants to start Luis Hernandez at second base. And I have never been right about Mike Pelfrey. He was…
When you hear the name Josh Thole, an image automatically pops in your head of the pudgy lefty-hitting catcher who chokes up on the bat. You probably think of him as a pretty good hitter, one who does a nice…
With Opening Day nearly a week away, one of the Mets’ pressing questions heading into the spring seems ready to be answered. And that is who was going to be the Mets everyday second baseman? The question cast an ominous…
One of my favorite quirky things about the dawn of a new baseball season is the release of the over/under wins numbers by “Las Vegas.” Not that I’m any kind of gambler – I probably would enjoy it more if…
1977 TOPPS JOE TORRE People like to attach themselves to greatness by claiming to be at epic sporting events. I don’t know if greatness is necessarily on the table here, but I actually was one of the 6,505 fans who…
Greg Vaughn hit 355 home run in his major league career, including 11 against the New York Mets. He was a four-time All-Star and surpassed 30 home runs four times in his 15-year career. His son Cory has one spring…
Welcome to this week’s edition of Mets360 chat. This will begin today at 1:00 Eastern time and run for at least 30 minutes. Ask any question about the Mets and we’ll do our best to get it answered. Sometimes Firefox…
If we polled 100 Mets fans and asked them to name their favorite player, the top two responses would undoubtedly be Jose Reyes and David Wright. Those two players came up through the Mets farm system and are dynamic players…
