I’m not sure who said it; I think it was SNY’s play-by-play man Gary Cohen, but someone had a valid comparison recently. And that is Marlon Byrd is turning into this year’s Scott Hairston. Just like when the Mets picked Hairston off the scrap heap, Byrd is doing his best to impersonate Hairston while playing [...]
If you don’t know about the Mets’ much maligned and scrutinized outfield, then you are no Mets’ fan or you fell off the face of the earth-or both. In the quest to piece together a solid, yet unspectacular outfield, the Mets are getting good springs from Collin Cowgill and now as of late Marlon Byrd. [...]