MLB historian John Thorn posted this picture to his Facebook account today, with the caption: New York Mets at their Staten Island home park, Harper's Weekly, May 15, 1886. Thorn also included the following information: From Orem: "The Metropolitans had a fine new grounds at Staten Island, at a cost of $25,000, large for the [...]
The Mets have been around for 52 years, and they have had a lot to celebrate. They won the World Series twice and the National League pennant four times. But there is more to celebrate than just that, especially on a day like today. Although it may seem like an average day, the Mets have [...]
Baseball expansion drafts are fascinating things. To add a major league franchise is no small feat. It involves approval from the league, a wealthy person or people to pour in a lot of upfront cash and a city ready with a stadium and able to support the team moving forward. It’s the reason that expansion [...]
April trades are fairly rare in baseball. This is because teams, for the most part, don’t know what they are going to be yet. Are they going to be in the playoff race, working to develop a team for the future or be totally out of it and looking to make trades for the future [...]
On Opening Day, the Mets had big free agent acquisition Curtis Granderson hit cleanup. He started his Mets career 0-for-5 with three strikeouts. And it hasn’t gotten much better since. Last night, Granderson heard Mets’ fans boo him, as he twice came up empty with multiple runners on base in the late innings. With runners [...]
April 27, 2000. On a Thursday afternoon getaway day, the Mets were set to face off against the Cincinnati Reds in the rubber game of a three game series. Steve Parris would toe the rubber for the Reds, and the Mets would send lefty Glendon Rusch to the hill in front of the “B” squad. [...]
By the end of the 1982 baseball season, Neil Allen was arguably one of the best pitchers in New York. Yes, the Yankees had Ron Guidry, Dave Righetti, and Tommy John and yes, the Mets had Craig Swan but consider what Allen had achieved in his career by that point. By the end of 1982, [...]
In a beautiful ceremony last night, the Atlanta Braves honored the 40th anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's career home run record. In Mets lore, 2014 holds a few important anniversaries as well, including the 50th anniversary of the opening of Shea Stadium, the 10 year anniversary of David Wright's major league debut, and [...]
I met Tommie Agee one time at the bar in the Charcoal Room at Shea Stadium. Most of the people had left to go to their seats but there was a rain delay at the start of the game and I had stayed back. It was probably 1987. He grabbed a paper “Met” napkin off [...]
I found an old Baseball News article written between the 1970 and 1971 seasons. The premise of the article, “The Mets Under A Microscope” is that Tom Seaver’s diminished level of performance following his superlative 1969 season was a major factor in leading to a third place finish by the New York Mets. In 1969, [...]
The Mets have been around for 52 years, and will be playing their 53rd season this summer. Throughout their history, the Mets have had some big name players, from Tom Seaver in their early years, to David Wright who is currently the face of the franchise. Many of these big names have remained a part [...]
If you search the internet, it isn’t difficult to locate old videos of baseball games. There are plenty of interesting and noteworthy Met videos. I located an interesting grouping of these last week. These were all videos showing classic bouts between the Mets and the Reds. I use the term “bout” because all of these [...]