I picked up a 1966 Topps Ernie Bowman baseball card last week. This is an interesting card in its own right because Bowman never actually played a game for the New York Mets. In 1966, Bowman played for their minor league affiliate, the Jacksonville Suns. What also makes Bowman particularly interesting is because of how [...]
There are many ways to rank the greatest players in a Major League Baseball team’s history, such as ranking them by their WAR, SLG%, innings played/pitched, etc. But the uncommon way to rank players… is by the number they wore. In this article, I will be naming the greatest Mets ever to wear the numbers [...]
So you won’t find Ed Bouchee’s name in any list of the 50 Greatest Mets. He didn’t set any team records and he didn’t help the New York Mets win a pennant. What he did accomplish though is very significant. He was the first player to ever appear in a Mets uniform on a Topps [...]
Cash strapped, embroiled in a lawsuit because of their involvement with Bernard Madoff, losing tens of millions of dollars every year and overseeing a disapointing on-field product, Mets ownership needed help. They looked to sell a $200 million stake in the team to raise money. In May 2011, Mets ownership announced that after vetting out [...]
What do James Baldwin, Scott Erickson and Geremi Gonzalez all have in common? They all started games for the Mets in the last 10 years. Congratulations if you’ve successfully put those performances out of your mind. That trio combined for 29 ER in 28 IP. And they’re hardly alone for rotten performances on the mound [...]
The 1969 Mets are one of the most beloved teams in baseball history. The classic rags to riches story of a team who had never eclipsed a positive winning percentage from 1962 to 1968 rising to the top of the baseball world in 1969 was drama at its best. Mets fans know the main players [...]
Tom Glavine is now a Hall of Famer. Although he will always be known as that consistent ace pitcher for over a decade with the Atlanta Braves, his five year stint for the Mets was an integral part of his career. While it was a no-brainer to see him enter Cooperstown on Wednesday, Mets fans [...]
One early spring night in 1976, Bill James, a night security guard at the Stokley-Van Camp pork and beans cannery in Lawrence, Kan., sat reading the copy of Street and Smith’s Baseball Yearbook. Beside him sat several other preseason baseball publications which he had bought – called annuals. “Reading through them I realized, ‘These are [...]
On December 10, 2008 it was announced that the New York Mets had just signed free agent closer Francisco Rodriguez – K-Rod for short. At the time it seemed like a nice deal for the Mets. K-Rod was coming off a record breaking 62 saves for the Los Angeles Angels. Yeah, it was very likely [...]
Last month, I began the construction of the Mets’ Field of Dreams in Field of Dreams: Mets Edition – Pitchers. Five starting pitchers and six relief pitchers were added to the roster, which means there are only nineteen spots left. Today, two more players will be added to the roster: one starting catcher and one [...]
With rumors about the Mets signing Curtis Granderson swirling around and trades between other teams occurring left, right and center, the other needs of the team at shortstop and pitcher, have yet to be met. Considering Chris Young’s one-year, $7.25 million contract and the perspective Granderson contract (would have to be at least 15 million [...]
There’s a great account on twitter, @BRefPlayIndex, that if you don’t follow, you should if you consider yourself a baseball fan. They often tweet out great nuggets of information about great seasons players have had that you may have forgotten about, along with other great nuggets (and the occasional giveaway. So when they tweeted this [...]