A terrific piece giving updates from just-deposed Jared Banner on guys who appeared in Instructional League before it was shut down for Covid positive tests. Neither Pete Crow-Armstrong nor Isaiah Greene, the Mets’ respective first-round and second-compensation round picks from this year’s Draft, have disappointed in their introduction to pro ball, as both prep outfielders [...]
The Mets' five trips to the World Series all rank in the top half of the list, with the lowest-rated one checking in at #44. Here's part of the blurb on the 2000 Series: Game 5 was the last time a starting pitcher was allowed to face the potential winning run in the ninth inning [...]
After mentioning Larry Dierker in today's column, I became curious as to why he never managed again. In searching for the answer why, I came across this terrific Q&A with Dierker, which I encourage everyone to read in its entirety. It has segments on his playing career, broadcasting career, managerial career and what he's doing [...]
Ford helped the Yankees win six World Series titles and 11 American League pennants in his 16 seasons. Ford had a career record of 236-106, setting the Yankees' record for victories. His career winning percentage of .690 is the best for any pitcher with at least 300 career decisions. Ford was the Cy Young Award [...]
MLB released a statement today announcing their plans to transplant the minor league offices to MLB’s headquarters in New York City, per Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times (via Twitter). Shaikin also notes that MLB is now referring to minor league clubs as “licensed affiliates.” J.J. Cooper of Baseball America provides MLB’s full statement [...]
Just when you think 2020 can't get any worse, I found out today that friend of the site Warren Zvon has passed away. On September 2, 2020 we lost a good one. Warren Zvon was a Mets Fan, an Artist, and a blogger. He grew in Queens NY then worked for the Post Office in [...]
For the past 15 or so years, a buddy of mine from Massachusetts has run a Do or Die pool. If you're not familiar with these, you pick one team to win each week. If your team wins, you advance to the next week. If your team loses, you're out of the pool. The only [...]
There's a school of thought that any headline with a "yes" or "no" question should always be answered no. In case you were unaware, longtime Reds announcer Thom Brennaman was recently in hot water over his anti-gay slur that was picked up on a hot mic. But that's not the reason this article is linked [...]
The criminally underrated Josh Wilker dives into his baseball card collection to make sense of Tom Seaver's passing and comes up with the 1975 Mets Team Card. I’m glad, in the end, that I ended up with this card. It’s not like the Seaver cards I have, or think I have, where he’s either in [...]
It wasn’t long after Pacella was in New York that folks started to notice he lost his cap a lot. The pitcher didn’t actually misplace his cap, it flew off his head almost every time he threw a pitch. “I don’t know when it started,” Pacella said. “I know it became a big deal, it [...]
We have our first major test of trying to play baseball in the time of Covid. Craig Mish @CraigMish With caution and restrictions on names and testing, the best I can do is tell you the Marlins will likely be without at least three of their position players and one of their pitchers in the [...]