Going into this offseason the Mets have couple of holes they’d like to take care of. Besides the giant gaping hole that is Jose Reyes, there are other problems, such as who is going to be the closer for next year’s team. The perfect successor for this role after Francisco Rodriguez, seemed to be Bobby Parnell. [...]
Today is Ralph Kiner’s 89th birthday. How many people would have picked Kiner to be the last living member of the Mets’ original broadcasters? Kiner seemed ancient when I was listening to him as a kid. He kind of reminded me of my dad that way. Neither dad nor Ralph could string a bunch of [...]
October 26th marks a sad, but important, day in Mets history. Eleven years to this very day, the boys from Flushing dropped the fifth and final game of the 2000 World Series 4-2 to the New York Yankees. Down three games to one, the Mets entered the elimination game with one of their top pitchers [...]