It has been said that baseball is the All-American game. Perhaps even more American is the idea of baseball cards. So imagine my surprise when I came across some really neat baseball cards made by a French artist – Amelie Mancini. As if the cards weren’t cool enough, it turns out that Mancini now lives [...]
There’s no question that when Johan Santana pitches, he is one of the best in baseball. The problem is that “when” part of the statement. Santana joined the Mets in 2008, and every year he has dealt with injury problems. After the 2008 season we learned that Santana had a torn meniscus, and had thrown [...]
1983 TOPPS JOHN STEARNS The Mets have had more than their fair share of good catchers in their history. Names like Hall of Famer Gary Carter and future HOF member Mike Piazza. Todd Hundley, with the help of PEDs, established the franchise record for most HR in a season with 41. Going back further, Jerry [...]
When you think of the Mets you think of the outstanding pitchers the team has had throughout the years. Undoubtedly the first players you think of are Tom Seaver and Dwight Gooden. But after those two, it is amazing how many of the hurlers that jump to mind are southpaws. Below is a list of [...]
Anthony McCarron interviewed Daniel Murphy, who gave updates on his knee injury, Christmas plans and hopes for the 2012 Mets. "I feel great,” Murphy says. “I kind of polished off my rehab about a month ago, moved into more of a strengthening phase. I’ve had a real good offseason and I feel really good. I’ll [...]
A lot of good people write about the Mets so I reached out to some of my friends in the blogosphere and asked them to answer the following question in 100 words or so. If Fred Wilpon handed you the keys to the franchise on December 23, 2011 - what is the first thing you [...]
At this point in the offseason, it looks like the Mets roster is mostly filled out. They do have two more holes they need to fill though; sixth starting pitcher and a utility infielder for the bench. They are not huge glaring holes, but that are positions that are important to fill if the Mets [...]
There may not be a more polarizing New York Met these days than Ruben Tejada. Fans are either bearish or bullish when it comes to the future of the 22-year old shortstop/second baseman from Panama. In other words, there is hardly any consensus when it comes to what to expect from Tejada for 2012 and [...]
Hopefully Jerry Manuel was right. Believe it or not, in April 2010 he compared his rookie first baseman Ike Davis to Willie Stargell, the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer whose 21-year playing career ended in 1982. Manuel said, “(Davis) reminds me of (Stargell) in that they have the same hitch (in their swings). There have [...]
1972 JIM FREGOSI BOYHOOD PHOTO Is bigger really better? As if anticipating the excesses of the decade to come, the 1970 Topps set tipped the scales at 720 cards, besting the previous high of 664 cards from the 1969 set. The black-beauty set of 1971 swelled to 752 cards, reaching into the far corners of [...]
The dust has settled on the early off-season activity, such as it was. With the official announcement of the signing of Frank Francisco – the latest member of the College of Closers, joining Jon Rauch, Ramon Ramirez and Bobby Parnell – the 40-man roster finds itself at 40-men. The winter’s haul, which also included older [...]
Yesterday on Facebook, I shared George Takei’s photo of Confucius which said: Forget about the past, you can’t change it. Forget about the future, you can’t predict it Forget about the present, I didn’t get you one. But I have specific presents that I wish I could give out to the 2012 Mets which would [...]