Last Wednesday, Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting piece, suggesting that Lucas Duda be the Mets leadoff hitter. That, combined with Friday night’s decision to bat Justin Turner in the 5th slot in the lineup got me thinking. What would a sabermetrically optimized lineup look like on the 2013 Mets? So, [...]
Full Name: John Victor Leathersich Born: 07/14/1990 Birthplace: Beverly, MA College: Massachusetts Lowell Height: 5' 11" Weight: 205 Bats: R Throws: L I could have written about Plawecki again… If he isn’t earning some notice from scouts soon I’ll eat my ketchup flavored hat. Instead I’m going to focus on a player who is [...]
According to the New York Mets Memorabilia Club's Checklist, 2013's edition is the 103rd different Met Yearbook (counting the Spanish editions of 1988-1990, and 1992 as well as all the various editions of the Yearbooks through the years, even “Final Shea Stadium Homestand” and SGA reprints of the 1969 (two actually), 1973 and 1986). In [...]