After going 3-0 since our last update, North Carolina State cracked the AP Top 25. By itself that’s a great thing for a team that finished in the bottom of the ACC a season ago. But it comes at a time when neither of the blues – Carolina and Duke – are ranked. Noted ACC [...]
For those of us who have lived through the M. Donald Grant and Jeff Wilpon years, watching Steve Cohen use his personal resources to make the Mets the best team possible is unbelievably exciting. When he made the move on Carlos Correa last month, Mets fans dreamed of great baseball for years on end. When [...]
As the 2020 Season approached, the Mets tapped Carlos Beltran as their new Manager. It was a feel-good story. Beltran was the best Center Fielder in Mets history. He ended a sure Hall of Fame career and was slated to lead a team that just missed the playoffs the year before. The team was populated [...]
Here is the first paragraph in an article written here back in 2014, entitled, Mets change slot philosophy with 2014 Draft: Prior to the 2012 Draft, MLB instituted a new policy in how it handled the signing of amateur players selected in the June affair. With these new rules in place, it was hard to [...]
The Mets issued a two-sentence press release, which said the following: "Minor League RHP Matt Allan underwent UCL revision surgery in January. Dr. Keith Meister performed the procedure in Arlington, TX." If you hope this is a minor cleanup, think again. Here's a snippet from an article on MLB.com - note the name of the [...]
The days are getting longer with daylight and the temperatures are rising, which means Spring Training is just around the corner in Florida and Arizona. That also means that the heated battle for third base begins for the 2023 New York Mets, as the failure to come to terms on a deal with Carlos Correa. [...]
1984 FLEER UPDATE DWIGHT GOODEN In 1990 I started a Dwight Gooden collection. Previously, my interest was all about collecting complete sets and that’s still very much my priority. But, given all of the various card manufacturers that were around then, it seemed reasonable to have a single-player corner in my collection. Gooden had already [...]
In 2022, the New York Mets enjoyed one of their best seasons overall in franchise history. They won 101 games in the regular season, which is the second most wins in a season in team history. Only the 1986 World Series champion Mets had more regular season wins with 108. The Mets had a busy [...]
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