When the Mets signed Jason Bay, he was going to be the slugger in the middle of the lineup who essentially replaced Carlos Delgado in the lineup. Then he didn’t hit for power and had his season cut short due to a concussion. Now fans are looking for any reason to feel confident about a [...]
In the 1970s, Mets announcers talked about how the club had never had a long-term solution at third base. But since that point the Mets have put Howard Johnson, Robin Ventura and David Wright at the hot corner and you do not hear that anymore. Now the problem has shifted to right field. Joe Barbieri [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1975: New York Mets purchased Skip Lockwood from the Oakland Athletics. 1978: New York Mets purchased Gil Flores from the California Angels. 1979: Dave Kingman of the Chicago Cubs hit three home runs in a game for the second time in the season and [...]