Apologies in advance if a technical matter temporarily disappears this post. We're still in the process of switching blog platforms, and I was going to wait on any further posting 'til it's done, but I wanted to continue to get the word out about the following project ... plus snow is falling on Long Island like pop flies on Luis Castillo's head, and I need to stop staring out the window ... Back when Bob Costas was an up and coming broadcaster whose every other utterance was cheekily charming
The Mets were meandering through their most arid major award season since 1993 — the last time no Met scored a single vote for MVP, Cy Young, Manager of the Year or Rookie of the Year nor nabbed a Silver Slugger or Gold Glove — when it appeared we'd have nothing more to sate our perilously low self-esteem than Luis Castillo's fantastic seventh-place finish in voting for mlb.com's National League Comeback Player of the Year balloting (six points behind the decreasingly heartwarming return of
As trophies and t-shirts were being passed around Wednesday night on five different channels, I flipped to SNY out of curiosity. Would they be taking their New York sports mandate seriously and covering the grim doings at Yankee Stadium? Would they have something special on to cheer up the rest of us? Would there be racing from the Meadowlands? ... They were airing a repeat of The Best of Mets Weekly which, at that moment, featured Dave Howard giving Julie Alexandria a tour of a Citi Field
Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End , a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin' or not, here it comes ... The 1969 baseball championship, won — not stolen — by the New York Mets, stands unquestioned as the greatest sporting achievement of the year. Yes, some will say "of the century" ...
Those who aren't baseball fans ... I don't get them. They can be polite about how it's just not their thing or they can be virulent to the point of obnoxious over "it's so boring" and "who cares about millionaires trying to hit a ball with a stick?" I generally pity them more than disdain them, for they don't know what they're missing ... Monday night they knew. And they weren't missing anything ... We who pride ourselves on our love of the game would, if given the choice, sign on the dotted
Two weeks ago, Jerry Koosman was cheered in Queens as a member of the 1969 "Miracle Mets." Thursday, he went to prison. Koosman failed to file federal tax returns between 2002 and 2004 ...
Former Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman was sentenced to six months in prison for failing to pay income taxes. It was just a little over a week ago that Koosman was appearing at Citi Field to commemorate the 1969 championship team.It was that weekend that Koosman admitted to selling the ball which Cleon Jones caught for [ ... ] ...
Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End , a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin' or not, here it comes ... They checked Nolan Ryan's schedule. They didn't check mine ... Go figure ... Normally, I'd applaud the Mets' diligence regarding Ryan and not giving him any excuses to avoid the Mets the way
Prior to yesterday’s game, the Mets honored their 1969 World Championship with an on-field, pre-game celebration.For photos from last night’s game, click out Michael Baron’s photos here.…they did a great job… very similar to the one for 1986… the biggest applauds seemed to go to Ralph Kiner and the memory of Bob Murphy, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, [ ... ] ...
Well, thanks Ollie. That was memorable ... What better time to rewind for a belated look at last night's celebration? (Apologies for the "belated" part -- your correspondent arrived exhausted and slept like a dead thing.) ... The Mets did a nice job with the ceremony: There was Howie Rose behind his podium, scenes from '69 on the big board, and other little touches -- I particularly liked that the 2009 Mets appeared on the scoreboard in replica 1969 baseball cards, with images of Topps' real