Audio of the Day: Johnny Blanchard

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Published Dec. 31, 2009 at 7:05 a.m.

We are hours away from the end of 2009. This year New York baseball lost one of its own in Johnny Blanchard.Being a catcher for the New York Yankees in the fifties was a death sentence for any young player since they already had  Yogi Berra and Elston Howard. Starting your career behind a Hall [ ... ] ...

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Welcome Back Kevin McReynolds

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Published Dec. 30, 2009 at 10:37 a.m.

Not long after Mike Francesa announced that Jason Bay accepted the Mets’ contract offer, I received a phone call from good friend and occasional MetsToday contributing writer John Fitzgerald.John: “Hey, we should invent the internet while there’s still time.”Me: “Huh?”John: “Well, it’s 1987 isn’t it? I mean, didn’t the Mets just sign Kevin McReynolds?”Well played, [ ... ] ...

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Miracles Never Cease

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Published Dec. 19, 2009 at 10:55 p.m.

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

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Audio of the Day: Terry Leach

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Published Dec. 19, 2009 at 7:00 a.m.

If there ever was the description of “journeyman pitcher” in the dictionary Terry Leach’s picture would have his picture under it. It took him five years to get to the big leagues in 1981, when he made his debut at Wrigley Field, but it was another six seasons before he got off the “Tidewater Shuttle”.In [ ... ] ...

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Ron Swoboda on Outfield Play

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Published Dec. 18, 2009 at 5:25 a.m.

Before Endy Chavez, “The Catch” in Mets history referred to the diving snare made by Ron Swoboda in the 1969 World Series.I had the great pleasure of talking to Ron about that catch and how he turned himself — through hard work, pride, and dedication — into a Major League outfielder capable of making one [ ... ] ...

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What Me Worry?

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Published Dec. 14, 2009 at 8:03 p.m.
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There is a lot of Doom and Gloom with Mets fans at the moment, with John Lackey headed to Beantown and the Phillies having a happy Halladay, in all honest Met fans need to take a deep breath and be HAPPY that these moves happened ... Its tough to see a prize like Roy Halladay go to a hated rival, but the phillies did not gain anything with this move. In fact they traded off several prospects AND their top pitcher to make what is at best a lateral move. Roy Halladay is a dominating pitcher, he is

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21st Annual Going to Bat for B.A.T. Dinner

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Published Dec. 13, 2009 at 11:29 a.m.

The Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.) will be holding the 21st Annual Going to Bat for B.A.T. Dinner on January 26, 2010 at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square and will celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the MVP Award ... Some former Mets scheduled to attend are Benny Ayala, Rick Cerone, Ed Charles, [ ... ] ...

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27 Minutes Outside Citi Field

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Published Dec. 10, 2009 at 6:04 p.m.

Ebbets Field was always in reach. There were obstacles — money, the policeman's shoe, a leap, the greasy garageman — but a boy could contend with them and triumph, if he had wit and persistence and a touch of courage. It was easy and absolutely irrational to relate getting to see a Dodger game with getting to be a Dodger. Which, in the fine irrationality of boyhood, is what generations of Brooklyn children did ... —Roger Kahn, The Boys Of Summer ... Why is Mets security being wasted

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Manuel manages to focus on future

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Published Dec. 8, 2009 at 10:25 p.m.
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Former D-backs manager Bob Melvin has been hired by the Mets as a pro scout. New minor-league field coordinator Terry Collins once skippered the Astros and Angels. Wally Backman is in Brooklyn. Jerry Manuel understands he must get off to a good start in 2010 ...

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The Forgotten Forty

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Published Dec. 8, 2009 at 9:00 p.m.

Big-time spoiler alert. If you want to take the test that I'm about to write about, don't scroll too far down from here just yet, because I'm giving away a whole bunch of answers ... Otherwise, go ahead ... The test in question is something I'd heard of but had never bothered to investigate until I was too intrigued by the topic at hand to give it a whirl. It's called a Sporcle. What the hell is a Sporcle? Its home page describes its tests as "mentally stimulating diversions". They give you a

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