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Link: Read about Sharon and the Tug McGraw Foundation


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Published Feb. 12, 2010 at 8:19 a.m.

The Tug McGraw Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of people coping with brain cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injury ...

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Art Shamsky Rekindled


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Published Jan. 23, 2010 at 12:04 p.m.

Art Shamsky has re-launched his offical website, and it’s looking good. Nice to see the internet can properly rekindle Mets history, since the Mets themselves are incapable. Be sure to check it out and “eduMETcate” yourself.James K at Amazin Avenue likes the idea of Fernando Tatis returning to the Mets. I disagree, and you will [ ... ] ...

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Doc, Darryl going to Citi 'Hall'


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Published Jan. 20, 2010 at 3:19 a.m.

The Mets yesterday announced yesterday that Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Davey Johnson and Frank Cashen will be inducted into the team's Hall of Fame this summer ... A new member hasn't been added since 2002, when Tommie Agee was elected ... Gooden, estranged from the organization for several years because ...

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Berra Calls ’em as He Sees ’em


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Published Jan. 20, 2010 at 2:23 a.m.
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Yogi Berra said that Mark McGwire admitted steroid use too late to help his Hall of Fame chances ...

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Audio of the Day: Pat Zachry


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Published Jan. 18, 2010 at 8:48 a.m.

One of the key pieces to the infamous “midnight massacre” trade of Tom Seaver was Pat Zachry. In 1976 Pat was co-winner of the NL Rookie of the Year. That season he won Game 3 of the World Series as the “Big Red Machine” won their second championship over the Yankees.A year later he was [ ... ] ...

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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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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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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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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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